Open AccessEvaluation of Sentinel Node Concept in Gastric Cancer Based on Lymph Node Micrometastasis Determined by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Author(s) -
Takaaki Arigami,
Shoji Natsugoe,
Yoshikazu Uenosono,
Yuko Mataki,
Katsuhiko Ehi,
Hiroshi Hara,
Hideo Arima,
Shigehiro Yanagida,
Sumiya Ishigami,
Shuichi Hokita,
Takashi Aikou
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000201453.65534.f1
Subject(s) - micrometastasis , medicine , h&e stain , metastasis , sentinel lymph node , sentinel node , lymph node , pathology , lymph , immunohistochemistry , cancer , breast cancer
To determine the adequacy of sentinel node (SN) concept based on micrometastasis using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in gastric cancer.