Sentinel Lymph Node Detection in Gastric Cancer – A Single Institution Study

Introduction: We prospectively evaluated the feasibility and sensitivity of sentinel node identification in a series of 45 consecutive patients who underwent primary resection for gastric cancer in a single Western center. Patients and Methods: 45 patients (age: 28–82 years) with T1– T3, N0,N+ gastric cancer (based on preoperative endoscopic ultrasound) were included into the study. 2ml 60mBq TC99m-nanocolloid was injected submucosally around the tumor 16–18h prior to surgery. After laparotomy the activity of all lymph node stations according to the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association was measured with the help…