ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2007
What's wrong with sentinel node mapping in colon cancer?
Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Near-infrared fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node identification in colon cancer: a prospective single-center study and systematic review with meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Pooled it
- Sentinel lymph node mapping procedure in T1 colorectal cancer: A systematic review of published studies.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Role of methylene blue in detecting the sentinel lymph node in colorectal cancer:Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
- Predictive value of the sentinel lymph node procedure in the staging of non-metastatic colorectal cancer.International journal of colorectal disease · 2020Article
- Does a fine line exist between regional and metastatic pelvic lymph nodes in rectal cancer-striking discordance between national guidelines and treatment recommendations by US radiation oncologists.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2018Article
- Assessment of lymph node involvement in colorectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2016Review
- Clinical application of sentinel lymph node mapping in colon cancer: in vivo vs. ex vivo techniques.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2014Article
- Near-infrared (NIR) laparoscopy for intraoperative lymphatic road-mapping and sentinel node identification during definitive surgical resection of early-stage colorectal neoplasia.Surgical endoscopy · 2012Article
- [Tumors of the lower gastrointestinal tract : Indication and extent of lymph node dissection].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2010Article
- Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) applied totally to sigmoidectomy: an original technique with survival in a porcine model.Surgical endoscopy · 2009Article
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Abstract
Despite near-universal embrace of the concept and clinical relevance of lymphatic mapping for sentinel node identification and analysis for cancers of the breast and integument, the same technique has struggled to a find a role in gastrointestinal cancers in general and, perhaps, in colon cancer in particular. Despite many studies demonstrating its feasibility in malignancies of the large bowel, concern is continually aroused by the variable and often unacceptably low sensitivity rates. Additionally, many confess uncertainty as to what benefit it could ever confer to patients even if it were proven sufficiently accurate given that standard surgical resection incorporates mesenteric resection anyway. However, the huge impact sentinel node mapping has had on clinical practice in certain cancers means that each of these aspects merit careful reconsideration, from very first principles.
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