The prognostic value of micrometastases found intraoperatively in the first drainig lymph node in gastric cancer patients

Background: The concept of sentinel lymph node screening has been recently introduced in gastric cancer treatment. Even through micrometastases can be shown reliably by imunohystochemistry, such staining methods are lengthy and laborious, which precludes its intraoperative use. In this study, the cl...

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Main Authors: Tomaž Jagrič, Mojca Plankl, Arpad Ivanecz, Matjaž Horvat, Borut Gajzer, Zoran Grubič, Stojan Potrč, Tomaž Marš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2012-11-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/604