Endoscopic tattooing of early colon carcinoma enhances detection of lymph nodes most prone to harbor tumor burden
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- 作者：Iban Aldecoa ; Carla Montironi ; Nuria Planell ; Maria Pellise…
- 关键词：Colorectal cancer ; Lymph nodes ; Endoscopic tattooing ; India ink ; OSNA
- 刊名：Surgical Endoscopy
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：31
- 期：2
- 页码：723-733
- 全文大小：1094KB
- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Surgery; Gynecology; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Proctology; Abdominal Surgery;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1432-2218
- 卷排序：31
文摘
BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs result in the detection of early-stage asymptomatic carcinomas suitable to be surgically cured. Lymph nodes (LN) from early CRC are usually small and may be difficult to collect. Still, at least 12 LNs should be analyzed from colectomies, to ensure a reliable pN0 stage. Presurgical endoscopic tattooing improves LN procurement. In addition, molecular detection of occult LN tumor burden in histologically pN0 CRC patients is associated with a decreased survival rate. We aimed to study the impact of presurgical endoscopic tattooing on the molecular detection of LN tumor burden in early colon neoplasms.