Systemic Sentinel Lymph Node Detection Using Fluorescence Imaging After Indocyanine Green Intravenous Injection in Colorectal Cancer: Protocol for a Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nodal staging is a major concern in colorectal cancer as it is an important prognostic factor. Several techniques that could potentially improve patient treatment and prognosis have been developed to increase the accuracy of nodal staging. Sentinel lymph node detection has been shown to accurately reflect nodal status in various tumors and has become the standard procedure in nodal staging of breast cancer and melanoma. However, in colorectal cancer, sentinel lymph node detection techniques are still controversial as the sensitivity reported in the literature varies from one study to another. Recently, indocyanine green fluorescence-guided surgery has been reported to be a useful technique for detection of macroscopic and microscopic metastatic deposits in lymph nodes af

SUBMITTER: Liberale G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455862 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature