Staging LaParoscopy to Assess Lymph NOde InvoLvement in Advanced GAstric Cancer (POLA)-Study protocol for a single-arm prospective observational multicenter study.
Karol Rawicz-PruszyńskiKatarzyna SędłakZuzanna PelcRadosław MlakJakub LitwińskiPaweł MańkoKrzysztof ZinkiewiczIwona PaśnikKatarzyna CięszczykTimothy PawlikBruno MärklMaria ErodotouWojciech P PolkowskiPublished in: PloS one (2023)
POLA study is the first to investigate the clinical value of ICG-enhanced sentinel node biopsy during staging laparoscopy in advanced GC patients in a Western cohort. Identifying pN status before multimodal treatment will improve GC staging process.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- end stage renal disease
- sentinel lymph node
- newly diagnosed
- pet ct
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- robot assisted
- patient reported outcomes
- peritoneal dialysis
- south africa
- pain management
- cross sectional
- radiation therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- photodynamic therapy
- rectal cancer
- combination therapy
- replacement therapy