Impact of Indocyanine Green for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Early Stage Endometrial and Cervical Cancer: Comparison with Conventional Radiotracer (99m)Tc and/or Blue Dye.

Alessandro BudaCinzia CrivellaroFederica EliseiGiampaolo Di MartinoLuca GuerraElena De PontiMarco CuzzocreaDaniela GiulianiFederica SinaSonia MagniClaudio LandoniRodolfo Milani

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2015)

SLNs mapping using ICG demonstrated higher DR compared to other modalities. In addition, ICG was significantly superior to (99m)Tc with blue dye in terms of bilateral OM in women with early stage endometrial and cervical cancer. The higher number of bilateral OM may consequently reduce the overall number of complete lymphadenectomies, reducing the duration and additional costs of surgical treatment.

Keyphrases

early stage
sentinel lymph node
fluorescence imaging
high resolution
endometrial cancer
high density
highly efficient
case report
light emitting
lymph node
photodynamic therapy
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
pet imaging
radiation therapy
visible light