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.