Upstaging nodal status in colorectal cancer using ex vivo fluorescence sentinel lymph node mapping: preliminary results.

Andrea PicchettoMichele DianaLee L SwanströmFabio Massimo MaglioccaAnnamaria PronioEleonore ChoppinStefania La RoccaJacques MarescauxGiancarlo D'Ambrosio

Published in: Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (2020)

The ex vivo SLN fluorescence-based detection in CRC was confirmed to be easy to perform and reliable. In this preliminary results report of an ongoing study, the SLN assay was congruent with the nodal status, as confirmed by histological investigations.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
early stage
single molecule
locally advanced
high resolution
energy transfer
high throughput
loop mediated isothermal amplification
radiation therapy