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11598622

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Sentinel lymph nodes are the first draining nodes that contain tumor cells. Identification of sentinel nodes may help to determine the suitable extent of lymphadenectoy. To assess the location of sentinel lymph nodes, a series of 41 patients with single and two metastatic lymph nodes who underwent esophagectomy and 3-field lymphadenectomy between 1991 and 1999 were investigated retrospectively. Only 29 (47.5%) of 61 metastatic nodes showed correspondence between the tumor site and the regional metastatic lymph nodes by routine histologic examination. In the patients with tumors in the upper and middle thoracic esophagus, metastatic lymph nodes were distributed in the cervix, mediastinum and abdomen. Although sentinel nodes were limited to the regional and adjusting compartments in 82%, nodes were found beyond the adjusting compartments in 18%. The sentinel nodes were broadly distributed depending on the location of the tumor in esophageal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1345-4676
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
393-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Wide-spread distribution of sentinel lymph nodes in esophageal cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery I, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. nomura-t/surg1@nms.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article