The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node in Colon Cancer Evolution

Conclusions SLNM is a reproducible technique without significant increase in time and costs. Upstaging was obtained in 14% of the patients staged as N0 by conventional technique. At follow-up of N0 patients with SLN+ there seems to be a higher rate of recurrence, which could change the guidelines of adjuvant treatment, but we must interpret the results of it with caution because the sample is small.
Source: Cirugia Espanola - Category: Surgery Source Type: research