Impact of using a lymph node revealing solution in surgical specimens for pathological staging of gastric cancer

• Main Authors: Márcio Tadeu Diniz de Sousa (Author), Paulo Roberto Savassi-Rocha (Author), Mônica Maria Demas Álvares Cabral (Author)
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• Udgivet: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction:Lymph node (LN) metastasis is a major staging criterion of gastric cancer (GC). GC prognosis is associated with the number of metastatic LNs.Objectives:To evaluate the impact of using a lymph node revealing solution (LRS) in gastrectomy specimens.Materials and methods:prospective study...