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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2016; 22(33): 7431-7439
Published online Sep 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i33.7431
Prediction of lymph node metastasis and sentinel node navigation surgery for patients with early-stage gastric cancer
Atsuo Shida, Norio Mitsumori, Hiroshi Nimura, Yuta Takano, Taizou Iwasaki, Muneharu Fujisaki, Naoto Takahashi, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Atsuo Shida, Norio Mitsumori, Hiroshi Nimura, Yuta Takano, Taizou Iwasaki, Muneharu Fujisaki, Naoto Takahashi, Katsuhiko Yanaga, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
Author contributions: Shida A wrote the paper; Mitsumori N, Nimura H, Iwasaki T, Fujisaki M, Takahashi N and Yanaga K perfomed the collected the data; all the authors contributed to this manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Atsuo Shida, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. atsuoshida@ybb.ne.jp
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Received: March 26, 2016
Peer-review started: March 29, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: May 22, 2016
Accepted: July 6, 2016
Article in press: July 6, 2016
Published online: September 7, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: In this review, we have attempted to focus on several independent parameters which have close relationship between tumor and lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer. In addition, we evaluated the usefulness of sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS) for patients with gastric cancer, in particular technical procedure of SNNS using Infrared Ray Electronic Endoscopes combined with Indocyanine Green injection.