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    Laparoscopic near-infrared fluorescent imaging as an alternative option for sentinel lymph node mapping in endometrial cancer: A prospective study
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017-01-01) Taskin, Salih; Sukur, Yavuz Emre; Altin, Duygu; Ersoz, Cevriye Cansiz; Turgay, Batuhan; Kankaya, Duygu; Gungor, Mete; Ortac, Firat
    Background: To evaluate feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping by using near-infrared fluorescent imaging and indocyanine green (NIR/ICG) integrated laparoscopic system in clinically uterine-confined endometrial cancer. Materials and methods: Patients with clinically early-stage endometrial cancer were included in this prospective study. ICG was injected to the uterine cervix and NIR/ICG integrated laparoscopic system (Spies Full HD D-Light P ICG technology, Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) was used during the operations. SLN and/or suspicious lymph nodes were resected. Side specific lymphadenectomy was performed when mapping was unsuccessful. Systematic lymphadenectomy was completed following SLN algorithm steps. Results: Seventy-one eligible patients were analyzed. The overall, unilateral and bilateral SLN detection rates were 95.7\%, 18.3\%, 77.4\%, respectively. There were 8 (11.2\%) patients with lymph node metastasis. One of them was isolated para-aortic node metastasis. Negative predictive value, sensitivity and false negative rate for detecting lymphatic spread were 98.4\%, 87.5\% and 1.5\%, respectively. Conclusion: Sentinel lymph node mapping can easily be performed with high accuracy by using NIR/ICG integrated conventional laparoscopic system in endometrial cancer and almost all lymphatic spread can be detected. (C) 2017 IJS Publishing Group Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early stage endometrial cancer: a Turkish gynecologic oncology group study (TRSGO-SLN-001)
    (BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020-01-01) Taskin, Salih; Altin, Duygu; Vatansever, Dogan; Tokgozoglu, Nedim; Karabuk, Emine; Turan, Hasan; Takmaz, Ozguc; Kahramanoglu, Ilker; Naki, Mehmet Murat; Gungor, Mete; Kose, Faruk; Ortac, Firat; Arvas, Macit; Ayhan, Ali; Taskiran, Cagatay
    Objective The aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in clinically uterine confined endometrial cancer. Methods Patients who underwent primary surgery for endometrial cancer with an SLN algorithm were reviewed. Indocyanine green or blue dye was used as a tracer. SLNs and/or suspicious lymph nodes were resected. Side specific lymphadenectomy was performed when mapping was unsuccessful. SLNs were ultrastaged on final pathology. Results 357 eligible patients were analyzed. Median age was 59 years. Median number of resected SLNs was 2 (range 1-12) per patient. Minimal invasive and open surgeries were performed in 264 (73.9\%) and 93 (26.1\%) patients, respectively. Indocyanine green was used in 231 (64.7\%) and blue dye in 126 (35.3\%) patients. The dyes were injected into the cervix in 355 (99.4\%) patients. The overall and bilateral SLN detection rates were 91.9\% and 71.4\%, respectively. The mapping rates using indocyanine green or blue dye were comparable (P=0.526). There were 43 (12\%) patients with lymphatic metastasis. The SLN algorithm was not able to detect 3 of 43 patients who had isolated paraaortic metastasis. After SLN biopsy, complete pelvic lymphadenectomy was performed in 286 (80.1\%) patients. Sensitivity and negative predictive value were both 100\% for the detection of pelvic lymph node metastases. In addition, 117 (32.8\%) patients underwent completion paraaortic lymphadenectomy after SLN biopsy. In these patients, sensitivity for detecting metastases to pelvic and/or paraaortic lymph nodes was 90.3\% with a negative predictive value of 96.6\%. The risk of non-SLN involvement in patients with macrometastatic SLNs, micrometastatic SLNs, and isolated tumor cells in SLNs were 61.2\%, 14.3\% and 0\%, respectively. Conclusions SLN biopsy had good accuracy in detecting lymphatic metastasis. However, one-third of cases with metastatic SLNs also had non-SLN involvement and this risk increased to two-thirds of cases with macrometastatic SLNs. The effect of leaving these nodes in situ on survival should be evaluated in further studies.