Lymph nodes in gastric cancer

M Mahir Ozmen1, Fusun Ozmen, Bariş Zulfikaroglu

  • 1Department of Surgery, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. mahir.ozmen@tubitak.gov.tr

Summary

Surgery is the only curative option for gastric cancer. This review covers lymph node detection methods and the importance of lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer surgery, especially with sentinel node navigation techniques.