Colon cancer sentinel lymph node
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Oral and written informed consent Age 18 years and older Preoperative tumor stage colon cancer (Tis-T1-T2) Laparoscopic surgical resection of the tumor Regular pre-operative work-up
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients younger than 18 years - Patients who are legally or mentally incapable or unable to give informed consent - Gross lymph node involvement - Invasion of the tumour in surrounding tissue - Distant metastases - Tumours > 5 cm estimated during preoperative diagnostics - T3 / T4 or metastatic disease discovered during intraoperative staging - Contraindications to laparoscopic surgery - Patients at higher risk for anaphylactic reactions - Pregnancy - Recent myocardial infarction - Allergy for iodine - Claustrophobia - Rectal carcinoma
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of patients upstaged with the SLN procedure | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Preoperative detection rate of SLNs by SPECT/CT scan - Adaptive value of preoperative localization of SLNs by SPECT/CT imaging during the surgical procedure. - Number of injection failures - Duration of SLN procedure - Implementation of the SLN procedure in the conventional surgical procedure - Adaptive value and capability of the SLN procedure for the surgeon - Adaptive value of gamma-probe in detection of the SLNs - Number and location of SLNs detected by NIR fluorescence imaging - Visualization of lymphatic vessels and the possibility of differentiation between first and second echelon lymph nodes. - Pathological status of the detected SLNs. - Optimale time-frame for SPECt-CT scan after 99mTc-nanocoll injection. | — |
Countries
Netherlands