Clinical significance of lymphadenectomy in patients with gastric cancer

Figure 1 Prediction of lymph node involvement by the Maruyama computer program in a 65-year-old male patient. The tumor histology was well differentiated adenocarcinoma, showing muscular mucosa involvement, early cancer type 2B. The lesion was found in the anterior wall in the lower third of the stomach and had a maximal diameter of 30 mm.

Figure 2 Sentinel lymph node mapping following submucosal marking by an endoscopist.

Figure 3 Subserosal marking by a surgeon.