关键词: 早期胃癌, 前哨淋巴结导航手术, 预后, 生活质量

Abstract: The initial exploration and clinical practice of sentinel node navigation surgery in early gastric cancer                           HUANG Chang-ming, LIN Guang-yan, WU Dong. Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital & Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China 
Corresponding author: HUANG Chang-ming, E-mail:hcmlr
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Abstract    With the popularization of endoscopic screening, the proportion of early gastric cancer in China has gradually increased, which has brought about widespread attention. Owing to the advance in surgical technique and the accumulation of treatment experience, improvement in prognosis has been seen in early gastric cancer patients after radical gastrectomy. With gastric surgery advancing towards minimally invasive, precise, and individualized, reducing surgical trauma, preserving function, and improving the quality of life have become the latest demands of the new era. Many scholars have attempted a lot in this field. Sentinel lymph node navigation surgery (SNNS) has emerged based on the lymphatic flow of gastric cancer, supported by the matured technique of sentinel lymph node tracer and the intraoperative rapid pathological diagnosis. Although tremendous amounts of previous literature demonstrate the blueprint of SNNS application, its safety, feasibility, and potential advantages still need to be confirmed by large-scale international multi-center prospective clinical studies. Moreover, the technical barriers and quality control of this operation hinder its wider popularization. 

Key words: early gastric cancer, sentinel node navigation surgery, prognosis, quality of life