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From Local Invasion to Metastatic Cancer pp 347–359Cite as

Micrometastasis of Genitourinary Cancer to Sentinel Lymph Nodes

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Abstract

A majority of the more frequent tumors can expand through the lymphatic system, affecting progressively an increasing number of lymph nodes (LNs).

LN status is among the most important prognostic indicators for the clinical outcome of patients with solid malignancy. With the advent of the application of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept, significant advances have been made but new unanswered questions exist. The finding and understanding of micro- and submicrometastases is an interesting biological phenomenon, which has been investigated and the final result still is far away.

Therefore worldwide cooperative study in “micrometastasis” between national and international investigators is necessary for its definitive validation.

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