Table 1.
Relevant publications reporting on sentinel node concept for gastric cancer
| Author | Yr | Country | Study design | n |
| Hiratsuka et al[5] | 2001 | Japan | Clinical | 74 |
| Kitagawa et al[6] | 2002 | Japan | Clinical | 145 |
| Hundley et al[7] | 2002 | USA | Clinical | 14 |
| Ichikura et al[8] | 2002 | Japan | Clinical | 62 |
| Hayashi et al[9] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | 31 |
| Ajisaka et al[10] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | 35 |
| Miwa et al[11] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | 211 |
| Ishigami et al[12] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | 27 |
| Uenosono et al[13] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | ? |
| Ryu et al[14] | 2003 | South Korea | Clinical | 71 |
| Tonouchi et al[15] | 2003 | Japan | Clinical | 17 |
| Isozaki et al[16] | 2004 | Japan | Clinical | 144 |
| Nimura et al[17] | 2004 | Japan | Clinical | 84 |
| Kim et al[18] | 2004 | South Korea | Clinical | 46 |
| Tanaka et al[19] | 2004 | Japan | Clinical | 3 |
| Yasuda et al[20] | 2004 | Japan | Clinical | 18 |
| Osaka et al[21] | 2004 | Japan | Clinical | 57 |
| Tonouchi et al[22] | 2005 | Japan | Clinical | 37 |
| Lee et al[23] | 2005 | South Korea | Clinical | 121 |
| Gretschel et al[24] | 2005 | Germany | Clinical | 34 |
| Uenosono et al[25] | 2005 | Japan | Clinical | 104 |
| Zulfikaroglu et al[26] | 2005 | Turkey | Clinical | 32 |
| Arigami et al[27] | 2006 | Japan | Clinical | 61 |
| Ichikura et al[28] | 2006 | Japan | Clinical | 80 |
| Ishizaki et al[29] | 2006 | Japan | Clinical | 101 |
| Park et al[30] | 2006 | South Korea | Clinical | 100 |
| Lee et al[31] | 2006 | South Korea | Clinical | 64 |
| Mura et al[32] | 2006 | Italy | Clinical | 10 |
| Saikawa et al[33] | 2006 | Japan | Clinical | 35 |
| Ohdaira et al[34] | 2007 | Japan | Clinical | 161 |
| Morita et al[35] | 2007 | Japan | Clinical | 53 |
| Ishigami et al[36] | 2007 | Japan | Clinical | 5 |
| Rino et al[37] | 2007 | Japan | Clinical | 43 |
| Kitayama et al[38] | 2007 | Japan | Experimental | - |
| Gretschel et al[39] | 2007 | Germany | Clinical | 35 |
| Koyama et al[40] | 2007 | Japan | Experimental | - |
| Ishikawa et al[41] | 2007 | Japan | Clinical | 16 |
| Koyama et al[42] | 2007 | Japan | Experimental | - |
| Yaguchi et al[43] | 2008 | Japan | Clinical | 63 |
| Miyashiro et al[44] | 2008 | Japan | Clinical | 3 |
| Orsenigo et al[45] | 2008 | Italy | Clinical | 34 |
| Lee et al[46] | 2008 | Korea | Clinical | 21 |
| Yanagita et al[47] | 2008 | Japan | Clinical | 133 |
| Tajima et al[48] | 2009 | Japan | Clinical | 56 |
| Cahill et al[49] | 2009 | France | Experimental | - |
| Ichikura et al[50] | 2009 | Japan | Clinical | 35 |
| Ohdaira et al[51] | 2009 | Japan | Clinical | 30 |
| Park do et al[52] | 2011 | Korea | Clinical | 68 |
| Rabin et al[53] | 2010 | Israel | Clinical | 80 |
| Kelder et al[54] | 2010 | Japan | Clinical | 212 |
| Jeong et al[55] | 2010 | Korea | Experimental | - |