Table VII.

Module 5dTraining and research

Statements voted upon	No. of votes	Voting, %	Most common response	No. of rounds	Consensus, %
Consensus reached
Over the next decade, the use of FI in surgical practice is likely to increase, decrease, or stay the same.	22	100	Increase	1	100
Over the next decade, the use of FI in research is likely to increase, decrease, or stay the same.	22	100	Increase	1	100
A randomized clinical trial to determine the role of FI for SLN identification in gastric cancer is needed.	21	95.5	Agree	1	100
To help answer some of the technical questions related to the use of FI during gastric cancer surgery, an international registry would be helpful.	21	95.5	Agree	1	95.2
FI is useful for training surgical residents about gastric cancer surgery.	20	90.9	Agree	1	90.0
Not just surgery residents, but residents in other non-surgical fields should learn about FI.	19	95.0	Agree	2	89.5
The number of cases of FI for SLN identification that need to be completed to overcome the learning curve is… (1–10; 11–25; >25).	18	90.0	11–25	2	88.9
There is a need for fluorescent molecules TARGETED either to LN binding sites (eg, Tilmanocept) or tumoral binding sites before SLN identification can become standard of care.	21	95.5	Agree	1	81.0
Exposure of physician trainees to FI should begin during medical school or residency training.	20	90.9	Residency	1	80.0

Average consensus = 91.6%.

FI, fluorescence imaging; ICG, indocyanine green; LN, lymph node; SLN, sentinel lymph node.