Efficacy of a Double-well Single-plastic Scintillation Counter for Surveying Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Gastrointestinal Cancer
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- YOSHIMURA Mana
- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University
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- TAKAGI Yu
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- HOSHINO Sumito
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- SUDO Hideo
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- TACHIBANA Shingo
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- UCHID Kenji
- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University
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- UMEDA Junichi
- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University
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- TSUCHIDA Akihiko
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- AOKI Tatsuya
- The Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- KOIZUMI Kiyoshi
- Department of Radiology, Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo Medical University
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- ABE Kimihiko
- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University
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Abstract
Since 2000, our department has been calculating the percent injected dose (%ID ; the accumulation ratio of an injected amount) in isolated lymph nodes when detecting sentinel node navigation surgery for upper gastrointestinal tract cancers. However, the conventional procedure of calculating %ID is complicated. In this study, we used DCM-200 (Aloka Co., Tokyo, Japan). This is equipped with two wells, one to receive a syringe to measure high-level radioactivity, and one for insertion of a tube to measure low-level radioactivity. We compared results using the conventional autowell method and the DCM method. (Subjects and Methods) Ten patients with T1N0 gastric cancer underwent SNNS using the RI method. The radioactivity of 54 lymph nodes was measured using both a well-type scintillation counter ARC-300 and the DCM-200. Each gross count and %ID, which was obtained using the conventional calculation method and the DCM-200 method, were compared. (Results) The gross counts among the instruments showed a high correlation (r=0.960). The calculated %ID showed a high correlation, with the value found by the DCM-200, being approximately 1.5 times higher than that found using the conventional calculation method. (Conclusion) The DCM-200 allowed both the administered amount and the amount found in the isolated lymph node to be measured with high sensitivity. Correction for radioactive decay as a factor of time is performed automatically, so that both conversion between instruments and correction for decay over time can be omitted, resulting in a simple calculation process.
Journal
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- Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (Journal of Japanese College of Surgeons)
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Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (Journal of Japanese College of Surgeons) 31 (6), 914-919, 2006
Japanese College of Surgeons
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- CRID
- 1390001204348392064
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- NII Article ID
- 130006790616
- 10018717083
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- NII Book ID
- AN00002502
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- ISSN
- 18829112
- 03857883
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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