Diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasound versus indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for sentinel and lymph node metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer.
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Abstract
Background: Sentinel lymph nodes and lymph node metastases in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) seriously affect prognosis. In order to improve the accuracy of lymph node assessment during surgery, it is crucial to explore advanced imaging techniques. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) versus indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node metastasis (SLNM) and lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with CRC.
Methods: A total of 120 patients with CRC admitted to our hospital from March 2022 to December 2023 were included in this retrospective study and, according to the detection method, they were divided into ICG group (ICG fluorescence imaging group, n=50) and control group (EUS group, n=70). The general data of patients, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ICG imaging for the diagnosis of SLNM and LNM in patients with CRC were statistically compared between the two groups using gold standard postoperative pathology reports. Area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the diagnostic value of ICG fluorescence imaging for SLNM and LNM in patients with CRC.
Results: For diagnosing SLNM in CRC patients, ICG fluorescence imaging achieved sensitivities, specificities, and accuracies of 94.44%, 93.75%, and 94.00%, respectively, significantly outperforming EUS, which achieved sensitivities, specificities, and accuracies of 40.74%, 69.77%, and 58.58% respectively. For LNM diagnosis, ICG fluorescence imaging showed sensitivities, specificities, and accuracies of 80.00%, 92.5%, and 90.00%, compared to 28.57%, 71.43%, and 62.86% for EUS. The area under curve (AUC) of ICG for LNM in patients with CRC was 0.932 with an optimal cut-off value of 0.77, achieving sensitivities and specificities of 95.45% and 81.82%.
Conclusions: In the assessment of SLNM and LNM in patients with CRC, ICG fluorescence imaging is proven to be more valuable than EUS.
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ournal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (Print ISSN 2078-6891; Online ISSN 2219-679X; J Gastrointest Oncol; JGO), the official journal of Society for Gastrointestinal Oncology (SGO), is an open-access, international peer-reviewed journal. It is published quarterly (Sep. 2010- Dec. 2013), bimonthly (Feb. 2014 -) and openly distributed worldwide.
JGO publishes manuscripts that focus on updated and practical information about diagnosis, prevention and clinical investigations of gastrointestinal cancer treatment. Specific areas of interest include, but not limited to, multimodality therapy, markers, imaging and tumor biology.
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