“…Therefore, sensitive and accurate detection methods, such as IHC or reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), should be used to detect micrometastasis of SSLNs in AGC. Studies have reported that rapid, sensitive IHC and RT-PCR can detect micrometastases in a few minutes (Lee et al, 2012;Hirayama et al, 2014). If true, then the value of the SSLN tracing technique for individual lymphadenectomy of AGC will be more significant.…”