Lymph node revealing solution | Findings |
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Acetone25 | 2/34 (5.9%) upstaged from pN1 to pN2* 2/80 (2.5%) upstaged†: 1 upstaged from pN0 to pN1 1 upstaged from pN1 to pN2 |
Alcohol and xylene17 | 3/41 (7.3%) cases upstaged from Dukes’ B to Dukes’ C |
GEWF41 | 10/30 (33%) upstaged‡: 4 upstaged from Nx to N1 4 upstaged from N0 to N1 2 upstaged from N1 to N2 |
GEWF42 | 4/30 (13.0%) upstaged—no colorectal cancer cases upstaged§ |
Alcohol and xylene32 | 5/58 (8.6%) upstaged (Dukes’ B to Dukes’ C) |
GEWF40 | 3/35 (8.6%) upstaged from Dukes’ B to Dukes’ C |
Acetone, alcohol and xylene27 | 4/15 (26.7%) upstaged: 1 upstaged from pN0 to pN1 3 upstaged from pN1 to pN2 |
Alcohol and xylene31 | Stage changed in 2/84 (2.4%) of cases |
Alcohol23 | 2/10 (20.0%) upstaged from pN1 to pN2 |
*Control group.
†Study group.
‡Stage also changed from Nx to N0 in eight cases.
§Upstaged one breast carcinoma and three bladder carcinoma cases.
GEWF, glacial acetic acid, ethanol, water and formalin.