Asish Mukherjee, MD, Eric Rolfsmeyer, MD, Susan M.K. Andersen, MS, Kimberly Goble, MD, Kimberlee Tams, MD, and John J. Ryan, MD
Dr. Mukherjee is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of South Dakota (USD) School of Medicine and a staff surgeon at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), both in Sioux Falls, SD. Dr. Rolfsmeyer is a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the USD School of Medicine and a colorectal surgeon at Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Ms. Andersen is a research operations manager for the USD Cardiovascular Research Institute. Drs. Goble and Tams are both resident physicians in the department of pathology at the SFVAMC. Dr. Ryan is a professor of surgery at the USD School of Medicine and the chief of surgery at the SFVAMC.
It’s been proposed that hidden lymph node involvement accounts for a substantial proportion of recurrence and death in apparent stage I and II colon cancer. This VA pilot study explores the usefulness of the sentinel lymph node technique of targeted pathologic analysis in a veteran population.
