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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Cytodiagnosis > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Cytodiagnosis > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical > Biopsy > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Lymph Node Excision > Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Biopsy, Sentinel Lymph Node
  • Lymph Node Biopsy, Sentinel

Scope note

  • A diagnostic procedure used to determine whether LYMPHATIC METASTASIS has occurred. The SENTINEL LYMPH NODE is the first lymph node to receive drainage from a neoplasm.

History note

  • 2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D021701

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