sentinel lymph node

the first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from a malignant tumor; the sentinel nodes are identified as the first to take on a radionuclide or dye injected into the tumor; increasingly used in operations for melanoma and breast cancer; if the sentinel nodes are free of metastasis, more distal nodes are usually also free.
See also: signal lymph node. Synonym(s): sentinel gland, sentinel node

sen·ti·nel lymph node

(sen'ti-nĕl limf nōd) The first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from a malignant tumor; the sentinel node is identified as the first to take up a radionuclide or dye injected into the tumor; increasingly used in operations for melanoma and breast cancer; if the sentinel node is free of metastasis, more distal nodes are also free.
See also: signal lymph node

Sentinel lymph node

The first lymph node to receive lymph fluid from a tumor. If the sentinel node is cancer-free, then it is likely that the cancerous cells have not metastasized.Mentioned in: Vulvar Cancer

单词	sentinel lymph node
释义	sentinel lymph node sentinel lymph node the first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from a malignant tumor; the sentinel nodes are identified as the first to take on a radionuclide or dye injected into the tumor; increasingly used in operations for melanoma and breast cancer; if the sentinel nodes are free of metastasis, more distal nodes are usually also free. See also: signal lymph node. Synonym(s): sentinel gland, sentinel node sen·ti·nel lymph node (sen'ti-nĕl limf nōd) The first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from a malignant tumor; the sentinel node is identified as the first to take up a radionuclide or dye injected into the tumor; increasingly used in operations for melanoma and breast cancer; if the sentinel node is free of metastasis, more distal nodes are also free. See also: signal lymph node Sentinel lymph node The first lymph node to receive lymph fluid from a tumor. If the sentinel node is cancer-free, then it is likely that the cancerous cells have not metastasized.Mentioned in: Vulvar Cancer See SLN See SNL
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