Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy? Removal and examination of the sentinel node(s) (the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from a primary tumor). To identify the sentinel lymph node(s), the surgeon injects a radioactive substance, blue dye, or both near the tumo

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