Sentinel Lymph Node

Preferred Label : Sentinel Lymph Node;

NCIt synonyms : Sentinel Node; SLN;

NCIt definition : The first lymph node that is affected by cancer spread from the primary site. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is part of the staging work-up to determine early metastasis to regional lymph nodes in patients with breast carcinoma or melanoma.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from the primary tumor. Cancer cells may appear first in the sentinel node before spreading to other lymph nodes.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045876;

Details

Origin ID

C12947;

UMLS CUI

C1522495;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Lymphatic System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Sarcolipin [OMIM gene]
- Sentinel Lymph Node [MeSH concept]
CISMeF manual mappings
- Sentinel Lymph Node [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sentinel lymph node [LOINC part]
- Sentinel node (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sentinel lymph node [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sentinel Lymph Node [MeSH Descriptor]
- Sentinel lymph node [LOINC part]
- Structure of sentinel lymph node (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sentinel lymph node [Radlex concept]

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