Preferred Label : Cutaneous Melanoma Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v8;
NCIt synonyms : Melanoma of the Skin Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v8;
NCIt related terms : Pathologic Staging: Regional Lymph Nodes (pN);
NCIt definition : A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of cutaneous melanoma, following
the rules of the TNM AJCC v8 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional
lymph nodes. The TNM pathologic and clinical regional lymph nodes classifications
of cutaneous melanoma are not the same. TNM pathologic findings are based on the microscopic
examination of the regional lymph nodes, usually detected by lymphatic mapping and
sentinel lymph node biopsy (clinically occult regional lymph node metastasis). (from
AJCC 8th Ed.);
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL524776;
Origin ID : C136953;
UMLS CUI : C4527133;
Semantic type(s)
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