Preferred Label : N3b TNM Finding;
NCIt synonyms : N3b Lymph Node Finding; N3b Node Finding; N3b Regional Lymph Nodes Finding;
NCIt related terms : N3b; N3b Stage Finding;
NCIt definition : A general term that refers to a TNM finding of cancer metastases in multiple lymph
nodes. The definition of N3b TNM finding depends on the specific type of cancer that
it refers to; for example, for breast cancer it refers to metastases in clinically
detected ipsilateral internal mammary lymph nodes in the presence of one or more positive
axillary lymph nodes, or in more than 3 axillary lymph nodes and in internal mammary
lymph nodes with micrometastases or macrometastases detected by sentinel lymph node
biopsy but not clinically detected; for gastric cancer it refers to metastases in
sixteen or more regional lymph nodes; for nasopharyngeal cancer it refers to extension
to the supraclavicular fossa.;
Origin ID : C48716;
UMLS CUI : C1709109;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
