Sentinel Lymph Node
Synonyms
Lymph Node, Sentinel
Lymph Nodes, Sentinel
Node, Sentinal
Nodes, Sentinal
Sentinal Node
Sentinal Nodes
Sentinel Lymph Nodes
First lymph node to receive drainage from the primary tumor. SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY is performed to determine early METASTASIS status because cancer cells may appear first in the sentinel node.