Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
"Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A diagnostic procedure used to determine whether LYMPHATIC METASTASIS has occurred. The sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node to receive drainage from a neoplasm.
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D021701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.500.384.100.580 E01.370.225.998.054.580 E01.370.388.100.580 E04.074.580 E04.446.819 E05.200.500.384.100.580 E05.200.998.054.580 E05.242.384.100.580
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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