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regional lymph node dissection

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007307

A surgical procedure to remove some of the lymph nodes that drain lymph from the area around a tumor. The lymph nodes are then examined under a microscope to see if cancer cells have spread to them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007307
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007307",
  "term": "regional lymph node dissection",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A surgical procedure to remove some of the lymph nodes that drain lymph from the area around a tumor. The lymph nodes are then examined under a microscope to see if cancer cells have spread to them.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/regional-lymph-node-dissection/"
}

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