Sentinel node — A sentinel node is a programming idiom used to speed up some operations on linked lists and trees. It refers to a special type of object that represents the end of a data structure. Linked list data structures may use a sentinel object to… … Wikipedia
Sentinel-Node-Szintigraphie — Wächterlymphknoten (auch Sentinel Lymphknoten, von engl. sentinel für „Wächter“) ist ein Konzept in der Erkennung (Diagnose) und Behandlung (Therapie) bestimmter bösartiger Tumoren (Krebs), insbesondere Brustkrebs (Mammakarzinom), schwarzer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sentinel node biopsy — biopsy of a sentinel node to assess for malignancy; if it does not contain malignant cells, this usually eliminates the need for removal of more distal nodes. Called also intraoperative lymphatic mapping … Medical dictionary
Sentinel lymph node — The sentinel lymph node is the hypothetical first lymph node or group of nodes reached by metastasizing cancer cells from a tumor.PhysiologyThe spread of some forms of cancer usually follows an orderly progression, spreading first to regional… … Wikipedia
Node, sentinel lymph — The first lymph node ( gland ) to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel node for a given tumor is determined by injecting around the tumor a tracer substance that will travel through the lymphatic system to the … Medical dictionary
Sentinel lymph node — The first lymph node ( gland ) to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel node in a given case is determined by injecting around the tumor a tracer substance that will travel through the lymphatic system to the… … Medical dictionary
Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy — Examination of the first lymph node ( gland ) that receives lymphatic drainage from a tumor to learn whether that node does or does not have tumor cells within it. Which lymph node is the sentinel node for a given tumor is determined by injecting … Medical dictionary
sentinel lymph node biopsy — Removal and examination of the sentinel node(s) (the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from a primary tumor). To identify the sentinel lymph node(s), the surgeon injects a radioactive substance, blue dye, or both near … English dictionary of cancer terms
Sentinel-Lymphknoten — Wächterlymphknoten (auch Sentinel Lymphknoten, von engl. sentinel für „Wächter“) ist ein Konzept in der Erkennung (Diagnose) und Behandlung (Therapie) bestimmter bösartiger Tumoren (Krebs), insbesondere Brustkrebs (Mammakarzinom), schwarzer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sentinel lymph node — the first lymph node to show evidence of metastasis of a malignant tumour (e.g. breast cancer) via the lymphatic system. Absence of cancer cells in the sentinel node indicates that more distal lymph nodes will also be free of metastasis … Medical dictionary
