What is a sentinel lymph node (SLN)?

A sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from the primary tumor. Cancer cells may appear in the sentinel node before spreading to other lymph nodes (see Question 2).
SLN biopsy can be used ...
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