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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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sentinel lymph node  listen  (SEN-tih-nul limf node)

  The first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from the primary tumor. When cancer spreads, the cancer cells may appear first in the sentinel node before spreading to other lymph nodes.