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LYMPH-NODE-DISSECTION


Definition: surgical procedure involving the removal of lymph nodes. This is a treatment to help control the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.

Conceptual Structures
ISASURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
SUBCLASSESRETROPERITONEAL-LYMPH-NODE-DISSECTION
DESCENDANTSRETROPERITONEAL-LYMPH-NODE-DISSECTION
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
SURGERY
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY
INHERITED
RELATIONS
ACCOMPANIER : HUMAN (from WORK-ACTIVITY)
AGENT : PHYSICIAN (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
BENEFICIARY : PATIENT (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
INSTRUMENT : DRUG (by default) (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
LOCATION : CLINIC (from HEALTH-SERVE)
   
AMBULATORY (from HEALTH-SERVE)
   
HOSPITAL (from HEALTH-SERVE)
PURPOSE : HEAL (by default) (from HEALTH-SERVE)
   
CANCER-TREATMENT (from HEALTH-SERVE)
   
VETERINARY-SERVE (from HEALTH-SERVE)
PURPOSE-OF : HEALTH-SERVE (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
ROLE-FOR-ACTIVITY : HEALTH-ROLE (by default) (from MEDICAL-SERVE)
SERVICES-OF : CORPORATION (from SERVICE-EVENT)
THEME : ANIMAL (from SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED)
   
PATIENT (from SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED)
THEME-OF : EVENT (from WORK-ACTIVITY)
TREATMENT-FOR : HAVE-NEOPLASM (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
USES : DRUG (from CANCER-TREATMENT)