Lymph Nodes

"Lymph Nodes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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They are oval or bean shaped bodies (1 - 30 mm in diameter) located along the lymphatic system.

Descriptor ID	D008198
MeSH Number(s)	A10.549.400 A15.382.520.604.412
Concept/Terms	Lymph Nodes Lymph Nodes Lymph Node Node, Lymph Nodes, Lymph

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Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Lymphoid Tissue [A10.549]
Lymph Nodes [A10.549.400]
Hemic and Immune Systems [A15]
Immune System [A15.382]
Lymphatic System [A15.382.520]
Lymphoid Tissue [A15.382.520.604]
Lymph Nodes [A15.382.520.604.412]

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Bar chart showing 153 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	3	4
1997	0	4	4
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	7	8
2003	2	6	8
2004	1	2	3
2005	3	5	8
2006	4	4	8
2007	1	2	3
2008	4	7	11
2009	2	3	5
2010	1	4	5
2011	4	2	6
2012	2	2	4
2013	5	3	8
2014	5	5	10
2015	5	2	7
2016	3	3	6
2017	3	0	3
2018	4	3	7
2019	6	3	9
2020	1	6	7
2021	1	3	4
2022	0	4	4
2023	1	2	3
2024	1	0	1
2025	1	1	2
2026	1	0	1

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Ortner G, Hoderlein X, Barbato F, Beyersdorff D, Bud?us L, Burger IA, Eiber M, Graefen M, Hadaschik B, Haese A, Herrmann K, Maack L, Maric I, Mattei A, Rauscher I, Salomon G, Sauer M, Schimm?ller L, Schlaefer A, Schlemmer HP, Spohn SKB, Umutlu L, Walz J, W?rnschimmel C, Koehler D, Maurer T. The Pelvic Rosetta Classification Project: An Interdisciplinary Proposal for a Lymph Node Map of the Pelvis in Prostate Cancer. J Nucl Med. 2026 Jan 02; 67(1):154-159.

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Liu Q, Wei JN, Zhou JY, Zhang CR, Ke LR, Lu N, Deng Y, Kuang YW, Hua YC, Wang MW, Gong J, Dong SH, Wu L, Lv X, Xiang YQ, Guo X, Xia WX. Development of a simplified scoring system for MRI-detected retropharyngeal lymph node features to optimize AJCC 9th edition N classification in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2026 Feb; 173:107825.

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Racine JJ, Dwyer JR, Chapman HD, Bell A, Robledo RF, Serreze DV. Direct-in-NOD genetic ablation of Bcl3 leads to complete type 1 diabetes protection. J Immunol. 2025 Nov 01; 214(11):2847-2860.

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Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle TM, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, Rao R, Sauder C, Naik A, Howard-McNatt M, Lancaster R, Norwood P, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA. Clipping the Positive Lymph Node in Patients with Clinically Node Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Impact on Axillary Surgery in the ISPY-2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(11):7249-7259.

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Nanaware PP, Khan ZN, Clement CC, Shetty M, Mota I, Seltzer ES, Dzieciatkowska M, Gamboni F, D'Alessandro A, Ng C, Nagayama M, Lichti CF, Soni RK, Matei I, Lyden D, Longman R, Lu TT, Wan X, Unanue ER, Stern LJ, Santambrogio L. Role of the afferent lymph as an immunological conduit to analyze tissue antigenic and inflammatory load. Cell Rep. 2024 06 25; 43(6):114311.

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Everaerts W, Walz J, Abascal Junquera JM, Goffin K, Grootendorst MR, van 't Klooster K, Juanpere N, Valhondo-Rama R, Vidal-Sicart S, Fumado L. A Multicentre Clinical Trial Evaluating a Drop-in Gamma Probe for Minimally Invasive Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol Focus. 2024 Jan; 10(1):32-40.

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Webber AA, Gupta P, Marcello PW, Stain SC, Abelson JS. Lymph node retrieval colon cancer: Are we making the grade? Am J Surg. 2023 10; 226(4):477-484.

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Chung SH, de Geus SWL, Shewmaker G, Romatoski KS, Drake FT, Ko NY, Merrill AL, Hirsch AE, Tseng JF, Sachs TE, Cassidy MR. Axillary Lymph Node Dissection is Associated with Improved Survival Among Men with Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep; 30(9):5610-5618.

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Ersoy E, Elsayad M, Pandiri M, Knee A, Cao QJ, Crisi GM. Intraoperative Lymph Node Assessment (Touch Preparation Only) for Metastatic Breast Carcinoma in Neoadjuvant and Non-neoadjuvant Settings. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 02 01; 147(2):149-158.

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Kneuertz PJ, Abdel-Rasoul M, D'Souza DM, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE. Wedge Resection vs Lobectomy for Clinical Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Occult Lymph Node Disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 06; 115(6):1344-1351.

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