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Screening: Test or procedures to check
for cancer or a disease when there are no symptoms.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy: A dye or radioactive substance injected
near the tumor drains and into nearest lymph node to which cancer is
likely to spread. This lymph node, once identified, is removed.
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Stage: A system to identify
how far the cancer has spread.
Systemic: Reaching and affecting tissues
and cells all over the body.
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