# OnCo record lymph-node-status (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/lymph-node-status/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "lymph-node-status" ;
  schema:name "Lymph node status (node-positive / node-negative)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "nodal burden"@en, "number of positive nodes"@en, "lymph-node status"@en, "node-positive"@en, "node-negative"@en, "nodal"@en, "nodal status"@en, "nodal staging"@en, "nodal disease"@en, "lymph node involvement"@en, "lymph node metastases"@en, "lymph node-positive"@en, "N0"@en, "regional nodes"@en, "positive nodes"@en, "involved nodes"@en ;
  schema:description "Whether the cancer has reached the nearby lymph nodes, the filters along the lymphatic drainage. It is the single strongest predictor of whether cancer has escaped the organ, and it drives most decisions about extra treatment after surgery."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/lymph-node-status/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node_metastasis> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node_metastasis> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/sentinel-lymph-node-biopsy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphadenectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/tnm-staging/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphovascular-invasion/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/monarche/> .