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Neoplasm Seeding

"Neoplasm Seeding" 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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The local implantation of tumor cells by contamination of instruments and surgical equipment during and after surgical resection, resulting in local growth of the cells and tumor formation.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neoplasm Seeding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Neoplasm Seeding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2005
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