1) Ablation 2) Breast surgery 3) Cutting out 4) Excision 5) Extirpation 6) Surgical removal procedure
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Mastectomy (from Greek μαστός `breast` and ἐκτομή ektomia `cutting out`) is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. In some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophyl...
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a surgery to remove all breast tissue from a breast as a way to treat or prevent breast cancer
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Removal of all the breast tissue including the nipple area. Metastases Cancer cells that have spread from the first cancer site and grown elsewhere in the body, for example the bones. Also called mets, advanced cancer, secondary cancer or secondaries.
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surgical removal of a breast, usually to remove a malignancy but also performed in the treatment of other conditions (e.g., cystic breast disease) ... [1 related articles]
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Surgery to remove the breast (or as much of the breast tissue as possible).
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The surgical removal of a queens mammary glands.
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In surgery, removal of all or part of the female breast. It is performed as a treatment for breast cancer. Simple mastectomy involves the breast alone; if the cancer has spread, radical mastectomy may be undertaken, removing also the lymphatic tissue from the armpit.
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breast removal
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<procedure, surgery> An operation to remove the whole breast. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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(mas-tek´tә-me) surgical removal of breast tissue, usually for treatment of malignant breast tumors, although occasionally this may be advisable for benign tumors, other diseases of the breast such as fibrocystic disease of the breast, or prophylaxis. Types include simple, radical, modified radical, and extended r...
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An operation to remove the breast.
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An operation to remove a breast.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mas-tek′tŏ-mē Definitions: 1. Excision of the breast. Synonyms: mammectomy
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Mastectomy: A general term for removal of the breast, usually to remove cancerous tissue. The operation can be done in a hospital or in an outpatient clinic, depending on how extensive it needs to be. It takes from two to three hours, with three to five weeks for full recovery. Drainage shunts are left in the surgical incision for a few days after ...
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A mastectomy is an operation to remove a breast, and most of the skin covering it. It is usually done to treat or prevent breast cancer.
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Surgery to remove all or part of the breast and sometimes other tissue that surrounds the breast. This procedure may be performed to ensure that all cancer cells have been eliminated in a patient that has breast cancer or it may be used as a method of risk reduction for cancer in patients that are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. ....
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It is surgical removal of the breast. Usually carried out in the case of patients suffering from breast cancer.
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n] - surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
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mastectomy The surgical removal of the entire breast, usually to treat serious breast disease; such as, breast cancer. There are four general types of mastectomy: Subcutaneous mastectomy when the entire breast is removed but the nipple and areola (the pigmented circle around the nipple) remain in place. Total (or simple) mastectomy or the remova...
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Operation to remove the breast.
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a surgical procedure in which all or part of the breast is removed to prevent the spread of cancer
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The surgical removal of all or part of a breast.
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noun surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
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A surgical procedure to remove all or a large part of the breast.
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