Radical surgery, also called radical dissection, refers to the removal of blood supply, lymph nodes and sometimes adjacent structures of a diseased organ or tumor during surgery. In surgical oncology, radical surgery typically describes the removal of a tumor or mass and ancillary lymph nodes that may drain the mass for diagnostic and/or treatment...
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Surgery designed to remove all possible diseased tissue, for example, all possible tumour tissue. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Major surgery aiming to remove all possible tissue that could be affected by a particular cancer. Alternative approach to removing just a tumour and giving radiotherapy to the surrounding area, for example.
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treatment of disease by surgically removing all tissue that is or may be affected
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