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lumpectomy
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lumpectomy
the surgical removal of a tumour in a breast

lumpectomy [ləm′pek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of a tumor in the breast along with a small amount of surrounding tissue.


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``We have an excellent rate of getting clear margins after lumpectomies as well as a high rate of keeping patients from having mastectomies,'' Senofsky added.
Increasingly, physicians in the United States and abroad recommend lumpectomies for small breast tumors, especially when no evidence exists the cancer has spread.
Published reports indicate that anywhere from 20 to 60 percent of breast-conserving lumpectomies performed each year in the U.
 
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