mastectomy (măstĕk`təmē), surgical removal of breast tissue, usually done as treatment for breast cancer cancer, in medicine, common term for neoplasms, or tumors, that are malignant. Like benign tumors, malignant tumors do not respond to body mechanisms that limit cell growth.
..... Click the link for more information. . There are many types of mastectomy. In general, the farther the cancer has spread, the more tissue is taken. The radical mastectomies of the past (which removed not only the breast, but underlying chest muscle and lymph nodes) have largely been replaced by less drastic, but equally effective procedures. For small tumors, lumpectomy, removing just the tumor and a margin of tissue, may be performed. A partial, or segmental, mastectomy removes the cancer, some breast tissue, the lining over the chest, and usually some lymph nodes from under the arm; total or simple mastectomy removes the whole breast; modified radical mastectomy takes the breast, lining over the chest muscles, and lymph nodes.

Breast reconstruction can be done using the patient's own tissue or breast implants breast implant, saline- or silicone-filled prosthesis used after mastectomy as a part of the breast reconstruction process or used cosmetically to augment small breasts.
..... Click the link for more information. . Mammograms and self-conducted breast exams have done much to reduce the need for radical procedures because they have increased early detection of the cancer, allowing it to be treated before it has spread.

mastectomy

Surgical removal of a breast, usually because of breast cancer. If the cancer has spread, radical mastectomy may remove surrounding tissue and/or nearby structures, including chest muscles and lymph nodes. Modified radical mastectomy leaves at least the main chest muscle, has an equally high survival rate, and makes reconstruction easier. Simple mastectomy is removal of the breast only. Lumpectomy is removal of the tumour only.

mastectomy

the surgical removal of a breast

mastectomy [ma′stek·tə·mē]

(medicine)

Surgical removal of the breast. Also known as mammectomy.

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No references found	She had a partial mastectomy in Melbourne, Australia, followed by chemotherapy treatment there and in Paris. I had to tell the world out loud 'I have cancer' .. I needed all the ... by Sunday Mirror (London, England) The technique widens the choice for patients who need reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, partial mastectomy or lumpectomy following a diagnosis of breast cancer. LEADING THE WAY; Technique offers hope to sufferers by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Nine surgical chapters detail procedures including reduction mammoplasty, lateral thoracic flaps, nipple sparing mastectomy and reconstruction, repair of the partial mastectomy defect with the latissimus dorsi flap, and staged-immediate free tissue transfer. Oncoplastic surgery of the breast by SciTech Book News	parti-colored buoy parti-coloured partial partial bulkhead partial carry partial Cauchy surface partial cleavage partial coherence partial common battery partial condensation partial correlation partial correlation analysis partial correlation coefficient partial cover plate partial derivative partial differential equation Partial Differential Equation LANguage Partial Discharge partial dislocation partial eclipse partial equivalence relation partial evaluation partial fractions partial function partial key partial mastectomy partial molal quantity partial molar volume partial node partial nucleate boiling partial obscuration partial occupancy partial order partial ordering partial partition partial payment partial pediment partial penetration partial plane partial pluton partial potential temperature Partial Pressure partial pressure suit partial prestressing partial product partial recursive function partial regression coefficient partial release Partial Response Maximum Likelihood partial sum Partial System	partial key Partial Knee Resurfacing Partial Labyrinthectomy Petrous Apicectomy Partial Law of Information Rates Partial least squares Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis Partial Least Squares Path Modeling Partial Least-Squares Difference Partial Least-Squares Regression Partial Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deciency Partial Left Heart Bypass partial lipodystrophy partial lipodystrophy partial lipodystrophy partial liquid ventilation partial liquid ventilation partial liquid ventilation partial liquid ventilation Partial Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Partial Look-Ahead Partial Loss of Capacity Partial loss of hearing Partial loss of hearing Partial Lump Sum Partial Lump Sum Option Partial Lump-Sum Payment Partial lunar eclipse Partial lunar eclipse Partial MAC Partial mapping partial mastectomy Partial Measurement of Traffic Matrices Partial Medial Meniscectomy Partial Medical Restraint System Partial Mission Capable Both partial mission-capable partial mission-capable partial mission-capable, maintenance partial mission-capable, maintenance partial mission-capable, supply partial mission-capable, supply partial mobilization Partial Modal Assurance Criterion Partial Model Query Language partial molal quantity Partial molar volume Partial mole Partial mole Partial monosomy Partial monosomy Partial monosomy Partial Nail Avulsion Partial Neglect of Diatomic Differential Overlap Partial Neglect of Differential Overlap Partial nephrectomy Partial nephrectomy Partial nephrectomy Partial Net Area Partial Network Control Center partial node partial nucleate boiling

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She had a partial mastectomy in Melbourne, Australia, followed by chemotherapy treatment there and in Paris.

I had to tell the world out loud 'I have cancer' .. I needed all the ... by Sunday Mirror (London, England)

The technique widens the choice for patients who need reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, partial mastectomy or lumpectomy following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

LEADING THE WAY; Technique offers hope to sufferers by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Nine surgical chapters detail procedures including reduction mammoplasty, lateral thoracic flaps, nipple sparing mastectomy and reconstruction, repair of the partial mastectomy defect with the latissimus dorsi flap, and staged-immediate free tissue transfer.

Oncoplastic surgery of the breast by SciTech Book News

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