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Mastectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some ...
Radical mastectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radical mastectomy is a surgical procedure in which the breast, underlying chest muscle (including pectoralis major and pectoralis minor), and lymph nodes of the axilla are removed ...
Unnecessary Mastectomies
Unnecessary Mastectomies Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D. It is shocking but true: approximately one out of every two American women who have a breast removed as treatment for cancer do not ...
Mammograms and Mastectomies: ISBN 0-9728969-1-0 by Susan Farrell
Mammograms & Mastectomies is an easy-to-read story filled with practical information and insight into the personal and professional implications of breast cancer. Susan Farrell ...
Radical mastectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radical mastectomy is a surgical procedure in which the breast, underlying chest muscle (including pectoralis major and pectoralis minor), and lymph nodes of the axilla are removed ...
Unnecessary Mastectomies: Are Breast Cancer Patients Given Accurate ...
It is shocking but true: approximately one out of every two American women who have a breast removed as treatment for cancer do not need such radical surgery.
May 22, 2008: Drive-Through Mastectomies Threaten Patients' Lives
Thu May 22, 9:00 AM ET. To: POLITICAL EDITORS. Contact: Karen Young-Levi at Breastcancer.org at (610) 642-6550 or kyoung@breastcancer.org. WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire ...
Double mastectomies to prevent cancer increase
What breastcancer.org says about this article… Double mastectomies to prevent cancer increase. The large study (more than 150,000 patient histories were reviewed) reviewed here ...
mastectomies - definition of mastectomies by the Free Online ...
mas·tec·to·my (m-st k t-m) n. pl. mas·tec·to·mies. Surgical removal of all or part of a breast, sometimes including excision of the underlying pectoral muscles and regional ...
mastectomies - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about mastectomies
Surgical removal of a breast. Performed for cancer, it may also involve removal of lymphatic tissue in the armpit. Around 250,000 mastectomies are performed worldwide annually ...
More women have healthy breast removed - Cancer- msnbc.com
Of the nearly 70,000 women who underwent mastectomies between 1995 and 2005, 9 percent — 6,275 women — had one for preventive reasons. Of women having a preventive mastectomy ...
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Medical Madness: More Women Scared Into Double Mastectomy as Way to "Prevent" Cancer 6/26/2009 - (NaturalNews) Increasing numbers of women are choosing to have both breasts removed ...
Risk Management: Mastectomy
Research shows skin-sparing mastectomies do not increase the risk for breast cancer recurrence in patients with early stage breast cancer. A study on skin-sparing mastectomies in ...
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In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it. It is also the medical procedure carried out to remove breast cancer tissue in males. Alternatively, certain patients can choose to have a wide local excision, also known as a lumpectomy, an operation in which a small volume of breast tissue containing the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue is removed to conserve the breast. Both mastectomy and lumpectomy are what are referred to as "local therapies" for breast cancer, targeting the area of the tumor, as opposed to systemic therapies such as chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or immunotherapy.

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