Topic Overview

Mastectomy

A mastectomy is a surgery to remove a breast or part of a breast in order to treat breast cancer. A lumpectomy is done to remove a tumor. Read more.

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Definition

A mastectomy is a surgery to remove a breast or part of a breast in order to treat breast cancer. A lumpectomy is done to remove a tumor. Read more.

Concept record

Canonical title: Mastectomy
Alphabetical key: M
Category: Rehabilitation
Content type: Topic Overview
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: None recorded for this concept yet.
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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