mastectomy
noun
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Early cases can often be treated with drugs or with a small operation called a lumpectomy (because it removes a lump). Though a "simple mastectomy" is larger than a lumpectomy, it allows the breast to be reconstructed, using artificial implants or tissue from elsewhere on the body. But "radical mastectomy", which is required when the cancer is at an advanced stage, takes much of the chest muscle and makes reconstruction impossible.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 May 2024
Thirty days after receiving her diagnosis, Munn underwent a double mastectomy.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
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Washington — Nadine Menendez, the wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, is being treated for grade 3 breast cancer and will have a mastectomy, her husband disclosed Thursday.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 16 May 2024
Fergie has continued to raise awareness since announcing in January that she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, following post-operative analysis of a mole removed during reconstructive surgery following her mastectomy.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
While some wrote off the bra as silly, many more praised the Kardashians star for the innovation: specifically breast cancer survivors who had had mastectomies.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
At the recommendation of her medical team, Munn had a double mastectomy to remove all of the cancer detected and reduce future risk.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
After an ultrasound detected two more tumors in her right breast, which biopsies confirmed to be stage 1 invasive cancer, and another MRI confirmed cancer in the left breast as well, Munn underwent a double mastectomy.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
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What to know about the disease:Olivia Munn, 43, reveals breast cancer, double mastectomy.
—USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Mastectomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mastectomy. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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