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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Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Actor Olivia Munn said she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy after a mammogram led to the diagnosis.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Olivia Munn, 43, just shared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and received a double mastectomy.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024
According to the news release, Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy in 1974 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
The bill also prevents medical professionals from performing invasive surgeries on minors for gender transition, including mastectomies, vaginoplasties, or phalloplasties.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2024
So with the support of her friends, family, and medical experts, the mother of two young girls chose to undergo a preventative double mastectomy on December 8, 2022.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Actress Olivia Munn, 43, revealed in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and underwent a double mastectomy.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 18 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, Olivia Munn revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy last year, just two months after testing negative for the BRCA gene.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
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