: the surgical removal of part of an organ or structure
Examples of resection in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPart of a transurethral resection involves inserting a scope — a tube with a camera at the end — through the urethra.—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 The treatment usually consists of maximal safe resection followed by total brain and spine radiation, often with proton therapy if available, with extra radiation to the tumor site.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024 For decades, the diagnosis of DCIS has routinely led to surgery–a mastectomy or a lumpectomy (a partial breast resection) that’s often combined with radiation treatment and possibly, a five-year course of hormone medication.—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023 According to a 2018 study in the Journal of Thoracic Disease, wedge resection surgery is associated with a five-year survival rate of 74% in people with stage 1 NSCLC.16
Is Stage 1 Lung Cancer Curable?—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023 Wedge resection can be an option if the tumor is very small, and a lobectomy to remove a lung lobe offers a better chance of a cure.5 Oncologists may recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for stage 1b lung cancer or cases with aggressive features like those that may occur with large cell carcinoma.—Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2023 In the trial, the patients underwent surgery for resection, or removal, of their tumors and had an ultrasound device implanted.—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 May 2023 The inquiry comes in response to a Chronicle investigation that found John Muir leaders had dismissed warnings from staff that the community hospital was not equipped to handle such a specialized operation, known as a liver resection, on a child as young as Ailee Jong.—Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2022 Surgery Unless the cancer is clearly too advanced for surgery, most people will undergo exploratory surgery to determine if surgical resection (removal) is possible.—Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
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