Definition of lumpectomy
lumpectomies
: excision of a breast tumor with a limited amount of associated tissue
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Reach to Recovery Home-visit program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.
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Reach to Recovery Home-visit program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.
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Reach to Recovery Home visit program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.
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Reach to Recovery Home visit program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.
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Reach to Recovery Home visit program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.
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To date, that has meant surgery for DCIS patients; most have lumpectomies, often followed by radiation, but some undergo mastectomies.
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Doctors today are also much more likely to recommend mastectomy over breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) both for medical and cosmetic reasons.
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Breast cancer advocates began to push surgeons to adopt the less disfiguring but equally beneficial lumpectomy instead of the radical mastectomy, and sought to influence how funding was channeled from the government for research.
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First Known Use of lumpectomy
1972
Medical Dictionary
lumpectomy
playMedical Definition of lumpectomy
lumpectomies
: excision of a breast tumor with a limited amount of associated tissue—called also tylectomy; compare quadrantectomy
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