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Literally, the surgical removal of a lump. For example, in breast cancer, the removal of just the tumour as opposed to mastectomy, in which the whole breast is removed.
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| lumpectomy |
Surgery to remove only the cancerous breast lump; usually followed by radiation therapy.
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| lumpectomy |
a surgical procedure used to remove a lump and some of healthy tissue around it
Ãâó: www.cancercare.mb.ca/Hope/bcch_glossary.shtml
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| lumpectomy |
removal of the lump and a small amount of surrounding breast tissue. Simple mastectomy (modified mastectomy): removal of entire breast. Simulation: Method of identifying the location of radiation fields to be used for treatment. Staging: determining the amount of spread of the cancer in the body: Stage I, localized, non-invasive cancer; Stage II and III, levels of intermediate or regional disease; and Stage IV, invasive or metastasized disease. ...
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| lumpectomy |
Surgery to remove the breast tumor and a small amount of surrounding normal tissue.
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