Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical excision of a tumor from the breast with the removal of a minimal amount of surrounding tissue.
- noun Surgical excision of a mass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) the removal of a cyst or tumor from the breast by surgery. This is one method of treating breast tumors when in an early stage, and is preferred for cosmetic reasons, when medically feasible, to
radical mastectomy , the removal of the entire breast along with nearby muscles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical removal of a
tumour orcyst from abreast .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mrs. Edwards will be undergoing further testing of her infiltrative ductal carcinoma of the breast, to determine how far it's spread and whether or not a mastectomy or lumpectomy is indicated.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Mrs. Edwards will be undergoing further testing of her infiltrative ductal carcinoma of the breast, to determine how far it's spread and whether or not a mastectomy or lumpectomy is indicated.
Medpundit 2004
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These trials demonstrated that a much less drastic operation called a lumpectomy was appropriate in many cases; when combined with radiation therapy it provided a chance of survival indistinguishable from that provided by Halsted-style mastectomy.
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These trials demonstrated that a much less drastic operation called a lumpectomy was appropriate in many cases; when combined with radiation therapy it provided a chance of survival indistinguishable from that provided by Halsted-style mastectomy.
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Such early-stage cancers usually can be treated by a surgical procedure called a lumpectomy, which removes only the cancerous tissue, rather than the entire breast.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Such early-stage cancers usually can be treated by a surgical procedure called a lumpectomy, which removes only the cancerous tissue, rather than the entire breast.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Such early-stage cancers usually can be treated by a surgical procedure called a lumpectomy, which removes only the cancerous tissue, rather than the entire breast.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Such early-stage cancers usually can be treated by a surgical procedure called a lumpectomy, which removes only the cancerous tissue, rather than the entire breast.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Wednesday's report said she would begin six weeks of radiation therapy in May following minor invasive surgery called a lumpectomy and the prognosis for survival was extremely good.
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Although the less invasive procedure called a lumpectomy is still far more common, the increase means there are more women who have gone through bilateral surgery and can provide advice or an example to others.
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