Radical mastectomy
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| Term | Radical mastectomy |
| Short definition | radical mastectomy - (pronounced) (RA-dih-kul ma-STEK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the entire breast, all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the chest wall muscles under the breast. For many years, radical mastectomy was the most commonly performed type of breast cancer surgery, but it is rarely used today. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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radical mastectomy - (pronounced) (RA-dih-kul ma-STEK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the entire breast, all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the chest wall muscles under the breast. For many years, radical mastectomy was the most commonly performed type of breast cancer surgery, but it is rarely used today. It must only be used if the breast cancer has spread to the chest wall muscles. Also called a radical Halsted mastectomy
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