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Woman After Mastectomy
A mastectomy is surgery to remove the entire breast. It is usually done to treat
Alternative Names
Breast removal surgery; Subcutaneous mastectomy; Total mastectomy; Simple mastectomy; Modified radical mastectomy
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- For a subcutaneous mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast but leaves the nipple and areola (the pigmented circle around the nipple)...
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Mastectomy
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Mastectomy is the most common treatment for breast cancer today. As recently as 15 years ago, many doctors considered radical mastectomy the only... Read more »
Extra Mastectomies Don't Benefit Most Women: Study
Many women who undergo a mastectomy on one breast choose to have the other removed as well, but this preventive measure does not appear to be... Read more »
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Many of the 180,000 women who are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year will undergo mastectomy, and a significant portion of them will be... Read more »
Image: Radical Mastectomy
Source: Breastcancer.org
Woman with radical mastectomy. A pink highlighted area indicates tissue removed at mastectomy B axillary lymph nodes: levels I C axillary lymph... Read more »
Image: Total (Simple) Mastectomy
Source: Breastcancer.org
Woman with total (simple) mastectomy. A pink highlighted area indicates tissue removed at mastectomy B axillary lymph nodes: levels I C axillary... Read more »
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