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In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to combat breast cancer; in some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it. In contrast, in a lumpectomy, a lump of tissue rather than the whole breast is removed.
Traditionally, in the case of breast cancer, the whole breast was removed. Often the mastectomy was performed during the same operation in which the biopsy was taken that confirmed the diagnosis. Nowadays the decision to do the mastectomy is usually based on the earlier performed biopsy. Also there is a trend to a more conservative approach to breast cancer. Practice has changed because of on the one hand improvements in radiotherapy and adjuvant treatment (e.g. chemotherapy or hormonal therapy) which mean a wider excision no longer makes local recurrence less likely and on the other hand a recognition that breast cancer metastasises early. Radical excision will not prevent later distant secondary tumours arising from micro-metastases prior to discovery, diagnosis and operation. In developed countries, only a minority of cancers is still treated by mastectomy.
Types
- Simple mastectomy (or "total mastectomy") illustration
- Modified radical mastectomy illustration
- Radical mastectomy (or "Halsted mastectomy") -- rarely done today illustration
- Skin-sparing mastectomy illustration
- Subcutaneous mastectomy PMID 11712794
Breast Prosthetics
Lingerie :: Clothing
Swimwear :: Clothing
Breast :: Cancer
@jamiegroh welcome! i know how stressful surgery is.. my aunt had a mastectomy and my papa has bladder cancer.. LOTS of surgery in my fam
iCuddle_ (Trisha Nicole) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:34:09 -0000
@jamiegroh welcome! i know how stressful surgery is.. my aunt had a mastectomy and my papa has bladder cancer.. LOTS of surgery in my fam
Just got my "know your rights after a mastectomy" pamphlet in my work mail box. just what I was looking for...
AdamBez (Adam Bezdicek) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:24:54 -0000
Just got my "know your rights after a mastectomy" pamphlet in my work mail box. just what I was looking for...
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LauraAllenMT (Laura Allen) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:59:38 -0000
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noozguy1 (Kevin Hayes) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:47:32 -0000
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irishcentral (Irish Central) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:47:31 -0000
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@MarcSeveral Darn. Here I was looking forward to the double mastectomy.
Scarletfedora (The Scarlet Fedora) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:51 -0000
@MarcSeveral Darn. Here I was looking forward to the double mastectomy.
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