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2. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. [1][2] In some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation as a preventive measure. [1] Alternatively, some women can choose to have a wide local ...

3. Radical mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Radical mastectomy is a surgical procedure that treats breast cancer by removing the breast and its underlying chest muscle (including pectoralis major and pectoralis minor), and lymph nodes of the axilla (armpit). Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. During the early twentieth century it was primarily treated by surgery, when ...

4. Preventive mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   When cancer has affected already one breast, the other breast, still healthy, may be removed in a unilateral preventive mastectomy. Typically either a simple, a subcutaneous or a nipple-sparing mastectomy is performed. With the former the areola and nipple are removed, while the other two approaches preserve the nipple area for cosmetic reasons.

5. George Crile Jr. - Wikipedia

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   George Washington "Barney" Crile Jr. (November 3, 1907 – September 11, 1992) was an American surgeon. [1][2] He was a significant influence on how breast cancer is treated and was a visible and controversial advocate for alternative procedures, now considered normal treatments. [1][3]: 6 He worked at the Cleveland Clinic for more than fifty ...

6. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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   Lumpectomy · Mastectomy: Breast implant · Mastopexy · Breast reconstruction · Breast reduction plasty: Skin: V-plasty · VY-plasty · W-plasty · Z-plasty: Escharotomy: Skin biopsy: Other/ungrouped Abdominoplasty · Hernioplasty · Frenuloplasty · Z-plasty

7. Breast cancer - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 September 2024. Cancer that originates in mammary glands Medical condition Breast cancer An illustration of breast cancer Specialty Oncology Symptoms A lump in a breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, fluid from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, a red scaly patch of skin on the ...