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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]

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.

4. Pure apocrine carcinoma of the breast - Wikipedia

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   Ten of these individuals had HER2/neu-positive tumors. In the 17 individuals for whom this information was available, mastectomy, modified mastectomy, and simple mastectomy were performed in 8, 7, and 1 case, respectively; 5 also received adjuvant (i.e. post-surgery) radiotherapy.

5. Breast cancer management - Wikipedia

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   Staging breast cancer is the initial step to help physicians determine the most appropriate course of treatment. As of 2016, guidelines incorporated biologic factors, such as tumor grade, cellular proliferation rate, estrogen and progesterone receptor expression, human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) expression, and gene expression profiling into the staging system.

6. I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at Age 22. Then a ... - AOL

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   Days after the mastectomy, I got the biopsy results: One contained microscopic cancer cells. After fighting so hard, losing all my hair and both my breasts, the disease had continued to spread. I ...

7. These breast cancer survivors are happier than ever post ...

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   In the days before Davina Gantz-Needle's double mastectomy, the 52-year-old Maryland resident spent time mentally preparing for the outcome, which she was certain she'd loathe.