"Radical mastectomy" refers to a type of surgery where the entire breast, underlying chest muscles, and sometimes lymph nodes are removed to treat breast cancer. Full definition
A year later, after «firing» his doctor, he underwent a modified radical mastectomy at Moores Cancer Center. (health.ucsd.edu)
Syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman has written of one surgeon who, after comparing respective survival rates, decided to stop doing radical mastectomies altogether, in favor of lumpectomy and radiation. (religion-online.org)
«What do you tell the women you performed radical mastectomies on in the past?» (religion-online.org)