Sentences with phrase «as radical mastectomy»

If the tumor appears in multiple glands and looks «hot» (malignant) on cytology, I recommend pre-surgical planning for a more extensive surgery such as radical mastectomy to include the draining lymph nodes.

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Even a decade ago, treating cancer in one breast by removing both — known as a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy («contralateral» meaning opposite side, and «prophylactic» meaning preventive)-- would have sounded like a radical choice.
Myself I'm not a doctor but my sister had breast cancer at 24 the first time received a radical mastectomy, chemo and radiation she got it the second time at 35 and had a mastectomy on the other breast (not radical) chemo and radiation as well both time they were very aggressive cancers.
Next Page: Treatment routine [pagebreak] Same treatment routine as women We did a radical mastectomy on the left, and they took out 25 lymph nodes at the same time.
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