Sentences with phrase «modified radical mastectomy»

The three weeks between diagnosis and a modified radical mastectomy were traumatic, for the prospect of being permanently «maimed» overshadowed all other fears.

A young woman does not easily endure a modified radical mastectomy (her underarm lymph nodes were removed with the breast in July 1989) nor the loss of her hair.

A year later, after «firing» his doctor, he underwent a modified radical mastectomy at Moores Cancer Center.

Modified radical mastectomy.

• Historically, a modified radical mastectomy was the primary method of treatment of breast cancer.

Surgery: The standard surgery for inflammatory breast cancer is a modified radical mastectomy.