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| Domain | Definition |
Health | An operation to remove the breast cancer but not the breast itself. Types of breast-conserving surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump), quadrantectomy (removal of one quarter of the breast), and segmental mastectomy (removal of the cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The primary treatment of localized breast cancer is either breast-conserving surgery and radiation or mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | chirurgie préservant le sein, chirurgie conservatrice du sein. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | intervento di chirurgia conservativa della mammella, intervento chirurgico conservativo della mammella. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | east-conservingbray urgerysay cirugía conservadora de la mama. (various references) | ||||||||||
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