Sentence examples for was mastectomy from inspiring English sources
noun
The surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast; mammectomy.
Earlier, the treatment was mastectomy with or without axillary dissection.
A few decades ago, the treatment for DCIS was mastectomy with axillary dissection.
The proposed surgery at baseline was mastectomy for all patients (information missing for one patient).
The most common surgery was mastectomy, performed in 59.87% of patients (537 cases).
In one study, primary surgery was mastectomy in all cases (Snee, 1996).
For most of the twentieth century, treatment for DCIS was mastectomy (Fig. 1).
Rather, at issue are mastectomy patients who have one to three positive axillary, or underarm, lymph nodes.
The definitive local therapy options for early-stage breast cancer are mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy.
Usually, the recommended treatment for hereditary breast cancer associated with BRCA1 mutation is mastectomy because it is a more aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis.
If the epidermotropic theory is believed, then there is an invasive component in the breast and the treatment of choice is mastectomy.
Current treatment recommendations for these patients is mastectomy.
