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“halstead mastectomy”
radical mastectomy, Halstead mastectomy
1. Treatment of breast cancer in which the breast, involved skin, pectoral muscles, axillary lymph nodes, and subcutaneous fat are removed.
2. Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collarbone to the abdomen, including the chest wall muscles and the axillary lymph nodes in the armpit.
2. Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collarbone to the abdomen, including the chest wall muscles and the axillary lymph nodes in the armpit.
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-ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize
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masto-, mast-, -mastia, -masty +
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