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Mastectomy
- Indications for patients with Breast Cancer
- Breast Tumor size greater than 2 inches
- More than 1 breast tumor in the same breast
- Pregnant patient with Breast Cancer
- Prior Breast Radiation Therapy to involved breast
- Cosmetic Results
- Personal preference
- Technique
- Radical Mastectomies are no longer done
Mastectomy (C0024881) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (NCI) | (mas-TEK-toe-mee) Surgery to remove the breast (or as much of the breast tissue as possible). |
| Definition (NCI) | Surgical removal of the breast. |
| Concepts | Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061) |
| ICD9 | 85.4 |
| MSH | D008408 |
| English | Mammectomies, Mammectomy, Mastectomies, Mastectomy, Mastectomy Procedures |
| Spanish | mamectomia, mastectomia |
| Parent Concepts | Operations on the integumentary system (C0191274), Procedures on breast (C0191838), Breast surgery (C0851312), Operative Surgical Procedures (C0543467), Breast Cancer Treatment (C1511300), Surgical Procedure by Site or System (C1710259), Mastectomy (C0024881), Excision of breast tissue (C0191849), Duplicate concept (C1274013) |
| Sources | AOD, CCS, CSP, ICD9CM, LCH, MEDLINEPLUS, MSH, MTH, MTHCH, NCI, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
