How To Use Mastectomy In A Sentence
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The options this time round were indeed stark and a double mastectomy the least worst of them.
Times, Sunday Times
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Objective To investigate organism celluar immunologic function of early breast cancer and the effect of modified radical mastectomy and postoperative early chemotherapy.
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Simple mastectomy is removal of the breast only. Lumpectomy is removal of the tumour only.
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Upper limb lymphedema after mastectomy can severely threaten physical and mental health and life quality of the patients.
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She was soon to undergo a mastectomy and chemotherapy.
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She had a double mastectomy in 2012 and has fought colon cancer.
The Sun
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Through two bouts with the disease, a double mastectomy, and a TRAM flap reconstruction, she has blogged about everything from breast nicknames (she dubbed her perky reconstructed duo "Barbie breasts" because they have no nipples) to tricks for keeping cancer anxiety from rubbing off on your kids.
EveryJoe
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Currently, less than 40% of patients postmastectomy under go restruction.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
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When performing a venipuncture, do not draw above an IV site, from a vein that is sclerosed, from an area with a hematoma, from an arm with a fistula or shunt, or from the same side where a patient has had a mastectomy.
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As a result, many patients who have had a mastectomy will now also receive postoperative radiotherapy.
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A study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women in New York state who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, more than doubled between 1995 and 2005, with nearly 5,000 women opting for the procedure during that period.
Undefined
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She had a double mastectomy then reconstruction surgery and is now fully recovered.
The Sun
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Objective:To explore the cause and treatment on upper limb lymphedema after mastectomy of breast cancer.
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Following this, she underwent a left mastectomy with axillary dissection.
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A proportion of patients who have a mastectomy are advised to undergo radiotherapy to reduce the risk of local recurrence.
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A friend was at hand to give her support for the eight and a half hour mastectomy and reconstruction operation.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some benefit has been observed when using epidural opiates alone for mastectomy, thoracotomy, extremity surgery and lower abdominal surgery.
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She had a full mastectomy without reconstruction but would not put her life on hold.
The Sun
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It may be possible for women who have had a mastectomy to have reconstructive surgery without the use of implants.
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She made a positive choice to have a mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy to ensure the cancer did not spread.
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Reasons for undergoing reconstruction include inability to wear clothes, dislike of the external prosthesis, and weariness of the mastectomy deformity.
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The rest of the pamphlet contained a list of treatment options ranging from modified radical mastectomy to hormonal therapy.
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Reconstruction can be done in the same operation as the mastectomy, and may be more successful if it's done straight away.
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She didn't have reconstructive surgery after her double mastectomy.
Times, Sunday Times
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Simple mastectomy is removal of the breast only. Lumpectomy is removal of the tumour only.
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The choice to remove a healthy breast in order to avoid breast cancer is a deeply personal decision -- one that appears to be on the upswing in a specific segment of cancer patients, although there's little evidence to suggest it improves survival. study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, increased from 1995 through 2005 in New York state.
Undefined
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She was told she would need a full mastectomy.
Times, Sunday Times
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Another type of specialist nurse deals solely with patients who have had a mastectomy.
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Transmen may be offered bilateral mastectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and fashioning of a penis and scrotum.
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Upper limb lymphedema after mastectomy can severely threaten physical and mental health and life quality of the patients.
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You can call it brave, you can call it smart, but regardless of what words you want to use to describe it, Christina Applegate has kicked the botty of cancer by having her boobs lopped off in a double mastectomy.
Christina Applegate’s Breast Cancer: She’s Going to be Fine! Apparently.
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Methods:Total of 134 mastocarcinoma patients underwent modified radical mastectomy. Different incisions were used randomly and discuss heal and complications.
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Most women who undergo a double mastectomy do not need it, according to a study.
Times, Sunday Times
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The need for a mastectomy was another huge blow for Donna.
The Sun
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Discuss the rationale for delaying definitive reconstruction until after the completion of postmastectomy radiation
Medscape Medical News Headlines
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Having a mastectomy is totally doable.
The Sun
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In 1909 note that date: Halsted had just wrapped up his study of the mastectomy; Neely was yet to advertise his “reward” for the cure for cancer, then a thirty-year-old scientist freshly launching his lab at the Rockefeller Institute, Peyton Rous had been brought a tumor growing on the back of a hen of a black-and-white species of chicken called Plymouth Rock.
The Emperor of All Maladies
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It also appears that patient satisfaction with postmastectomy implant-based reconstruction is generally high and that individual treatment variables -- such as implant type -- explain only a relatively small amount of the variance.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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For example, in many types of breast surgeries, either following mastectomy, mastopexy (breast lift) or body contouring procedures, there is a significant need for scaffolding technology that can immediately support a geometrically complex implantation site at the time of surgery, and provide the body both the time and structure necessary for optimal healing.
Medgadget
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Breast reconstruction can be performed immediately after a mastectomy, which removes the entire breast.
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The mother I knew during my lifetime was a beautiful and vain woman, one who resisted having a mastectomy for breast cancer because she could not bear to be, as she put it, 'mutilated' and 'disfigured.'
We Remember
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Complaining to the V.A. about violations of my requests for, and promises made of, female only staff during procedures like colonoscopies, oophorectomies, and a mastectomy, complaining about being left in the care of men while under anesthesia, and requests for explanations for symptoms synonymous with sexual assault for which the physician claimed to have no medical explanation, has gotten me nothing more than a "don't ask; don't tell" flag in my chart by that same doctor.
Arrogance, Abuse, Fraud, and Medical Malpractice: How Some Physicians Beg for Lawsuits
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Stages I and II are locally operable and are generally treated by modified radical mastectomy.
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Individuals may seek presymptomatic testing so that those carrying the gene can be more vigilant with breast examination and mammography, or alternatively opt for prophylactic mastectomy or oophorectomy.
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The use of postoperative adjuvant irradiation in breast conservation and after mastectomy is increasing.
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Researchers are focusing on cancer patients who have had lumpectomies because this procedure is easier to correct than mastectomy.
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The woman, who has not been named, needed a double mastectomy.
The Sun
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Researchers reported a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 for the procedure, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, in a study published last year in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Stories: Local News
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She got back to golfing as quickly as she could after her surgery, but post-surgery golf carried a different set of physical demands: After the double mastectomy, she had "spacers" - platelike devices that leave room for eventual implants-and worried about possible injury.
Kentucky.com: Homepage
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The researchers urge general surgeons to include discussion of all surgical options lumpectomy, mastectomy and mastectomy with reconstruction at a point when a patient is considering her choices.
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In addition, the cancer was no more likely to metastasise in women who had had a lumpectomy than in women who had had a mastectomy.
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A mastectomy was followed by a year of chemo, then radiation and further treatments.
Christianity Today
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A woman who tests positive for the gene mutations may choose to undergo preventive procedures, such as mastectomy or oophorectomy, which might be unnecessary if a given mutation would not lead to cancer.
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In the summer of 2003, my mom was at the Paoli-Calmettes* cancer institute in Marseilles for a mastectomy, but what she really wanted was a few new teeth.
Jules
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Most women with early breast cancer get offered a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy.
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Methods:Subcutaneous mastectomy and post pectoralis augmentation mammoplasty with silicone gel filled breast prosthesis were used in 6 cases, 7 breasts, they had different kinds of breast disease.
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For these women the recommended treatment is often modified radical mastectomy.
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The new indication is for Herceptin, in combination with other cancer drugs, for the treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer after surgery ( lumpectomy or mastectomy).
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I am now scheduled for a mastectomy with reconstruction, followed by a course of radiation.
Times, Sunday Times
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Looks really aren't important to me: my last boyfriend had a double mastectomy and a pot belly.
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It was cancer so I had a mastectomy and reconstruction with implants at the same time.
The Sun
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Objective To investigate the mental health of breast cancer patients after breast conserving surgery and modified radical mastectomy respectively.
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It also reduces patients' need for a mastectomy.
The Sun
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The mother I knew during my lifetime was a beautiful and vain woman, one who resisted having a mastectomy for breast cancer because she could not bear to be, as she put it, "mutilated" and "disfigured.
We Remember - Eleanor Hatkin Freedman, 1924 - 1974
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Halsted called this procedure the “radical mastectomy,” using the word radical in the original Latin sense to mean “root”; he was uprooting cancer from its very source.
The Emperor of All Maladies
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Following a mastectomy or lumpectomy, drains and drainage bags can be carried in the pouch.
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But the surrounding tissue could still have been infected so I needed a mastectomy.
The Sun
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She may consider possible prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy.
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Objective To investigate the mental health of breast cancer patients after breast conserving surgery and modified radical mastectomy respectively.
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The latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap is a good option for post - mastectomy breast reconstruction.
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She is not the first celeb to have a double mastectomy.
The Sun
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As more data were evaluated, however, it was determined that other procedures were routinely being misclassified (eg, mastectomy, exploratory laparotomy, Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy, small bowel resection).
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The distress over having the wrong-shaped body for the brain and mind is similar to the distress caused by removal of breasts due to mastectomy, or penectomy due to cancer or accident.
A Nose By Any Other Name Would Smell
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Hajopoulos, 44, had what doctors call a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, or, in laymen's terms, a preventive mastectomy in a breast not yet determined to have cancer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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Then further tests showed a malignant tumour which meant having a mastectomy to remove it.
The Sun
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Outline the differences between the use of implant-based and autologous tissue-only breast reconstruction in patients who may or will require postmastectomy radiation therapy
Medscape Medical News Headlines
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Review current data on the sequencing of postmastectomy radiation therapy and breast reconstruction
Medscape Medical News Headlines
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As for me, I want to take any test that'll help zero in on my odds of developing breast or ovarian cancer, knowing that I'll gain information to help me make impactful health decisions (e.g. if the test showed the mutation, I could be more diligent with self breast exams or, more drastically, choose a pre-emptive mastectomy or ovariectomy).
Beth Kohl: Genetics and the Politics of Discrimination
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Improved plastic surgery and advances in surgical techniques, such as a skin-sparing mastectomy and simultaneous breast reconstruction, might be part of the reason more woman are choosing to have a mastectomy.
Breast cancer treatments: Know your options
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If postmastectomy radiation therapy is planned, it can cause complications with either breast implants or tissue flap procedures.
The 10 Best Questions
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When the doctors told me the diagnosis, my reaction was to request a double mastectomy and reconstruction the next week.
Times, Sunday Times
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Following lumpectomy, local recurrence is usually at the surgical site and can be treated with mastectomy.
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Immerse your ears – be they piggy or human – from the noir to the neo-Romantic, with readings from well-established wordsmiths Iain Sinclair and Mimi Khalvati, as well as burgeoning bards like Clare Best, whose collection Breastless charts her experience of mastectomy, and Philip Pollecoff, a lawyer whose lyrics span Ovaltine, acid and alimony.
This week's new events
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Suspended between competitive machismo and bromance, plastic surgeons Christian Troy and Sean McNamara negotiated six seasons of guts, gore and a particularly memorable self-administered mastectomy with an electric turkey trimmer.
It's a good week for … Ryan Murphy
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I had to have a double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery.
The Sun