breast-conserving surgery
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- 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, or quadrant, 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). Also called breast-sparing surgery.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - ablation, amputation, anterior pelvic exenteration, breast-sparing surgery, castration, circumcision, excision, exenteration, margin, unresectable, unresected, Whipple procedure, wide local excision