quadrantectomy
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- (KWAD-ran-TEK-toh-mee) Surgical removal of the region of the breast (approximately one quarter) containing cancer.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - distal pancreatectomy, hepatectomy, nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, omentectomy, perineal prostatectomy, prostatectomy, radical prostatectomy, retropubic prostatectomy