Lumpectomy

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Healthcare› Medicine

Cancer

(lum-PEK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it.

Healthcare› Medicine› Cancer

Breast Cancer

(lum-pek'tuh-me) surgical excision of only the lesion or cancerous tumor in the breast .

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