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Halsted's radical mastectomy

A mutilating surgical operation for breast cancer involving total removal of the breast and the underlying muscles, the fat under the skin, the lymph nodes in the arm pit (axilla) and a wide area of skin. This kind of radical surgery is now rarely performed. (William Stewart Halsted, 1852–1922, American surgeon)

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Surgical treatment of breast carcinoma has evolved from Halsted's radical mastectomy to breast-conserving surgery.

A study of sentinel lymph node biopsy with methylene blue dye in early carcinoma of breast

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