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bilateral mastectomy

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bilateral mastectomy
Surgery The excision of both breasts usually for CA. See Mastectomy, Prophylactic mastectomy.


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The surgeon recommended a unilateral mastectomy--the removal of one breast--to treat her cancer, but as a preventive measure Vanessa, a wife and mother of three, decided to have a bilateral mastectomy and ovariectomy--a surgery that removes both breasts and ovaries.
Debbie underwent a bilateral mastectomy and eight months of chemotherapy.
Some women will choose this as the simplest option, but for most the idea of simple total bilateral mastectomy without breast reconstruction does not achieve a balance between risk reduction and cosmetic outcome.
 
 
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