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Bookmark or Share- What is a Mastectomy? | American Cancer SocietyMastectomy is breast cancer surgery that removes the entire breast. A mastectomy might be done: When a woman cannot be treated with breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), which saves most of the breast. If a woman chooses mastectomy over breast-conserving surgery for personal reasons.
- Mastectomy - What You Need to Know | Susan G. Komen®A mastectomy can be used to treat breast cancer. It can be used to treat ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), invasive breast cancer or breast cancer that has returned. It can also be used to lower the risk of breast cancer in women who haven’t been diagnosed with breast cancer but are at high risk.
- Mastectomy (Breast Removal Surgery) - WebMDA mastectomy is a way to treat breast cancer by surgically removing a breast and sometimes nearby tissues. For a while, the standard treatment for breast cancer was a...
- Mastectomy - Mayo ClinicA mastectomy is surgery to remove all breast tissue from a breast. It's most often done to treat or prevent breast cancer. In addition to removing the breast tissue, mastectomy also may remove the breast skin and nipple.
- Mastectomy: What It Is, Types, Surgery & Recovery - Cleveland ClinicA mastectomy is a type of breast cancer surgery that removes all of your breast tissue in one or both of your breasts. The procedure is treatment for several types of breast cancer and most breast cancer stages. It’s also a way to prevent breast cancer if you have an increased breast cancer risk.
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