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mastectomy
In surgery, removal of all or part of the female breast. It is performed as a treatment for breast cancer. Simple mastectomy involves the breast alone; if the cancer has spread, radical mastectomy may be undertaken, removing also the lymphatic tissue from the armpit.
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