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Procedure - Mastectomy

In many cases of breast cancer, removal of the entire breast is unnecessary. Removal of only a small lump of tissue containing the cancer (lumpectomy) along with the nodes that drain the breast (axillary node dissection), followed by radiation therapy to the breast, is all that is required.


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