English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
prophylactic mastectomy — Surgery to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by removing one or both breasts before disease develops. Also called preventive mastectomy … English dictionary of cancer terms
prophylactic oophorectomy — Surgery intended to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by removing the ovaries before disease develops … English dictionary of cancer terms
bilateral prophylactic mastectomy — Surgery to remove both breasts in order to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer … English dictionary of cancer terms
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Mastectomy, prophylactic — Removal of one or both breasts without the current presence of cancer. This surgery is sometimes chosen as a preventative measure by women who have a strong history of familial breast cancer. Also called a preventative mastectomy … Medical dictionary
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Risk factors for breast cancer — Risk factors of breast cancer may be divided into preventable and non preventable. Their study belongs in the field of epidemiology. Breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to result from multiple environmental and hereditary… … Wikipedia
