Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
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| Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy | |
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| Term | Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy |
| Short definition | contralateral prophylactic mastectomy - (pronounced) (KON-truh-LA-teh-rul PROH-fih-LAK-tik ma-STEK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the healthy breast in a person who has had or has had the other breast removed with cancer. A contralateral prophylactic mastectomy can be performed to reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people at very high risk. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
contralateral prophylactic mastectomy - (pronounced) (KON-truh-LA-teh-rul PROH-fih-LAK-tik ma-STEK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the healthy breast in a person who has had or has had the other breast removed with cancer. A contralateral prophylactic mastectomy can be performed to reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people at very high risk. Also called CPM
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