LUMPECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lumpectomy mean? 

• LUMPECTOMY (noun)
  The noun LUMPECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer

  Familiarity information: LUMPECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUMPECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lumpectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

 Context examples 

A lumpectomy to remove a breast tumor is a type of open biopsy.

(Incisional biopsy, NCI Dictionary)

Her treatment — a lumpectomy… followed by radiation.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)

This procedure is also referred to as lumpectomy, segmental mastectomy, or partial mastectomy.

(Breast Conservation Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment may consist of radiation, lumpectomy, mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.

(Breast Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

After a patient has had a lumpectomy to remove the cancer, a small balloon on the end of a catheter (thin tube) is inserted into the empty space left by the surgery.

(Balloon Brachytherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Types of breast-sparing surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump), quadrantectomy (removal of one quarter, or quadrant, of the breast), and segmental mastectomy (removal of the cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor).

(Breast-sparing surgery, NCI Dictionary)

Types of breast-conserving surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump), quadrantectomy (removal of one quarter, or quadrant, of the breast), and segmental mastectomy (removal of the cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor).

(Breast-conserving surgery, NCI Dictionary)

Types of breast-conserving surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump), quadrantectomy (removal of one quarter of the breast), and segmental mastectomy (removal of the cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor).

(Breast Conservation Treatment, NCI Dictionary)