Synonyms for mastectomy
mæˈstɛk tə mimas·tec·to·my

Princeton's WordNet

1. mastectomynoun

   surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor

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1. Ahmedin Jemal:

   Another factor is probably the Angelina Jolie effect. She was diagnosed with the BRCA-1 cancer gene that mutation that causes breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy, so that was covered widely in the media.

2. Verna Vanderpuye:

   For young women, there's the fact that when they have a mastectomy, they only have one breast, and some, they lose their spouses and their position in the society.

3. Dana Donofree:

   After my bilateral mastectomy, I found it incredibly difficult to not only find intimates that fit my new body but were beautiful too, i knew I could do better, I wanted to love my new body, no matter what my chest looked like. That feeling was the driving force behind creating AnaOno – unique bras for our unique bodies.

4. Steven Narod:

   The chances diminish by half with radiation, and are almost eliminated with mastectomy. People want to avoid it. Quality of life seems to be improved if recurrence was removed, if you're going to have this treatment to reduce recurrence, I would say get the mastectomy. The better of those two treatments, mastectomy involves a tremendous amount of mental relief.

5. Amberlea Childs:

   Sometimes, surgery is a blessing, and it can help remove cancer and do great things, but it doesn't come cost-free, and it doesn't come complication-free, there is going to be time that's needed to heal and recover, and if you're not willing to give yourself that time, maybe you should weigh that into your decision if it was lumpectomy versus mastectomy, but I think, do the homework. Don't rush into something so quickly. Take the time, get that extra opinion, meet with one more plastic surgeon.