Also called preventive mastectomy, it is the surgical removal of one or both breasts to try to prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer. It involves removal of as much of the at-risk tissue as possible.
Surgical removal of the breast to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.
Surgery to remove a breast that is not known to contain breast cancer, for the purpose of reducing an individual's cancer risk.
(PROH-fih-LAK-tik ma-STEK-toh-mee) Surgery to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by removing one or both breasts before disease develops. Also called preventive mastectomy.
See mastectomy. Prosthesis: An artificial form, such as a breast prosthesis, that can be worn under the clothing after a mastectomy. (Plural: prostheses).
(pro-feh-LAK-tik) : See mastectomy.