Mastectomy
noun
A surgery where one or both breasts are removed, often to treat or prevent breast cancer.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to have a mastectomy.
Often appears as...
- double mastectomy
- preventative mastectomy
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noun
A surgery where one or both breasts are removed, often to treat or prevent breast cancer.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to have a mastectomy.
Often appears as...
- double mastectomy
- preventative mastectomy
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in medical contexts discussing treatments for diseases like breast cancer.
The oncologist discussed the possibility of a mastectomy with the patient.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talk about mastectomy with sensitivity, as it can be emotional for someone who has undergone the surgery.
My aunt is a survivor who had a mastectomy; she's really brave.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Mastectomy
Know the different types, like 'partial' or 'double' mastectomy, used for various treatment approaches.
The doctor recommended a partial mastectomy since it was detected early.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in medical contexts discussing treatments for diseases like breast cancer.
The oncologist discussed the possibility of a mastectomy with the patient.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talk about mastectomy with sensitivity, as it can be emotional for someone who has undergone the surgery.
My aunt is a survivor who had a mastectomy; she's really brave.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Mastectomy
Know the different types, like 'partial' or 'double' mastectomy, used for various treatment approaches.
The doctor recommended a partial mastectomy since it was detected early.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in medical contexts discussing treatments for diseases like breast cancer.
The oncologist discussed the possibility of a mastectomy with the patient.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talk about mastectomy with sensitivity, as it can be emotional for someone who has undergone the surgery.
My aunt is a survivor who had a mastectomy; she's really brave.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Mastectomy
Know the different types, like 'partial' or 'double' mastectomy, used for various treatment approaches.
The doctor recommended a partial mastectomy since it was detected early.
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The Restorative Power of...
There are many reasons as to why someone would go through breast surgery. But tonight, we're going to focus on breast cancer. When somebody loses their breast to cancer, they have a mastectomy, and they choose to have a breast reconstruction. The majority of time, the nipples don't make it.
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Photographing the...
She had gotten a mastectomy a year before and did not follow up, and I spent five days with her until she died. And this is her daughter seeing her mother in the casket. She didn't even know her mother had passed away. She just got a call and was pulled out of boarding school
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Living in a shadow PIPE...
undergone a mastectomy after the surgery she chose not to have chemotherapy or radiation her doctors thought she would be fine but throughout her pregnancy she had premonitions pains that her midwife explained away in her sketchbook
Video examples
The Restorative Power of...
There are many reasons as to why someone would go through breast surgery. But tonight, we're going to focus on breast cancer. When somebody loses their breast to cancer, they have a mastectomy, and they choose to have a breast reconstruction. The majority of time, the nipples don't make it.
Video examples
Photographing the...
She had gotten a mastectomy a year before and did not follow up, and I spent five days with her until she died. And this is her daughter seeing her mother in the casket. She didn't even know her mother had passed away. She just got a call and was pulled out of boarding school
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
undergone a mastectomy after the surgery she chose not to have chemotherapy or radiation her doctors thought she would be fine but throughout her pregnancy she had premonitions pains that her midwife explained away in her sketchbook
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Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Before I had a double mastectomy, I was already pretty flat-chested, and I made so many jokes over the years about how small my chest was that I started to think that maybe my boobs overheard me... and were just like, 'You know what? We're sick of this. Let's kill her.
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Edward Brooke
American Politician
I had male breast cancer and had dual radical modified mastectomy, and I've spent a lot of time working with the Susan G. Komen foundation to make men aware of male breast cancer - if you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer.
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Hoda Kotb
American Journalist
One day, right after my mastectomy, I went for a walk in Central Park, and there was this mob of people blocking the road. I thought, 'Oh, great, now I'm stuck!' but then I suddenly realized that it was a breast cancer walk.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.
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Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
One of my first thoughts I had when I started considering the mastectomy was, 'What am I going to look like?' And then, 'What will my husband think?
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Jennifer Grey
American Actress
The cancer I had is not at all equal to other people's cancer. I've never had to have chemotherapy; I haven't had to have a mastectomy.
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Amy Robach
American Journalist
I made the choice to have the double mastectomy, and for me it felt like the right choice, and it turned out to be the right choice.
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Betty Ford
American First Lady
I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
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Carly Simon
American Musician
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Before I had a double mastectomy, I was already pretty flat-chested, and I made so many jokes over the years about how small my chest was that I started to think that maybe my boobs overheard me... and were just like, 'You know what? We're sick of this. Let's kill her.
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Edward Brooke
American Politician
I had male breast cancer and had dual radical modified mastectomy, and I've spent a lot of time working with the Susan G. Komen foundation to make men aware of male breast cancer - if you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer.
Quote examples
Hoda Kotb
American Journalist
One day, right after my mastectomy, I went for a walk in Central Park, and there was this mob of people blocking the road. I thought, 'Oh, great, now I'm stuck!' but then I suddenly realized that it was a breast cancer walk.
Quote examples
Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
Quote examples
Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.
Quote examples
Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
One of my first thoughts I had when I started considering the mastectomy was, 'What am I going to look like?' And then, 'What will my husband think?
Quote examples
Jennifer Grey
American Actress
The cancer I had is not at all equal to other people's cancer. I've never had to have chemotherapy; I haven't had to have a mastectomy.
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Amy Robach
American Journalist
I made the choice to have the double mastectomy, and for me it felt like the right choice, and it turned out to be the right choice.
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Betty Ford
American First Lady
I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
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Carly Simon
American Musician
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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