lumpectomy
noun
lump·ec·to·my
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plural lumpectomies
Definition of lumpectomy
: excision of a breast tumor with a limited amount of associated tissue
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The analysis showed his lumpectomy patients in 2013 filled an average of 33 pills in the week after surgery. — STAT, "While addiction crisis raged, many surgeons overprescribed opioids, analysis shows," 21 June 2019 For now, experts typically rely on removing as much of the tumor as possible (either through a lumpectomy or mastectomy) in addition to chemotherapy, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF, "How Is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Different from Other Diagnoses?," 31 May 2019 After the retrieval, Mehl went through four rounds of chemotherapy, daily bouts of radiation, and a lumpectomy. — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, "When Your Dreams of Motherhood Are Destroyed," 1 Oct. 2018 To treat it, Nixon had a lumpectomy and underwent more than six weeks of radiation, Fox News previously reported. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, "'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon could be New York's next governor: A look at her political activism," 13 Sep. 2018 Women included in the analysis had surgery between 2010 and 2012 to treat what was likely early-stage breast cancer, such as a lumpectomy or mastectomy. — Melanie Evans, WSJ, "Many Breast Cancer Patients Don’t Get Recommended Follow-Up, Study Finds," 16 July 2018 Such women usually have surgery — mastectomy or a lumpectomy and radiation — followed by years of a hormone-blocking drug aimed at keeping cancer from returning. — Marie Mccullough, Philly.com, "What the latest news on breast cancer, chemo and genomic testing could mean for you," 5 June 2018 The genomic test, which is costly but is usually covered by insurance, breaks down cancer’s intricacies by measuring the function of 21 genes in a tumor (removed via a lumpectomy or mastectomy) to tabulate a score from zero to 100. — Elizabeth Varnell, Vogue, "Many Women With Breast Cancer Can Now Skip Chemo, According to a New Study," 4 June 2018 In 1999, Moore was diagnosed at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with breast cancer that would require a lumpectomy and chemotherapy. — Vikki Ortiz, chicagotribune.com, "How much does it cost to save a life? Sometimes treating cancer means going broke," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lumpectomy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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lumpectomy
noun
lump·ec·to·my
| \ ˌləm-ˈpek-tə-mē
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plural lumpectomies
Medical Definition of lumpectomy
: excision of a breast tumor with a limited amount of associated tissue
— called also tylectomy
— compare quadrantectomy