The surgical removal of the breast is called a mastectomy.
Sometimes multiple areas of cancer are found in one breast, making removal of the whole breast necessary.
A mastectomy is the surgical removal of one breast. A double mastectomy is the removal of both.
The suffix -ectomy in lumpectomy means removal of. In this case a lump-ectomy would be the removal of a lump. The action performed in a breast lumpectomy would be the removal of a lump from a breast.
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Mammoplasty is the surgical repair of the breast.
Lumpectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of a tumor with a margin of healthy tissue. Mastadenoma = benign tumor of the breast. Mastocarcinoma = carcinoma (malignant cancerous tumor) of the breast. Mastectomy = surgical procedure of removing all or part of the breast.
The procedure that involves the removal of an entire breast and the surrounding tissues is called a radical mastectomy. This procedure is performed surgically and usually takes some time to do.
Biopsy
Removal of a patient's breast is usually recommended when cancer is present in the breast or as a prophylactic when the patient has severe fibrocystic disease and a family history of breast cancer.
Mastectomy is surgical removal of the whole breast. Lumpectomy is surgical removal of only the cancerous tissue.
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