"Mastectomy, Radical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Removal of the breast, pectoral muscles, axillary lymph nodes, and associated skin and subcutaneous tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D015409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.466.678
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| Concept/Terms |
Mastectomy, Radical- Mastectomy, Radical
- Mastectomies, Radical
- Radical Mastectomies
- Radical Mastectomy
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mastectomy, Radical" by people in Profiles.
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Does the number of lymph nodes examined in patients with lymph node-negative breast carcinoma have prognostic significance? Cancer. 2005 Feb 15; 103(4):664-71.
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Breast cancer in reduction mammaplasty specimens: case reports and guidelines. Breast J. 2003 Mar-Apr; 9(2):120-5.
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Should internal mammary nodes be sampled in the sentinel lymph node era? Ann Surg Oncol. 2000 Apr; 7(3):188-92.
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Dormancy of mammary carcinoma after mastectomy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1999 Jan 06; 91(1):80-5.
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A comparison of breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers reported to the National Cancer Data Base and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Cancer. 1997 May 15; 79(10):2052-61.
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Synchronous, bilateral mastectomy. J Surg Oncol. 1995 Jun; 59(2):75-9.
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Natural history of node-negative breast cancer: a study of 826 patients with long-term follow-up. J Clin Oncol. 1995 May; 13(5):1144-51.
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Dogma and inquisition in medicine. Breast cancer as a case study. Cancer. 1993 Apr 01; 71(7):2430-3.
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A controlled trial of extended radical versus radical mastectomy. Ten-year results. Cancer. 1989 Jan 01; 63(1):188-95.