quadrantectomy
Meaning
Excision of the tissue in a breast quadrant, as a type of partial mastectomy.
Examples
In the Milan trial, patients treated with quadrantectomy and radiotherapy have experienced 8 new ipsilateral primaries and 18 new contralateral carcinomas.
A quadrantectomy and axillary clearance was carried out for multicentric foci of invasive lobular carcinoma with all 23 lymph nodes examined clear of tumour.
A quadrantectomy is more likely to result in negative surgical margins but may compromise cosmesis.
The patients underwent an operation protocol of corresponding quadrantectomy, radionavigated blue-dye sentinel node biopsy and axillary dissection.
The primacy of the mastectomy, with the objective of saving life, had been surpassed by the new quadrantectomy, which not only saved lives but also improved the quality of life. For the entire world it would be revolutionary.
Word Forms
quadrantectomies
Etymology
From quadrant + -ectomy.