lumpectomy
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When she first discovered a lump in her left breast, she had a lumpectomy to remove it, then went through radiation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
"Maybe it wasn't. Maybe I could have had a lumpectomy."
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
She underwent three lumpectomy surgeries and chemotherapy before starting work on “Frasier” and had a double mastectomy while filming the show’s first season, which premiered in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
She frequently denounced a standard late-20th-century treatment protocol — mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy — as “slash, burn and poison,” instead advocating lumpectomy followed by radiation whenever possible.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
I also had in residence a young woman with a breast tumor who had not undergone any medical treatment, not even a lumpectomy.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
The cameras follow her as she undergoes two lumpectomies - a type of surgery that removes a portion of breast tissue.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Elsewhere, glass in the shape of biological masses is covered in delicate wire and thread, looking like the oversize results from lumpectomies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Those lumpectomies and mastectomies are essentially “fear-ectomies” that remove something frightening but not medically threatening.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2024
They followed nearly 200 women with two or three tumors in one breast who had lumpectomies followed by radiation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
These days many surgeons routinely limit themselves to lumpectomies.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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