mastectomies
- plural of mastectomy.
Example Sentences
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While there’s no comprehensive data charting prophylactic mastectomies among young people, some surgeons described shifts that have led to changes in their patient demographics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
He hopes his silk-based devices could also help treat the nerve injuries caused by surgeons, following mastectomies or prostate cancer surgery.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
“That means unnecessary mastectomies, radiotherapy and chemotherapy,” she writes.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
Those lumpectomies and mastectomies are essentially “fear-ectomies” that remove something frightening but not medically threatening.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2024
On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
