radical mastectomy
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Even with those limitations, the researchers concluded, "Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher occurrence of moderate to severe postoperative pain and increased opioid consumption in patients undergoing unilateral modified radical mastectomy."
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
In the May, at just over four months pregnant, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a radical mastectomy and lymph node clearance.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2023
Within days of his diagnosis, surgeons performed a radical mastectomy at the Motion Picture and Television hospital outside of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The research revealed no advantage to the radical mastectomy.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2019
They put her in a hospital, where Marie had a radical mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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