Mastectomy
Mastectomy is breast cancer surgery that removes the entire breast.
A mastectomy might be done:
- When a woman cannot be treated with breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), which saves most of the breast.
- If a woman chooses mastectomy over breast-conserving surgery for personal reasons.
- For women at very high risk of getting a second breast cancer who sometimes choose to have a double mastectomy (the removal of both breasts).