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Breast surgery: Modified mastectomy

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A modified mastectomy is the removal of the breast, the lymph nodes under the arm, the lining over the chest muscles, and sometimes part of the chest wall muscles. This is the most common surgery for breast cancer.

Primary Medical Reviewer Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH
- Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Douglas A. Stewart, MD
- Medical Oncology
Last Updated August 31, 2007

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Last Updated: August 31, 2007
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