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Radical mastectomy
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Definition
Surgery to remove the whole breast, all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the chest wall muscles under the breast. For many years, radical mastectomy was the type of breast cancer surgery used most often, but it is rarely used now. It may be used only when breast cancer has spread to the chest wall muscles.
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Alternate Names
Halstead radical mastectomy
Abstractor Notes
Surgery codes: Breast
Applicable codes: 60-74 Radical mastectomy, NOS or Extended radical mastectomy
See the Breast surgery codes in Appendix C of the SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual for more information, http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/codingmanuals/
Applicable codes: 60-74 Radical mastectomy, NOS or Extended radical mastectomy
See the Breast surgery codes in Appendix C of the SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual for more information, http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/codingmanuals/
Histology
None
Primary Sites
C50_ Breast
