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Radical mastectomy
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Definition
Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, chest muscles, and all of the lymph nodes under the arm are removed. For many years, this was the breast cancer operation used most often, but it is used rarely now. Doctors consider radical mastectomy only when the tumor has spread to the chest 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
