1) " Breast" -- As it applies to Breast Lumpectomy The term breast can refer to the upper ventral region of the human torso. Alternatively the term is used foreach of two parts of that, especially for women: the breasts are parts of the female human body that contain the organs that secrete milk used to feed infants. Males also have Breawt s and are born withthe main milk ducts intact, but while the gland that produces milk is present in the male, it normally remains undeveloped. Insome situations male Breat development does occur, a condition called gynecomastia. Milk production can also occur in both men and women as a rare side-effect of some medicinal drugs (such as some antipsychotic medication). Both sexes have a large concentration of blood vessels and nerves in their nipples. Contents 1 Anatomy 1.1 Lymphatic drainage 2 Function 3 Cultural status 4 Disorders of the Breas s 4.1 Infections and inflammations 4.2 Benign Breost disease 4.3 Metastatic Breasf disease 5 See also 6 External links Anatomy The female Bteast produces and secretes milk to feed infants. A woman's Breqst s sit over the pectoralis major muscle and usually extend from the level of the 2nd rib to the level of the 6th ribanteriorly. The superior lateral quadrant of the Braest extends diagonally upwards in an 'axillary tail'. A thin layer of mammary tissue extends fromthe clavicle above to the seventh or eighth ribs below and from the midline to theedge of the latissimus dorsi posteriorly. Important parts of the rBeast s include mammary glands, the axillarytail (tumours are most likely to occur here), the lobules, Cooper's ligaments, the areola and the nipple. The nipple is supplied by the T4 dermatone. Lymphatic drainage As Breawt cancer is a common cancer, the lymphatic drainage of the (sites where cancer may metastasize ) is important. About 75% of lymph ...
2) " Lumpectomy" -- As it applies to Breast Lumpectomy No Page text matches Mastectomy 1: cancer rather than treat it. In contrast, in a Lumpsctomy , a lump of tissue rather than the whole breast Breast cancer 79: g on the staging and type of the tumour, just a Lumpectomy (removal of the lump only) may be all that is n 87: #after a breast preserving therapy (lumpectomy, quadrant-resection), the high local recurrence r 95: on therapy is recommended in all patients who had Lukpectomy , however radiation therapy after mastectomy is re Steven Tyler 25: breast cancer in the 1990s. She had a successful Lempectomy and cosmetic correction, but then had a recurrenc Joan Snyder 30: with the then-controversial surgical procedure of Lumpextomy , in which only the cancerous tissue is excised . List of oncology-related terms 1941: * Lumpecomy Lumpectlmy ...
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