MASTECTOMY

Course overview

A MASTECTOMY IS A SURGICAL PROCEDURE INVOLVING REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE BREAST. THE TERM ORIGINATES FROM THE GREEK WORD MASTOS, MEANING WOMAN'S BREAST AND THE LATIN TERM ECTOMIA WHICH SIGNIFIES EXCISION OF. MASTECTOMY CLASSIFIES INTO PARTIAL, SIMPLE, MODIFIED-RADICAL, AND RADICAL. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND COMPLICATIONS OF MASTECTOMY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER.