"Mastectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical procedure to remove one or both breasts.
| Descriptor ID |
D008408
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.466
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| Concept/Terms |
Mastectomy- Mastectomy
- Mastectomies
- Mammectomy
- Mammectomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mastectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Quality indicators for the diagnosis and surgical management of breast cancer in South Africa. Breast. 2020 Dec; 54:187-196.
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Health system experiences of breast cancer survivors in urban South Africa. Womens Health (Lond). 2020 Jan-Dec; 16:1745506520949419.
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Cancer, chemotherapy, and HIV: Living with cancer amidst comorbidity in a South African township. Soc Sci Med. 2019 09; 237:112461.
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Suture material use and procurement: an audit of a public hospital surgical system in Gauteng, South Africa. S Afr J Surg. 2018 Jun; 56(2):45-49.
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Breast conservation surgery versus total mastectomy among women with localized breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa. PLoS One. 2017; 12(8):e0182125.
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Arm edema in breast cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001 Jan 17; 93(2):96-111.