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Mastectomy, Segmental MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Mastectomy, Segmental
Tree Number(s)
E04.466.701
Unique ID
D015412
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015412
Scope Note
Removal of only enough breast tissue to ensure that the margins of the resected surgical specimen are free of tumor.
Entry Term(s)
Breast Conservation Therapy
Breast Quadrantectomy
Breast-Conserving Surgery
Breast-Sparing Surgery
Limited Resection Mastectomy
Local Excision Mastectomy
Lumpectomy
Partial Mastectomy
Segmentectomy
Surgery, Breast-Conserving
Previous Indexing
Breast Neoplasms/surgery (1966-1988)
Breast/surgery (1966-1988)
Mastectomy (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note
89
History Note
89
Date Established
1989/01/01
Date of Entry
1988/06/07
Revision Date
2019/07/05
Mastectomy, Segmental Preferred
Breast-Conserving Surgery Related
Lumpectomy Narrower
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