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May 23, 2013

Preventive Mastectomy Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Preventive Mastectomy article.

Abdomen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Adjuvant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

American Medical Association: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bilateral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bowel: See the definition from MedTerms.com

BRCA2: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breast cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Calcium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carcinoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carcinoma in situ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Collarbone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Family history: See the definition from MedTerms.com

FDA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Food and Drug Administration: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gene: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hormone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Implant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

In situ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Journal of the National Cancer Institute: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lymphoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mammogram: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mastectomy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Oncology: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ovarian: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Physical therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Plastic surgeon: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Plastic surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Postoperative: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prophylactic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiology: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Saline: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Subcutaneous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgeon: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapeutic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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