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Please help! what is the technical term when you want to have part of your breast removed?
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A quadrantectomy: Removes one quadrant of the breast. A lumpectomy removes a mass on the breast. Are you asking about a surgical treatment or plastic surgery? Breast reduction?
Answered 3/9/2014
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