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What's the difference between radical mastectomy and elephantiasis?
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Not the same: Mastectomy is breast surgery for breast cancer. Elephantiasis is a rare condition of lymphatic disease causing severe swelling, mostly affecting the leg, rarely occurs in the us.
Answered 12/12/2012
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