How to Use lumpectomy in a Sentence

lumpectomy

noun
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  • The breast is small and a lumpectomy would leave you with very little breast tissue.
    — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • All 891 women in the study had a lumpectomy, meaning not all but part of the breast was removed to get the tumor.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2011
  • With a lumpectomy, the surgeon removes the tumor and a small amount of tissue around it, leaving the rest of the breast as is.
    — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Could scar tissue from lumpectomies be a cause behind this?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • My breasts are now two different sizes because of the lumpectomy.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Couric decided to have a lumpectomy, or surgery to remove the tumor, on July 14.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Thomas, was diagnosed with a severe form of the disease three years ago and underwent a lumpectomy.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • This revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer on June 21, and had a lumpectomy on July 14.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Bailey said a lumpectomy — which removes the cancerous growth but not the entire breast — was not an option.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • In August 2017, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a lumpectomy.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • She was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2022
  • In addition to that, she was told about a lumpectomy, but opted to go through with a double mastectomy.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
  • My mother opted for a lumpectomy, since her strain of cancer is non-aggressive.
    — Michelle Said, Marie Claire, 18 July 2017
  • One day of operations: A C-section, a lumpectomy, and a tubal ligation were like a series of crashing waves.
    — Christine Kalafus, Longreads, 28 Dec. 2019
  • All bandaged up and in pain after a lumpectomy during her second cancer fight, David hulked her way through improv and an audition for a film.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Now cancer-free, Sharon endured months of chemotherapy and a lumpectomy in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 7 June 2020
  • That doesn’t mean it’s not treatable at all; options such as a lumpectomy or mastectomy along with chemotherapy can help, the CDC explains.
    — Suzanne Zuppello, SELF, 31 May 2019
  • Navratilova was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • After the retrieval, Mehl went through four rounds of chemotherapy, daily bouts of radiation, and a lumpectomy.
    — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Most patients are candidates for Hidden Scar™, which can be used with nipple sparing mastectomies as well as lumpectomies.
    — chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • New York Hospital, down the street, was more progressive in its thinking, recommending the lumpectomy.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Some patients have been required to take detours as hospitals cut back on surgeries, including the lumpectomies and mastectomies that are often the first step in breast cancer treatment.
    — Joel Rubinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The journalist had a lumpectomy to remove an olive-sized tumor in July 2022 and began radiation two months later.
    — Emily St. Martin, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • For example, Kahlenberg said, most men end up getting mastectomies, where the entire breast is removed, as opposed to lumpectomies, where just the abnormal tissue is excised.
    — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • To date, that has meant surgery for DCIS patients; most have lumpectomies, often followed by radiation, but some undergo mastectomies.
    — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • In May 2016, Dickinson was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent two lumpectomies and two months of radiation.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • The falsified data did not affect the study result, but the publicity surrounding the case raised doubts about lumpectomies and made it harder to recruit patients for clinical trials.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • To treat it, Nixon had a lumpectomy and underwent more than six weeks of radiation, Fox News previously reported.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
  • For women who underwent a lumpectomy or a mastectomy, there was only a 7% chance of developing cancer later in the other breast.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024

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