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CPM

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002119

Surgery to remove the healthy breast in a person who is having or has had the other breast with cancer removed. CPM may be done to reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people who are at very high risk. Also called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002119
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionscontralateral prophylactic mastectomy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002119",
  "term": "CPM",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Surgery to remove the healthy breast in a person who is having or has had the other breast with cancer removed. CPM may be done to reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people who are at very high risk. Also called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.",
  "expansions": [
    "contralateral prophylactic mastectomy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cpm/"
}

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