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General surgery

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003478

The branch of surgery that covers the main areas of surgical treatment. General surgeons treat diseases of the abdomen, breast, head and neck, blood vessels, and digestive tract. They also manage care of patients who have been injured or who have deformities or other conditions that need surgery.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003478
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003478",
  "term": "General surgery",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The branch of surgery that covers the main areas of surgical treatment. General surgeons treat diseases of the abdomen, breast, head and neck, blood vessels, and digestive tract. They also manage care of patients who have been injured or who have deformities or other conditions that need surgery.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/general-surgery/"
}

Record 7,897 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.