preventive mastectomy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006908",
  "term": "preventive mastectomy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Surgery to reduce the risk of breast cancer by removing one or both breasts before disease develops. Preventive mastectomy may be done in people who have a very high risk of developing breast cancer. Also called prophylactic mastectomy and risk-reducing mastectomy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "prophylactic mastectomy",
    "risk-reducing mastectomy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/preventive-mastectomy/"
}