risk-reducing mastectomy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007463",
  "term": "risk-reducing mastectomy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Surgery to reduce the risk of breast cancer by removing one or both breasts before disease develops. Risk-reducing mastectomy may be done in people who have a very high risk of developing breast cancer. Also called preventive mastectomy and prophylactic mastectomy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "preventive mastectomy",
    "prophylactic mastectomy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/risk-reducing-mastectomy/"
}