wide local excision

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009372",
  "term": "wide local excision",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A surgical procedure in which a scalpel (a sharp knife) is used to cut out a tumor or other abnormal lesion and some normal tissue around it. The amount of normal tissue removed depends on how deep or how large the tumor being removed is. A wide local excision is often done to remove some types of skin cancer or breast cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/wide-local-excision/"
}