lumpectomized

English

Alternative forms

• lumpectomised

Etymology

From lumpectomy +‎ -ize +‎ -d.

Adjective

lumpectomized (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Having a lump excised, usually in the breast.
   • 1989, Hospital Practice:

     For both lumpectomized and mastectomized patients, lifelong follow-up with periodic physical and mammographic examinations is obviously essential. In DCIS and LCIS alike, most, if not all, of the issues we have discussed need more study.

   • 1991, Barbara Fowble, Breast Cancer Treatment: A Comprehensive Guide to Management, Mosby Elsevier Health Science

     The analysis then investigated whether mammographic and clinical detection capabilities were altered within, and outside of, the lumpectomized quadrant.

   • 1998, Francis Roe, Francis J. C. Roe, Under the Knife, Onyx Books, →ISBN:

     “Possibly,” replied Spencer in a dismissive tone, “And of course I'm occasionally forced to do one, but personally I think it's a fad, and it'll pass when all these lumpectomized patients start coming back in droves with their metastatic cancers. […] ”

   • 2017, Alden H Harken, Abernathy's Surgical Secrets E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 303:

     The NSABPB-06 trial found no difference in overall survival in women with stage Iand II breast cancer who underwent either SM, SM with radiation, and TM, but radiation decreased local recurrence in the lumpectomized breast.