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- noun Plural form of
mastectomy .
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Examples
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I just felt that the day I had the mastectomies was the day I got rid of the cancer in my body.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andrea Paine 2011
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I just felt that the day I had the mastectomies was the day I got rid of the cancer in my body.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andrea Paine 2011
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Hiebert also takes pride in working with women who have undergone all types of surgery such as mastectomies or implants.
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The photographers, who have backgrounds in commercial and artistic photography, including nudes, say they felt it was important to allow the women to decide how best to express their grieving processes and grapple with their changed views of femininity after their mastectomies.
The Power of an Image Mary M. Lane 2011
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Two of the photos highlight the role that partial mastectomies have in arguably the most fundamental of social decisions: what to wear.
The Power of an Image Mary M. Lane 2011
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Kristen Zarfos, a Connecticut surgeon, was praised by President Bill Clinton for her advocacy to improve treatment for women after mastectomies.
The stories behind the visitors in the State of the Union galleries David A. Fahrenthold 2011
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Doctors hope that new research recommending less invasive surgery for a certain type of breast cancer could also help them reduce the growing number of women opting for mastectomies.
Doctors See Chance to Reduce Mastectomies Thomas M. Burton 2011
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A large, new study may be reassuring to women considering mastectomies because of a history of breast cancer in their families.
Study Weakens Case for Preventive Mastectomy Ron Winslow 2011
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Many women choose prophylactic mastectomies and oophorectomies when tested positive for this gene abnormality.
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For $90,000 one can perform nine mastectomies and give nine women the chance to live a full life, or you can allow one woman a chance to live five months longer.
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