{{Short description|Surgical removal of part of the breast}} {{Infobox medical intervention | name = Quadrantectomy | synonym = | image = | caption = | alt = | pronounce = | specialty = surgical oncology | synonyms = | ICD10 = | ICD9 = | ICD9unlinked = | CPT = | MeshID = | LOINC = | other_codes = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicine = }} A '''quadrantectomy''', also referred to as a segmental or partial [[mastectomy]], is a [[breast-conserving surgery]] for [[breast cancer]] in which one quarter of breast tissue is removed along with muscles of the chest wall within a 2 to 3 centimeter radius of a [[tumor]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Encyclopedia of Surgery| title=Quadrantectomy| access-date=2012-06-01| url=http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Pa-St/Quadrantectomy.html}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-09-01 |title=What Does a Quadrantectomy Involve? |url=https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-Does-a-Quadrantectomy-Involve.aspx |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=News-Medical.net |language=en}}</ref> This procedure is an alternative to a radical or simple mastectomy, in which an entire breast is removed.<ref name=":0" />
In a study that followed patients who underwent this procedure, it was found that only 9% of people who had a quadrantectomy experienced a relapse of the cancer.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=New England Journal of Medicine| last1=Veronesi| first1=U.| last2=Cascinelli| first2=N.| last3=Mariani| first3=L.| title=More Long-Term Data for Breast-Conserving Surgery| volume=347| issue=16| date=2002-10-17| pages=1227–1232|doi=10.1056/nejmoa020989 | pmid=12393819| doi-access=free}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Mastectomy]] * [[Lumpectomy]]
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[[Category:Surgical removal procedures]] [[Category:Breast cancer]] [[Category:Breast surgery]]