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Meanings of prophylactic surgical procedure in English
Prophylactic surgery (also known as preventive surgery), is a form of surgery whose purpose is to minimize or prevent the risk of developing cancer in an organ or gland that has yet to develop cancer and is known to be at high risk of developing cancer.
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Examples for "prophylactic surgery"
Examples for "prophylactic surgery"
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Chemoprevention and prophylactic surgery are effective interventions for lowering breast cancer incidence.
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The only preventive management strategy available in the third world is prophylactic surgery.
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Utilities for the health states after prophylactic surgery were obtained from mutation carriers.
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There was low uptake of prophylactic surgery for colorectal, endometrial, or ovarian carcinomas.
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Assigning a syndromic diagnosis is important because it guides management, especially surveillance and prophylactic surgery.