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Auckland Breast Centre
Private Service, Breast, Radiology
Partial Mastectomy
Partial mastectomy (sometimes called lumpectomy) is a breast-conserving operation in which the surgeon removes the tumour together with some of the healthy breast tissue surrounding it.
Women who have this surgery usually:
- Have a single breast cancer less than 3cm in diameter
- Have enough breast tissue so that removing surrounding tissue would not leave a misshapen breast, and are medically able to undergo surgery and follow-up radiation therapy.
