Radical surgery
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Radical surgery, also called radical dissection, is surgery that is more extensive than "conservative" surgery.
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diagnostic and/or treatment purposes.[1] It typically describes the removal of a tumor or mass and ancillary lymph nodes that may drain the mass, as in radical mastectomy.[2] It is opposed to for example palliative surgery
which is intended for symptom relief rather than complete removal of cancer tissue.
cell nuclei of melanocytes) of lentigo maligna, showing malignant melanocytes all the way to the resection margin
(inked in yellow, at left), conferring a diagnosis of a not radically removed lesion.In histopathology, radicality of tumor excisions is generally defined as the absence of tumor cells in a certain resection margin, with the specific margin width varying by tumor type and local guidelines.[3] A non-radical excision may require re-excision.[clarification needed]
References
- ^ "Radical surgery". Farlex medical dictionary. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ radical dissection - The Free Dictionary
- PMID 24281214.
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