A modified radical mastectomy takes about two to four hours.

For breast cancer, radical mastectomy was virtually the only choice of surgery.

Then extremely controversial, these treatments are now standard instead of using a radical mastectomy in all cases.

In 1960, after losing her only sister to breast cancer, Green underwent a radical mastectomy.

My other surgeon wanted to do a radical mastectomy on me.

Unfortunately, Meg developed breast cancer and had to have a radical mastectomy.

Treatment for men diagnosed with breast cancer is usually modified radical mastectomy.

In the 1960s, the incidence 5 years after a radical mastectomy varied from 0.07% to 0.45%.

Today, it occurs in 0.03% of patients surviving 10 or more years after radical mastectomy.

You know, I'm old enough that I was trained on radical mastectomy.