How to Use lumpectomy in a Sentence

lumpectomy

noun

• The breast is small and a lumpectomy would leave you with very little breast tissue.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
• All 891 women in the study had a lumpectomy, meaning not all but part of the breast was removed to get the tumor.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2011
• With a lumpectomy, the surgeon removes the tumor and a small amount of tissue around it, leaving the rest of the breast as is.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
• Could scar tissue from lumpectomies be a cause behind this?
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• My breasts are now two different sizes because of the lumpectomy.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
• Couric decided to have a lumpectomy, or surgery to remove the tumor, on July 14.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• Thomas, was diagnosed with a severe form of the disease three years ago and underwent a lumpectomy.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• This revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer on June 21, and had a lumpectomy on July 14.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
• Bailey said a lumpectomy — which removes the cancerous growth but not the entire breast — was not an option.
  — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2019
• In August 2017, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a lumpectomy.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• She was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
• Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2022
• In addition to that, she was told about a lumpectomy, but opted to go through with a double mastectomy.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
• My mother opted for a lumpectomy, since her strain of cancer is non-aggressive.
  — Michelle Said, Marie Claire, 18 July 2017
• One day of operations: A C-section, a lumpectomy, and a tubal ligation were like a series of crashing waves.
  — Christine Kalafus, Longreads, 28 Dec. 2019
• All bandaged up and in pain after a lumpectomy during her second cancer fight, David hulked her way through improv and an audition for a film.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2017
• Now cancer-free, Sharon endured months of chemotherapy and a lumpectomy in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2020
• That doesn’t mean it’s not treatable at all; options such as a lumpectomy or mastectomy along with chemotherapy can help, the CDC explains.
  — Suzanne Zuppello, SELF, 31 May 2019
• Navratilova was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2023
• After the retrieval, Mehl went through four rounds of chemotherapy, daily bouts of radiation, and a lumpectomy.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
• Most patients are candidates for Hidden Scar™, which can be used with nipple sparing mastectomies as well as lumpectomies.
  — chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• New York Hospital, down the street, was more progressive in its thinking, recommending the lumpectomy.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• Some patients have been required to take detours as hospitals cut back on surgeries, including the lumpectomies and mastectomies that are often the first step in breast cancer treatment.
  — Joel Rubinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2020
• The journalist had a lumpectomy to remove an olive-sized tumor in July 2022 and began radiation two months later.
  — Emily St. Martin, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• For example, Kahlenberg said, most men end up getting mastectomies, where the entire breast is removed, as opposed to lumpectomies, where just the abnormal tissue is excised.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• To date, that has meant surgery for DCIS patients; most have lumpectomies, often followed by radiation, but some undergo mastectomies.
  — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
• The falsified data did not affect the study result, but the publicity surrounding the case raised doubts about lumpectomies and made it harder to recruit patients for clinical trials.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• To treat it, Nixon had a lumpectomy and underwent more than six weeks of radiation, Fox News previously reported.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
• Wheelchair users who have early-stage breast cancer may worry if having a mastectomy, rather than a lumpectomy, will mean developing lymphedema, long-term swelling in the arm that could compromise their ability to self-propel a wheelchair.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
• In May 2016, Dickinson was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent two lumpectomies and two months of radiation.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024