How to Use mastectomy in a Sentence

mastectomy

noun

• But Lyles wanted to have a double mastectomy, removal of both breasts, and be done with the process.
  — Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 12 Apr. 2023
• The silver lining has been that bralettes abound in my post-mastectomy life.
  — Suzanne Zuppello, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018
• For the next 5 months Pohl went through chemotherapy, and then had a double mastectomy in June.
  — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• And through those three days between the biopsy and the mastectomy, good wishes came pouring in by mail and telephone and the door and the psychic ether.
  — Audre Lorde, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2020
• In 2009, Lyles discovered two lumps in her breasts and had a mastectomy.
  — Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 12 Apr. 2023
• In a radical mastectomy, the breast, the lymph nodes under the armpit, the chest muscle, and, in some cases, ribs are removed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• Even after having a double mastectomy, cancer was still found in the spot where Hunt had touched and in her lymph nodes.
  — Lynya Floyd, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2017
• She was then given testosterone at 17 and went on to have a double mastectomy at 20.
  — Keira Bell, The Economist, 1 Dec. 2020
• There would be no mastectomy because surgery would do no good.
  — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2019
• Here are a few of my favorite bras that'll support you after a mastectomy.
  — Rachel Weber, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
• Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1970 and had a mastectomy that same year.
  — Vulture, 25 July 2023
• Drake and his siblings have watched their mom lose her hair and undergo a mastectomy.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2021
• Every time — including for her mastectomy — a guard stayed in her room 24 hours a day.
  — jsonline.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Mehl's cancer returned in November, and she is scheduled for a mastectomy at the end of this month.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Even cancer and a double mastectomy did not slow her down.
  — Katharine Q. Seelye, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
• After four and a half months of chemo and a double mastectomy, there was no evidence of disease.
  — The Cut, The Cut, 12 Oct. 2017
• One woman had a double mastectomy, and the ship filled the oxygen tanks for dozens of patients who needed help breathing.
  — Frances Robles and Sheri Fink, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017
• This is especially true for people who need a mastectomy, or a surgery to remove one or both of their breasts.
  — Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024
• She and my dad went on their first trip to Europe fo,r their anniversary, two years after her mastectomy.
  — Lori Segal, Allure, 11 Oct. 2018
• Now, patients who receive mastectomies at his center get long-acting nerve blocks and go home on Tylenol and ibuprofen.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Betty Ford set the tone for modern times by being open about having a mastectomy to fight breast cancer.
  — New York Times, 14 May 2018
• The decision whether or not to have a mastectomy ultimately was going to have to be my own.
  — Audre Lorde, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2020
• The next year, Jolie wrote a New York Times op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy owing to a gene that increased her risk of breast cancer.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2022
• Whether that person has a disability, is curvy, or had a mastectomy is hardly the point.
  — Emily Farra, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021
• The rerelease of the book — which followed a second mastectomy in 1984 — gave Ms. Rollin a chance to read her work for the first time since its original publication.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• After one event, Henig pulled down his bathing suit top, revealing the scars from his double mastectomy.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 9 Jan. 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
• And both had to undergo chemotherapy and a mastectomy as part of their treatments.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 June 2024
• There are also cases of mothers who cannot produce any milk, such as women who have had a mastectomy.
  — Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
• For women who underwent a lumpectomy or a mastectomy, there was only a 7% chance of developing cancer later in the other breast.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024