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Prophylactic Mastectomy
MeSH Descriptor Data 2026
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Qualifiers
MeSH Tree Structures
Concepts
MeSH Heading
Prophylactic Mastectomy
Tree Number(s)
E04.466.911
E04.625.500
Unique ID
D000072036
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072036
Scope Note
Surgical removal of one or both breasts to prevent or reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in persons who may be predisposed.
Previous Indexing
Mastectomy (1977-2016)
Prophylactic Surgical Procedures (2014-2016)
History Note
2017
Date Introduced
2017/01/01
Last Updated
2017/01/01
Allowable Qualifiers
adverse effects (AE)
classification (CL)
economics (EC)
education (ED)
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
instrumentation (IS)
legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)
methods (MT)
mortality (MO)
nursing (NU)
psychology (PX)
rehabilitation (RH)
standards (ST)
statistics & numerical data (SN)
trends (TD)
veterinary (VE)
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Mastectomy [E04.466]
Mastectomy, Radical [E04.466.678]
Mastectomy, Segmental [E04.466.701]
Mastectomy, Simple [E04.466.754]
Mastectomy, Subcutaneous [E04.466.823]
Prophylactic Mastectomy [E04.466.911]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Prophylactic Surgical Procedures [E04.625]
Prophylactic Mastectomy [E04.625.500]
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Prophylactic Mastectomy
Preferred
Concept UI
M000616094
Scope Note
Surgical removal of one or both breasts to prevent or reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in persons who may be predisposed.
Terms
Prophylactic Mastectomy
Preferred Term
Term UI
T000897588
Date
03/24/2016
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2017)
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