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contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

(KON-truh-LA-teh-rul PROH-fih-LAK-tik ma-STEK-toh-mee)
Surgery to remove the healthy breast in a person who is having or has had the other breast with cancer removed. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy may be done to reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people who are at very high risk. Also called CPM.
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