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
• 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
• In 2009, Lyles discovered two lumps in her breasts and had a mastectomy.
  — Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 12 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• She’s made peace with her decision, and remains committed to spreading the word and breaking the stigma on mastectomies.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and had a double mastectomy.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Mosley also had a double mastectomy and has no sensation in her chest.
  — The Editors, National Review, 20 July 2023
• Lastly, Taina added that her mother had undergone a mastectomy and if found, would only have one breast.
  — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 6 July 2023
• To have the best chance of getting rid of cancer entirely, a mastectomy was necessary.
  — Jillian Kramer, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• When Ginsberg woke up from her second mastectomy surgery in 2020, her husband and Dubey were the two people sitting bedside.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
• My cancer was—unbeknownst to anybody—already in me, a few bits having been left over from my last mastectomy.
  — Jill Kleiss, Health.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• This month marks one year since wrapping up 20 weeks of chemo and undergoing a double mastectomy.
  — Rachel Weber, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
• The result was a first-of-its-kind, lifelike, breast prosthetic for women who had undergone mastectomies.
  — Rae Witte, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
• Surgery was soon scheduled, and amongst a flood of options, Dean made the decision to undergo a full mastectomy to treat what doctors thought at that point was Stage 2B cancer in her left breast.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• At the time, she was told it was stage one and would require a mastectomy, but during the operation her diagnosis changed.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
• Three other sisters were diagnosed and had double mastectomies within a space of three years.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
• Olivia Munn, 43, just shared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and received a double mastectomy.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024
• Two weeks after her double mastectomy, her husband had a stroke.
  — Geri Stengel, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• The surgery is a total mastectomy on the side of my dominant hand, so all typing would involve stimulation to the surgical area.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• For example, patients who have a mastectomy deserve to know about all their options.
  — Lisa D. T. Rice, STAT, 30 June 2023
• The mother of two underwent a nine-hour double mastectomy on April 7, learning in the process that the cancer expanded to one of her lymph nodes, classifying it as stage 2.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024