Oncoplastic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Oncoplastic is an adjective meaning (surgery) Describing plastic surgery that mitigates the physical effects of cancer.
Meaning
(surgery) Describing plastic surgery that mitigates the physical effects of cancer.
Example Sentences
Increases in the proportion of early breast cancer patients and the wide adoption of oncoplastic surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy may have contributed to these observed changes in surgical trends.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oncoprotective, oncopromoting, oncomodulatory, oncostatic, oncogenetic, antitumorigenic.
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