How to Use mastectomy in a Sentence

mastectomy

noun
  • There would be no mastectomy because surgery would do no good.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The silver lining has been that bralettes abound in my post-mastectomy life.
    — Suzanne Zuppello, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Drake and his siblings have watched their mom lose her hair and undergo a mastectomy.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Here are a few of my favorite bras that'll support you after a mastectomy.
    — Rachel Weber, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The double mastectomy did not end Merges' episode with cancer.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
  • Mosley also had a double mastectomy and has no sensation in her chest.
    — The Editors, National Review, 20 July 2023
  • Sara had just recovered from breast cancer; her mastectomy was fresh, just under a year.
    — Hayley Krischer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Every time — including for her mastectomy — a guard stayed in her room 24 hours a day.
    — jsonline.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Through a nine-hour mastectomy with reconstructive surgery that carved through fear and tissue.
    — Nina E. Cerfolio, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Whether that person has a disability, is curvy, or had a mastectomy is hardly the point.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021
  • About a year before that Sutphin had a mastectomy for breast cancer in which her lymph nodes were removed.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
  • The decision whether or not to have a mastectomy ultimately was going to have to be my own.
    — Audre Lorde, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2020
  • And both had to undergo chemotherapy and a mastectomy as part of their treatments.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 June 2024
  • 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
  • Given that, up to half decide to have prophylactic mastectomies, and many have ovaries removed, too.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Exchange surgery was a success and a huge difference from the double mastectomy surgery.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2017
  • After one event, Henig pulled down his bathing suit top, revealing the scars from his double mastectomy.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 9 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • This is the same kind of procedure that causes women at risk for breast cancer to have preventive mastectomies.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • While Perkies can be used by anyone, the brand began to aid women who have lost their nipples due to breast cancer and mastectomies.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • She was then given testosterone at 17 and went on to have a double mastectomy at 20.
    — Keira Bell, The Economist, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Which mastectomy pillows are best?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1970 and had a mastectomy that same year.
    — Vulture, 25 July 2023

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