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PREVENTIVE SURGERY [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

[Surgery] which in cancer patients consists in ablation of benign lesions likely to degenerate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

[Chirurgie] recourant, chez le patient cancéreux, à l'ablation de lésions bénignes susceptibles de dégénérer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Tratamiento que consiste en la eliminación de un crecimiento precanceroso como pólipos en el colon o lunares en la piel.

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