Talk:Radical mastectomy

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Effects
As gruesome to contemplate and as psychologically damaging as this operation may be, it was intended to remove all traces of cancer so as to prevent a recurrence. If the lymph nodes were removed, and there was no cancer, then the surgeon was cautiously optimistic that he had gotten it all. On the other hand, if they did this, and the cancer was discovered to have spread to the lymph nodes, that was not a good sign. One of the principal objections to lumpectomy or anything less than radical mastectomy was that a woman who selected those lesser procedures was thought to be more concerned about appearance than saving herself from cancer. I am not saying that is correct, but that is a summary of the then-prevailing medical view.John Paul Parks (talk) 18:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Reference?
"From about 1895 to the mid-1970s about 90% of the women being treated for breast cancer in the US underwent the radical mastectomy." Can we have a reference to this statement, please?Norman21 (talk) 17:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Fischer's Contribution
I think it would make sense to add more at the end of the Radical Mastectomy section on how Fischer helped the procedure go out of practice. I think this is an important change in how radical mastectomies were treated, and one sentence does not covey that properly. Furthermore, there would be more learned about the procedure by expounding upon the current summary of Fischer's work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbadiey (talk • contribs) 09:08, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Some Sources that could be useful in this, in addition to the other two sources:

Durrida et al
Much of the Radical mastectomy section is a close paraphrase of section 2.1 of Durrida et al. The paper is CC-BY and is referenced by the article, but that it contains almost a direct copy of that section is not properly attributed. --Philosophus T 12:18, 17 October 2022 (UTC)