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Abstract
Surgical procedures done to prevent or reduce the risk of developing cancer or other disease conditions in persons who may be predisposed to such conditions.
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11 entry terms
- Preventive Surgical Procedures
- Surgical Procedures, Preventive
- Surgical Procedures, Prophylactic
- Preventive Surgical Procedure
- Procedure, Preventive Surgical
- Procedure, Prophylactic Surgical
- Procedures, Preventive Surgical
- Procedures, Prophylactic Surgical
- Prophylactic Surgical Procedure
- Surgical Procedure, Preventive
- Surgical Procedure, Prophylactic
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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coordinate with specific surgical procedure and specific disease /prev
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History Note
2015
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Prophylactic Surgical Procedures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065286. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065286
- Prophylactic Surgical Procedures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophylactic_surgery
- Prophylactic Surgical Procedures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65042430