Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
cytoreductive surgery
Subclass of:
Operative Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to cytoreductive surgery:
  • A surgical procedure that refers to the removal of as many malignant cells as possible from an anatomic site affected by cancer.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cytoreduction surgical procedures) Operative procedures carried out to reduce a mass of tissue, for example, to reduce the total amount of tissue composing a tumor.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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