What does MRM mean? What is the full form of MRM?
The full form of MRM is Modified Radical Mastectomy.
A modified radical mastectomy is a procedure that removes the entire breast — including the skin, breast tissue, areola, and nipple — along with most of your underarm lymph nodes. However, your chest muscles are left intact.
The MRM procedure is a standard option for treating breast cancer. Other surgical options include:
- simple or total mastectomy
- radical mastectomy
- partial mastectomy
- nipple-sparing (subcutaneous mastectomy)
- skin-sparing mastectomy
- lumpectomy (breast conservation therapy)
Modified radical mastectomy vs. radical mastectomy
Similar to the MRM procedure, a radical mastectomy involves removing the entire breast — the breast tissue, skin, areola, and nipple. However, this procedure also involves removing chest muscles. The radical mastectomy is the most invasive procedure and is only considered if a tumor is found that has spread into the chest muscles.
Once performed as a more common treatment for breast cancer, the radical mastectomy is now rarely used. The modified radical mastectomy has proven to be a less invasive procedure with equally effective results.
Who usually gets a modified radical mastectomy?
People whose breast cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes who decide to have a mastectomy may be recommended to have the MRM procedure. MRM is also available for patients with any type of breast cancer where there may be a reason to remove the axillary lymph nodes.
The overall goal of an MRM procedure is to remove all or most of the cancer present, while preserving as much of the healthy skin tissue as possible. This makes it possible to perform an effective breast reconstruction after you’ve healed properly.
For a modified radical mastectomy, you will be placed under general anesthesia. Your doctor will then mark your chest to prepare for incisions. Making one incision across your chest, your doctor will carefully pull your skin back far enough to remove your breast tissue. They will also remove most of the lymph nodes under your arm. The entire procedure commonly takes from two to four hours.
Once removed, your lymph nodes will be examined to determine whether cancer has spread to them or through them to other areas of your body. Your doctor will also place thin plastic tubes in your breast area to drain any excess fluid. They may remain in your chest for up to one to two weeks.
MRM
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Modified Radical Mastectomy
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