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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

A technology which uses magnetic fields rather than x-rays to produce images of the body structure.
Malignant

A growth of cells which have the ability to invade and destroy body tissues. The opposite of benign.
Mammography (mammogram)

X-ray imaging of the breast which can show lesions in the breast too small or too deep to be felt by you or your doctor.
Megavoltage

High energy x-rays which are used in modern curative radiotherapy.
Metastasis

The spread of cancer from the primary tumour to another part of the body (secondary tumours).
Modified radical mastectomy

A surgical procedure in which the breast and the lymph nodes in the armpit are removed. (Muscles of the chest wall are not removed, see Radical Mastectomy.)
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