Cancer Information

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Summary: wedge resection A surgical procedure to remove a triangle shaped slice of tissue It may be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it Wedge resection of the lung Part of the lung lobe containing the cancer and a small amount of healthy tissue around it is removed 2003 07 26 2006 08 22

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