A woman with breast cancer has weighed her options regarding surgery and has decided to have only the lesion removed with preservation of the surrounding tissues. The medical term for this procedure is
A. quadrantectomy
B. mastectomy
C. radical mastectomy
D. lumpectomy
E. modified radical mastectomy
Answer: D
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