Assertion: sternum | /r/HasProperty | removed as part of a radical surgery
Facets:
value: totally
type: DEGREE
value: to treat a malignancy
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The sternum can be totally removed (resected) as part of a radical surgery, usually to surgically treat a malignancy, either with or without a mediastinal lymphadenectomy (Current Procedural Terminology codes # 21632 and # 21630, respectively).