Hauora

pokanga ū

mastectomy

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He momo hāparapara ina pāngia te tangata ki te mate pukupuku ū. Ka tapahia atu ngā pūtautau katoa o te ū.

A type of surgery for breast cancer where the whole of the breast tissue is cut away.

Tauira KŌrero

Ki tā te tākuta, ko te pokanga ū te huarahi hei whaitanga mā taku whaea.

Nā te pokanga ū i ora anō ai taku kuia, kua 20 tau ināianei e pukupuku kore ana.

E āta whiriwhiri ana te whānau mēnā ko te pokanga ū, ko te pokanga koropuku rānei te huarahi pai mō tō rātou whaea.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Ko te pokanga koropuku tētahi atu kōwhiringa mā te tangata e pākia ana ki te mate pukupuku ū. Arā, ka tapahia atu te pukupuku me ētahi pūtautau e karapoti ana, kātahi ka rongoātia ki te haumanu iraruke.

Takenga Mai

poka - to cut out

ū - breast

Tauira KŌrero

Ki tā te tākuta, ko te pokanga ū te huarahi hei whaitanga mā taku whaea.

Nā te pokanga ū i ora anō ai taku kuia, kua 20 tau ināianei e pukupuku kore ana.

E āta whiriwhiri ana te whānau mēnā ko te pokanga ū, ko te pokanga koropuku rānei te huarahi pai mō tō rātou whaea.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga