Standardized and reproducible methodology for the comprehensive and systematic assessment of surgical resection margins during breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer
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- 27 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Cancer
- Vol. 9 (1), 254
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-9-254
Abstract
The primary goal of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is to completely excise the tumor and achieve "adequate" or "negative" surgical resection margins while maintaining an acceptable level of postoperative cosmetic outcome. Nevertheless, precise determination of the adequacy of BCS has long been debated. In this regard, the aim of the current paper was to describe a standardized and reproducible methodology for comprehensive and systematic assessment of surgical resection margins during BCS.Keywords
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