Optimizing Surgical Margins in Breast Conservation

Adequate surgical margins in breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer have traditionally been viewed as a predictor of local recurrence rates. There is still no consensus on what constitutes an adequate surgical margin, however it is clear that there is a trade-off between widely clear margins a...

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Main Authors: Preya Ananthakrishnan, Fatih Levent Balci, Joseph P. Crowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/585670