Practical consensus recommendations for tumor margins and breast conservative surgery
oleh: R Sarin, S P Somsekhar, R Kumar, Gupta Pawan, Jain Sumeet, Jindal Pramoj, Zamre Vaishali, Pasha Firoz, P M Parikh, S Aggarwal, R Koul
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| Diterbitkan: | Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-01-01 |
Deskripsi
My suggestion: There is no difference in survival of breast cancer patients treated with either mastectomy or with breast conservation therapy combined with external beam radiotherapy. A positive margin (s) is an important factor contributing to the increased risk of local recurrence. However, in published literature, there is a lack of consensus on the definition of acceptable margin (s). As a result decision process about need for re-excision after positive margins remains uncrear.