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. 2018 Apr-Jun;7(2):72-78.
doi: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_105_18.

Practical consensus recommendations for tumor margins and breast conservative surgery

R Sarin  1 , S P Somsekhar  2 , R Kumar  3 , Gupta Pawan  4 , Jain Sumeet  5 , Jindal Pramoj  6 , Zamre Vaishali  7 , Pasha Firoz  1 , P M Parikh  8 , S Aggarwal  9 , R Koul  10
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Practical consensus recommendations for tumor margins and breast conservative surgery

R Sarin et al. South Asian J Cancer. 2018 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Acceptable margin; extensive intraductal component; nodal metastasis; original size; re-excision; resection.

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