Surgery
Data from University of Basel provide new insights into surgery
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009
According to recent research from Basel, Switzerland, "Whereas specimen radiography (SR) is an established strategy for intraoperative resection margin analysis during breast-conserving surgery for nonpalpable lesions, the use of frozen section analysis (FSA) is still a matter of debate. A retrospective review was conducted of 115 consecutive operations in which the two objectives sought were the excision of nonpalpable malignant lesions and breast conservation."
"Breast surgery was performed in the Gynecology and the Surgery Departments at the Basel University Hospital Breast Center. Whereas one department preferably uses SR for intraoperative margin assessments of...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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