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Breast Cancer
Findings from C. Dener and co-authors provide new insights into breast cancer
May 12th, 2009
According to recent research from Ankara, Turkey, "When excisional biopsy or lumpectomy is performed without margin assessment in early breast cancer, further surgery are required if positive margins exist. We evaluated the role of the intraoperative frozen section in breast conserving surgery (BCS)." "Clinicopathologic factors associated with re-excision were searched. 190 tumors in 186 patients with early invasive breast cancer treated by BCS. Breast tumor was excised with 2 cm macroscopic margin, and microscopic margins examined by intraoperative frozen section. After frozen section, 160 cases had negative margins (no re-excision), but 30 patients (16%) underwent...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-12)
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