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Breast Cancer
Research from Johns Hopkins University yields new findings on breast cancer
May 22nd, 2008
"No study has systematically evaluated the significance of involvement of the superficial specimen margin in skin-sparing mastectomies (SSMs). 168 SSMs with a small, additional superficial margin (ASM) specimen taken directly over the tumor to the dermis intraoperatively were studied," investigators in the United States report. "64 SSMs (38%) had a positive superficial specimen margin but only 13 (20%) of these had residual breast carcinoma in ASMs. Only 1 of 104 SSMs with a negative superficial specimen margin had residual breast carcinoma in its ASM (P < 0.05). ASM sampling rendered the final true margin directly over the tumor negative in 54 of 58 (93%) SSMs with...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-22)
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