Role for intraoperative margin assessment in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery

CABIOĞLU N., Hunt K. K., Sahin A. A., Kuerer H. M., Babiera G. V., Singletary S. E., ...More

ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol.14, no.4, pp.1458-1471, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1245/s10434-006-9236-0
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1458-1471
  • Keywords: breast conservation, local recurrence, DCIS, invasive breast cancer, intraoperative margin assessment, frozen section, FROZEN-SECTION ANALYSIS, CARCINOMA IN-SITU, 20-YEAR FOLLOW-UP, TUMOR RECURRENCE, LOCAL RECURRENCE, LUMPECTOMY MARGINS, SURGICAL MARGINS, SYSTEMIC THERAPY, RESIDUAL DISEASE, POSITIVE MARGINS
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Positive/close margins are associated with higher in-breast failure rates after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). We investigated whether intraoperative margin assessment aids in obtaining negative margins, and to evaluate the local control thus achieved.