ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.21, sa.10, ss.3356-3357, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Background. The rate of reexcision in breast-conserving surgery remains high, leading to delay in initiation of adjuvant therapy, increased cost, increased complications, and negative psychological impact to the patient. 1-3 We initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to determine the feasibility of the use of intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess margins in the advanced multimodal image-guided operating (AMIGO) suite.