Role for Intraoperative Margin Assessment in Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery
- 28 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 14 (4) , 1458-1471
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...Keywords
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