A pathologic assessment of adequate margin status in breast-conserving therapy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-339

  Dillon, Mary F ^a,b   Hill, Arnold D K ^a,b,c   Quinn, Cecily M ^a,c   McDermott, Enda W ^a,c   O'Higgins, Niall ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BreastCheck   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Breast conserving therapy; Histopathology; Residual tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32844454912     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.03.098     Document Type: Review

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