Frozen section analysis for intraoperative margin assessment during breast-conserving surgery results in low rates of re-excision and local recurrence

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2953-2960

  Olson, T P ^a   Harter, J ^a   Munoz A ^a   Mahvi, D M ^a   Breslin, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Frozen section analysis; Local recurrence; Re excision rate; Surgical margins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34648832084     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9437-1     Document Type: Article

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