Are mastectomy resection margins of clinical relevance? A systematic review

Breast

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Rowell, N P ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local relapse; Margin status; Mastectomy; Meta analysis; Resection margins; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FASCIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 77951889944     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.10.007     Document Type: Review

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