Separate cavity margins excision as a complement to conservative breast cancer surgery
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[Resection margins in conservative breast cancer surgery].
Conservative breast cancer surgery is facing a new problem: the potential tumour involvement of resection margins. This eventuality has been closely and negatively associated with disease-free survival. Various factors may influence the likelihood of margins being affected, mostly related to the characteristics of the tumour, patient or surgical technique. In the last decade, many studies have ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO)
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0748-7983
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.018