Vol 71, No 4 (2021)
Review paper
Published online: 2021-06-17
A review of methods of intraoperative margin assessment in breast conserving surgery
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2021;71(4):225-231.
Abstract
Breast conserving therapy is the primary treatment modality in early-stage breast cancer patients. Despite the development of methods for the intraoperative assessment of tumor margins, 20–30% of patients still require re-resection due to postoperative tumor infiltration at the surgery margins. In recent years, many methods have been developed to reduce the number of re-resections due to margin infiltration. Here we review the current methods together with several more techniques under investigation.
Keywords: breast conserving surgerysurgical marginre-resection
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