Residual disease after re-excision lumpectomy for close margins
Academic Article
Overview
MeSH Major
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Mastectomy, Segmental
abstract
The presence of residual disease appears equal between re-excisions for close and positive margins. No subset of patients with either DCIS or invasive cancer could be identified with a substantially lower risk of residual disease.
