Reexcision for positive margins in breast cancer: a predictive score of residual disease

Guidelines recommend re-excision if resection margins are positive in lumpectomy for breast cancer. However, residual disease (RD) is not always found. The aim of our study was to develop a score to predict RD in re-excision specimens.

Source: Surgical Oncology - August 12, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Myriam Mimouni, Fabrice Lecuru, Roman Rouzier, Noémie Lotersztajn, Denis Heitz, Julien Cohen, Arnaud Fauconnier, Cyrille Huchon Tags: Review Source Type: research