With MarginProbe, surgeons can assess the tissue in the operating room to give them greater confidence that they successfully removed all the cancer in the first lumpectomy surgery.
MarginProbe® Overview
Dr. Christina Casteel, MD
General Surgeon – Sharp Hospital, San Diego
What is MarginProbe®?
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
What are clean margins and why are they important?
Dr. Alice Police, MD
Breast Cancer Surgical Oncologist – Northwell Health
MARGINPROBE® OVERVIEW
With MarginProbe, surgeons can identify positive margins in real-time on the lumpectomy specimen enabling them to take additional tissue during the first lumpectomy surgery.
The technology uses radio-frequency (RF) electrical fields to probe the tissue in order to identify any cancer that may be remaining on the surface of the tissue removed from the breast. If MarginProbe identifies cancer on the surface of the tissue the surgeon will remove additional tissue from the breast at the time of surgery.
MARGINS MATTER
The question “Did we get all the cancer?” weighs on every surgeon and patient’s mind for days after surgery until they receive the final pathology report. The goal of every lumpectomy is to get clean or clear margins. This means to remove the cancerous tissue with a small rim of normal tissues surrounding it, called the margin. With MarginProbe, surgeons have greater confidence that they can get clean margins in the first lumpectomy procedure. Watch the videos to learn more about how surgeons get clean margins in the operating room.
Why are clean margins important?
Dr. Charles Elboim, MD
Medical Director – St. Joseph Breast Center, Santa Rosa
How do you get clean margins in the operating room?
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
What are the different tools and methods to help a surgeon get clean margins in the first surgery?
Dr. Michele Carpenter, MD
Breast Surgeon, Medical Director – St. Joseph’s Hospital
IS MARGINPROBE® RIGHT FOR ME?
Depending on your cancer diagnosis, your doctor will recommend a lumpectomy or a mastectomy to treat your cancer. If your cancer is being treated with a lumpectomy then MarginProbe can give you greater confidence that your surgeon will remove all the cancer in your first surgery. Watch the videos to learn more about how patients benefit from MarginProbe.
Choosing between a lumpectomy and mastectomy
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
Which patients are suited for MarginProbe®?
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
How does MarginProbe® help with a lumpectomy?
Dr. Alice Police, MD
Breast Cancer Surgical Oncologist – UC Irvine Medical Center
How to talk to your doctor about MarginProbe®
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
TREATING DCIS
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) can be a challenge for a surgeon to identify during surgery because it doesn’t form a lump so the surgeon can’t feel or see it. MarginProbe has been proven to be equally as effective in identifying DCIS as it is in identifying invasive cancers. Watch the videos to learn more about DCIS and how surgeons overcome the challenges with DCIS during surgery.
What is DCIS?
Dr. Michele Carpenter, MD
Breast Surgeon, Medical Director – St. Joseph’s Hospital
How do you get clean margins with DCIS?
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD
Breast Oncologist, Director of Applied Surgical Technology – Inova Health Systems
Is it harder to have clean margins with DCIS?
Dr. Michele Carpenter, MD
Breast Surgeon, Medical Director – St. Joseph’s Hospital
Why is DCIS more challenging than invasive cancer?
Dr. Christina Casteel, MD
General Surgeon – Sharp Hospital, San Diego
Patient Stories
Jane Madigan
Glynis Long
Susan Scanlan
Educational Resources
[video] Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD, Breast Oncologist and Director of Surgical Technology - Inova Health Systems on how you get clean margins during lumpectomy.
[video] Dr. Charles Elboim, MD, Medical Director, St. Joseph’s Breast Center – Santa Rosa talks about why you need clean margins.
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD, explains what MarginProbe is and discusses the best ways to explain how it works to patients.
Dr. Alice Police explains how a surgeon can get negative margins while in the operating room performing breast-conserving surgery.
Dr. Michele Carpenter, MD, talks about MarginProbe as a tool that can be used in the operating room to help surgeons get clean margins.
Dr. Charles Elboim, MD, explains how surgeons can take full advantage of the MarginProbe technology in the operating room.
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD explains how MarginProbe help surgeons ensure clean margins intraoperatively.
Dr. Beth-Ann Lesnikoski explains the advantages of MarginProbe as compared to Full Cavity Shavings.
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD, discusses the types of situations and patients that are best suited for MarginProbe.
Dr. Stephanie Akbari, MD, provides advice to patients on how they can talk to their doctor about MarginProbe.
Dr. Vincent Reid, MD, FACS, explores some of the most common misconceptions by patients about mastectomy vs. lumpectomy.
Dr. Alice Police, MD, expresses her confidence in MarginProbe - especially for use in IORT.
How does MarginProbe help surgeons with oncoplastic surgery or reconstruction during lumpectomy?
Dr. Joseph Contino worked with MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada for more than a year evaluating MarginProbe, a new piece of technology being used in the fight against breast cancer.
Dr. Barber discusses the benefits of using MarginProbe in the operating room.
Healthcare Reporter Lucette Lagnado profiles MarginProbe® in The Wall Street Journal featuring Dr. Freya Schnabel, Dr. Alice Police, Dr. Vincent Reid, Dilon CEO Lori Chmura and more.
MarginProbe® Gives Patients the Best Chance for Only One Lumpectomy Procedure for Both Invasive and DCIS Breast Cancers