Posts Tagged ‘Breast’
Combined Experience at Three Breast Centers with Routine Use of an Intraoperative Margin Assessment Device Including Comparison to Historical Re-Excision Rates
Obtaining clear margins following a lumpectomy surgery for breast cancer is an important factor in the treatment of breast cancer while conserving the breast (BCS). Historically, high rates, 26%, of surgical interventions to obtain clear margins have been reported1 .
Read MoreCombined Experience at Three Breast Centers with Routine Use of an Intraoperative Margin Assessment Device Including Comparison to Historical Re-Excision Rates.
Obtaining clear margins following a lumpectomy surgery for breast cancer is an important factor in the treatment of breast cancer while conserving the breast (BCS). Historically, high rates, 26%, of surgical interventions to obtain clear margins have been reported.
Read MoreMarginProbe® Final Results of the German Post-Market Study in Breast Conserving Surgery of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
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Read MoreA Randomized Prospective Study of Lumpectomy Margin Assessment with Use of MarginProbe® in Patients with Nonpalpable Breast Malignancies
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Schnabel, F., Boolbol, S.K., Gittleman, M. et al. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 21: 1589. doi:10.1245/s10434-014-3602-0 Abstract Background The presence of tumor cells at the margins of breast lumpectomy specimens is associated with an increased risk of ipsilateral tumor recurrence. Twenty to 30 % of patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery require second procedures to achieve negative margins. This…
Read MoreThe Impact of Intraoperative Margin Assessment with Adjunctive Use of MarginProbe® vs. Standard of Care, Dependence on Margin Threshold Definition
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