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Close or positive margins in breast-conserving surgery: is re-excision always necessary?

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology volume 3, pages 529–530 (2006)Cite this article

Chism DB et al. (2006) Re-excision of margins before breast radiation—diagnostic or therapeutic? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65: 1416–1421

A recent study by Chism and co-workers has addressed some of the controversies surrounding the importance of margin status and re-excision in breast-conserving treatment for early breast cancer.

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Close or positive margins in breast-conserving surgery: is re-excision always necessary?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 3, 529–530 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0603

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