Frozen Section Analysis for Intraoperative Margin Assessment During Breast-Conserving Surgery Results in Low Rates of Re-excision and Local Recurrence

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[4] Jacobson JA(2002)Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized study comparing breast-conserving surgery with radical mastectomy for early breast cancer N Engl J Med 347 1227-31

[5] Danforth DN(1996)Pathologic margin involvement and the risk of recurrence in patients treated with breast-conserving therapy Cancer 78 1921-8

[6] Cowen KH(2004)Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conserving therapy for lymph node-negative breast carcinoma Cancer 100 1823-32

[7] Poggi MM(2000)Negative margin status improves local control in conservatively managed breast cancer patients Cancer J Sci Am 6 28-33

[8] Danforth DN(1994)The relationship between microscopic margins of resection and the risk of local recurrence in patients with breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy Cancer 74 1746-51

[9] Sciuto LC(1995)The importance of the lumpectomy surgical margin status in long term results of breast conservation Cancer 76 159-267

[10] Veronesi U(2000)Outcomes and factors impacting local recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ Cancer 88 1643-9

[1] Fisher B(2002)Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing total mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lumpectomy plus irradiation for the treatment of invasive breast cancer N Engl J Med 347 1233-41

[2] Anderson S(1995)Ten-year results of a comparison of conservation with mastectomy in the treatment of stage I and II breast cancer N Engl J Med 332 907-11

[3] Bryant J(2003)Eighteen-year results in the treatment of early breast carcinoma with mastectomy versus breast conservation therapy Cancer 98 697-702

[4] Jacobson JA(2002)Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized study comparing breast-conserving surgery with radical mastectomy for early breast cancer N Engl J Med 347 1227-31

[5] Danforth DN(1996)Pathologic margin involvement and the risk of recurrence in patients treated with breast-conserving therapy Cancer 78 1921-8

[6] Cowen KH(2004)Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conserving therapy for lymph node-negative breast carcinoma Cancer 100 1823-32

[7] Poggi MM(2000)Negative margin status improves local control in conservatively managed breast cancer patients Cancer J Sci Am 6 28-33

[8] Danforth DN(1994)The relationship between microscopic margins of resection and the risk of local recurrence in patients with breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy Cancer 74 1746-51

[9] Sciuto LC(1995)The importance of the lumpectomy surgical margin status in long term results of breast conservation Cancer 76 159-267

[10] Veronesi U(2000)Outcomes and factors impacting local recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ Cancer 88 1643-9