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Targeted Intraoperative Molecular Imaging for Localizing Nonpalpable Tumors and Quantifying Resection Margin Distances
Author(s) -
Gregory T. Kennedy,
Feredun Azari,
Elizabeth Bernstein,
Isvita Marfatia,
Azra Din,
John C. Kucharczuk,
Philip S. Low,
Sunil Singhal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3757
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , radiology , surgical margin , lesion , palpation , asymptomatic , pathology , surgery , resection
Complete (R0) resection is the dominant prognostic factor for survival across solid tumor types. Achieving adequate tumor clearance with appropriate margins is particularly difficult in nonpalpable tumors or in situ disease. Previous methods to address this problem have proven time consumptive, impractical, or ineffective.

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