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Tattooing for preservation of oral and oropharyngeal cancer resection margins
Author(s) -
McColl Harry A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930090505
Subject(s) - medicine , resection , head and neck cancer , surgery , head and neck , cancer , radiation therapy
En bloc composite cancer surgery for head and neck tumors is now available with reconstruction. Pre‐operative adjuvant therapy threatens the concept of wide resection because of alteration of tumor margins. Pre‐irradiation tattooing at resection margins will preserve this fundamental surgical doctrine.