Open AccessIncidence of Gross and Microscopic Carcinoma in Specimens from Patients with Breast Cancer After Re-Excision Lumpectomy
Author(s) -
John L. Gwin,
Burton Eisenberg,
John P. Hoffman,
Faith D. Ottery,
Marcia Boraas,
Lawrence J. Solin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199312000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , lumpectomy , incidence (geometry) , carcinoma , breast cancer , mastectomy , cancer , radiology , general surgery , pathology , gynecology , physics , optics
The aims of this study were to quantify the amount of the residual carcinoma in re-excision lumpectomy specimens and retrospectively analyze the relationship between clinical parameters and the characteristics of the primary excision to these quantities of the residual tumor.