Open AccessAssociation of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma With Positive Surgical Margins After Breast-Conservation Therapy
Author(s) -
Margaret E. Moore,
Girum Borossa,
John Imbrie,
Robert E. Fechner,
Jennifer A. Harvey,
Craig L. Slingluff,
Reid B. Adams,
John B. Hanks
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200006000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , lumpectomy , breast cancer , surgical margin , invasive lobular carcinoma , radiology , lobular carcinoma , biopsy , mastectomy , cancer , mammography , ductal carcinoma , invasive ductal carcinoma
To determine whether infiltrating lobular carcinoma (ILC) is associated with high positive-margin rates for single-stage lumpectomy procedures, and to define clinical, mammographic, or histologic characteristics of ILC that might influence the positive-margin rate, thereby affecting treatment decisions.