Open AccessPredictive factors for positive surgical margins in the treatment of breast ductal carcinoma in situ
Author(s) -
Rafael Amin Menezes Hassan,
Jonathan Yugo Maesaka,
Marcos Desídérío Ricci,
José Maria Soares,
Maíra Teixeira Dória,
Edmund C. Baracat,
José Roberto Filassi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.172135
Subject(s) - ductal carcinoma , medicine , confidence interval , relative risk , stage (stratigraphy) , surgical margin , percutaneous , biopsy , breast cancer , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Surgery is the main form of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. Among other factors, treatment success requires that the surgical margins are free of disease, to reduce the risk of recurrence.