Small surgical margins can mean big trouble for patients with breast cancer, said investigators at the annual Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium. A retrospective study of outcomes for 2,377 women who underwent either breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy revealed that margins less than 2 mm resulted in a substantial risk of residual disease for all patients, reported Dr. Erin Garvey, a general surgery resident at Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix.
OBGYN News by Neil Osterweil
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