High resolution intra-operative two-dimensional specimen mammography and its impact on second operation for re-excision of positive margins at final pathology after breast conservation surgery

Lokesh Bathla; Ann Harris; Mary Davey; Poonam K Sharma; Edibaldo Silva

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031

High resolution intra-operative two-dimensional specimen mammography and its impact on second operation for re-excision of positive margins at final pathology after breast conservation surgery

Lokesh Bathla, Ann Harris, Mary Davey, Poonam K Sharma, Edibaldo Silva

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BACKGROUND: In the United States, about 50% to 66% of women undergoing breast conservation surgery for cancer undergo subsequent mastectomy for positive margins on initial lumpectomy. This is despite the fact that screening mammography has resulted in a decrease in the size of newly diagnosed breast cancer to

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	387-394
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Surgery
Volume	202
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031
State	Published - Oct 2011

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Bathla, L., Harris, A., Davey, M., Sharma, P. K., & Silva, E. (2011). High resolution intra-operative two-dimensional specimen mammography and its impact on second operation for re-excision of positive margins at final pathology after breast conservation surgery. American Journal of Surgery, 202(4), 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031

High resolution intra-operative two-dimensional specimen mammography and its impact on second operation for re-excision of positive margins at final pathology after breast conservation surgery. / Bathla, Lokesh; Harris, Ann; Davey, Mary; Sharma, Poonam K; Silva, Edibaldo.

In: American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 202, No. 4, 10.2011, p. 387-394.

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