Abstract
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 | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Fingerprint
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Surgery
Cite this
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Bathla, Lokesh
AU - Harris, Ann
AU - Davey, Mary
AU - Sharma, Poonam K
AU - Silva, Edibaldo
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - 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
AB - 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
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856375899&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84856375899&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031
M3 - Article
VL - 202
SP - 387
EP - 394
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
SN - 0002-9610
IS - 4
ER -