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SUBMITTER: Piper ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731236 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piper Merisa L ML Wong Jasmine J Fahrner-Scott Kelly K Ewing Cheryl C Alvarado Michael M Esserman Laura J LJ Mukhtar Rita A RA
NPJ breast cancer 20190906
Rates of positive margins after surgical resection of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are high (ranging from 18 to 60%), yet the efficacy of re-excision lumpReceptor subtypeectomy for clearing positive margins is unknown. Concerns about the diffuse nature of ILC may drive increased rates of completion mastectomy to treat positive margins, thus lowering breast conservation rates. We therefore determined the success rate of re-excision lumpectomy in women with ILC and positive margins after surgi ...[more]