Margins! Margins. Margins? How Important Is Margin Status in Breast-Preserving Therapy?

Breast care

Jürgen Dunst¹  Kathrin Dellas¹ 

[1] Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Lübeck, Germany

关键词: Breast cancer;    Breast preservation;    Margins;    Surgery;    Radiotherapy;   

DOI  :  10.1159/000333145

学科分类：泌尿医学

来源: S Karger AG

【 摘 要 】

Margin status is surely a prognostic factor in patients undergoing breast-conserving therapy, but its impact is probably overestimated in case of adequate adjuvant radiotherapy. Radiotherapy improves local control after excision of the primary tumor in all subgroups of patients. There is, in contrast, no evidence that a certain margin width or a re-resection improves local control.

【 授权许可】

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