Difference between revisions of "Surgical margins"

| > 2mm<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dunne | first1 = C. | last2 = Burke | first2 = JP. | last3 = Morrow | first3 = M. | last4 = Kell | first4 = MR. | title = Effect of margin status on local recurrence after breast conservation and radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ. | journal = J Clin Oncol | volume = 27 | issue = 10 | pages = 1615-20 | month = Apr | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.5182 | PMID = 19255332 }}</ref>; if < 1 mm patient benefits from radiation<ref name=pmid10320383>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Silverstein | first1 = MJ. | last2 = Lagios | first2 = MD. | last3 = Groshen | first3 = S. | last4 = Waisman | first4 = JR. | last5 = Lewinsky | first5 = BS. | last6 = Martino | first6 = S. | last7 = Gamagami | first7 = P. | last8 = Colburn | first8 = WJ. | title = The influence of margin width on local control of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 340 | issue = 19 | pages = 1455-61 | month = May | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199905133401902 | PMID = 10320383 }}</ref>

| ink cannot be on tumour - consensus of Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology (for low stage tumours);<ref name=pmid24521674>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Moran | first1 = MS. | last2 = Schnitt | first2 = SJ. | last3 = Giuliano | first3 = AE. | last4 = Harris | first4 = JR. | last5 = Khan | first5 = SA. | last6 = Horton | first6 = J. | last7 = Klimberg | first7 = S. | last8 = Chavez-MacGregor | first8 = M. | last9 = Freedman | first9 = G. | title = Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation in stages I and II invasive breast cancer. | journal = Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys | volume = 88 | issue = 3 | pages = 553-64 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.012 | PMID = 24521674 }}</ref>