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==Adequate margin== | ==Adequate margin== | ||
*What constitutes an adequate margin is dependent on the tumour type, as different tumours have different behaviours. | *What constitutes an adequate margin is dependent on the tumour type, as different tumours have different behaviours. | ||
"Good" margin - by tumour: | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Tumour | |||
!Margin | |||
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|Colorectal carcinoma | |||
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|[[Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma]] | |||
| 1 cm fresh, 0.8 cm fixed | |||
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===Dermatopathology=== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Tumour | |||
!Margin | |||
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|[[Malignant melanoma]] | |||
| "no minimum safe distance established";<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2012/SkinMelanoma_12protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2012/SkinMelanoma_12protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 19 August 2012.</ref> 2 mm<ref name=pmid15344606>{{Cite journal | last1 = Whitaker | first1 = DK. | last2 = Sinclair | first2 = W. | title = Guideline on the management of melanoma. | journal = S Afr Med J | volume = 94 | issue = 8 Pt 3 | pages = 699-707; quiz 708 | month = Aug | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 15344606 }}</ref> | |||
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===Breast pathology=== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Tumour | |||
!Margin | |||
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| [[Ductal carcinoma in situ]] | |||
| > 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> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||