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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
|-
|Colorectal carcinoma
|
|-
|[[Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma]]
| 1 cm fresh, 0.8 cm fixed
|}
===Dermatopathology===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Tumour
!Margin
|-
|[[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>
|}
===Breast pathology===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Tumour
!Margin
|-
| [[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>
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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