Difference between revisions of "Surgical margins"

| cannot be at margin - no consensus beyond that;<ref name=pmid12433599>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Singletary | first1 = SE. | title = Surgical margins in patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast conservation therapy. | journal = Am J Surg | volume = 184 | issue = 5 | pages = 383-93 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12433599 }}</ref> no statistical difference between 1 and 2 mm margins for Stage I & II tumours<ref name=pmid18767118>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hardy | first1 = K. | last2 = Fradette | first2 = K. | last3 = Gheorghe | first3 = R. | last4 = Lucman | first4 = L. | last5 = Latosinsky | first5 = S. | title = The impact of margin status on local recurrence following breast conserving therapy for invasive carcinoma in Manitoba. | journal = J Surg Oncol | volume = 98 | issue = 6 | pages = 399-402 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1002/jso.21126 | PMID = 18767118 }}</ref>