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It may be useful to differentiate ''pathologic margin'' (tumour touching ink) and ''oncologic margin'' (tumour sufficiently clear of margin to not affect the prognosis). Oncologists, surgeons and patients really only care about ''oncologic margin'' for relatively obvious reasons. | It may be useful to differentiate ''pathologic margin'' (tumour touching ink) and ''oncologic margin'' (tumour sufficiently clear of margin to not affect the prognosis). Oncologists, surgeons and patients really only care about ''oncologic margin'' for relatively obvious reasons. | ||
Perhaps confusing is that: ''[pathologically] clear margins'' | Perhaps confusing is that: ''[pathologically] clear margins'' may be defined as being a ''positive margin'', i.e. tumour less than 1 mm may be a "positive margin".<ref name=pmid16509840>{{cite journal |authors=Scopa CD, Aroukatos P, Tsamandas AC, Aletra C |title=Evaluation of margin status in lumpectomy specimens and residual breast carcinoma |journal=Breast J |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=150–3 |date=2006 |pmid=16509840 |doi=10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00223.x |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Adequate margin== | ==Adequate margin== | ||