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What to do in case of involved margins ?
What in case of
more than focally
involved margins ?
Re-excision:
•
> 50% of patients: tumor is found in the re-excision specimen
[ Schnitt et al, 1987; Gwin et al, 1993; Kearny et al 1995; Schmidt-Ullrich et al 1995, Merill et
al, 2016].
•
Risk on finding a lot of residual disease especially high in case of
EDCIS (67%), multinodular disease, or diffuse invasive lobular ca
(50%)
[ Schnitt et al, 1987]