162-163 / 1674
University Hospital Erlangen
Resection margin and residual disease
APBI relevant summary:
Breast Carcinoma of Limited Extent (
≤2cm, no EIC, L0, pN0, absent of calcifications
) ...
...might be a potential candidate for breast surgery alone if the tumor is excided with a macroscopically free margins of
approximately 2
cm.
135 pts., mastectomy specimens, tumor size : 44% ≤ 2 cm, 56% >2cm & ≤ 4cm
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residual disease probability
1 cm 2 cm 3 cm
Pts.
39 %
47 %
22 %
Theoretical resection Margin
European point of view