Surgical Margins in Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer — Bigger Is Not Better

Monica Morrow, Jay R. Harris, Stuart J. Schnitt

New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 190 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

The authors reexamine data on the size of tumor margins in breast cancer and conclude that negative margins are sufficient. Local recurrence is influenced more by tumor biology and therapy than surgical margin.

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