MedicinePathologySurgeryCytopathologyHistologySurgical PathologyBreast Cancer SurgeryBreast CytologyBreast PathologyMargin AssessmentTumor CytopathologyTumor MarginsMicroscopic Margin AnalysisMicroscopic Margin AssessmentNegative Surgical MarginsPositive Surgical MarginsSurgical Margin EvaluationSurgical Resection MarginsTumor Margin AnalysisTumor Margins Assessment
In cases of breast carcinoma in which only lumpectomy is performed, it is necessary to ascertain that the surgical margins were adequate, i.e., free of tumor. Since the histologic methods used for this purpose are either unreliable or very cumbersome, scrape cytology was evaluated as a method for the examination of lumpectomy margins. In 30 cases examined both cytologically and histologically, a very good correlation was found between the two methods. The scrape cytology method has the advantage of being much easier and quicker and is thus recommended for routine use.