Erschienen in:
01.12.1999 | Paper Report
Margin width influencing local recurrence in ductal carcinoma in situ
verfasst von:
Balvinder Shoker
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Ausgabe 1/1999
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Excerpt
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-invasive carcinoma that is unlikely to recur if completely excised. Margin width, the distance between the boundary of the lesion and the edge of the excised specimen, may be an important determinant of local recurrence. Preventing local recurrence is important because about one half of such recurrences are invasive cancers with the potential to metastasize. Radiation therapy after local excision has also been shown to reduce the local recurrence rate, however this may not be necessary for all in situ carcinoma subgroups. …