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Understanding the distribution of cancer

Understanding the distribution of cancer within the breast is important for optimizing breast-conserving treatment

✍ James L. Connolly; Jay R. Harris; Stuart J. Schnitt 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 322 KB 👁 2 views

The introduction of breast-conserving treatment for patients with early stage breast cancer has led to renewed interest in the pattern and extent of microscopic involvement of cancer within a breast containing a grossly apparent tumor. In a landmark paper that appeared in this journal 10 years ago,