Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Planning of Initial Lumpectomy for Invasive Breast Carcinoma: Its Effect on Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence After Breast-Conservation Therapy

Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast

Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conservation therapy for lymph node-negative breast carcinoma

✍ Carson Leong; John Boyages; Upali W. Jayasinghe; Michael Bilous; Owen Ung; Boon 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 111 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Breast conservative surgery (CS) with radiotherapy (RT) is the most commonly used treatment for early‐stage breast carcinoma. However, there is controversy regarding the importance of the pathologic margin status on the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR).