Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast
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Carson Leong; John Boyages; Upali W. Jayasinghe; Michael Bilous; Owen Ung; Boon
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## 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).