Utility of Taking Additional Margins When Performing Breast-Conserving Surgery with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Early Breast Cancer
ConclusionsTaking additional pre-IORT margins and re-excising close/positive margins post-IORT improved margin clearance rates but had an unclear effect on IBTR. Adjuvant endocrine therapy significantly reduced IBTR.
Source: World Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research
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