- J Michael Dixon, professor of breast surgery and consultant surgeon1,
- Nehmat Houssami, associate professor, screening and test evaluation programme2
- 1Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
- 2Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
- mike.dixon{at}ed.ac.uk
Jeevan and colleagues report that one in five women who have breast conserving surgery requires reoperation because of incomplete excision or inadequate clearance of margins.1 The first major review of surgical margins established that disease at the margins increased recurrence rates but concluded that wide margins compared with narrow margins did not reduce local …
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