Background: Although breast surgeons can request frozen section biopsies to evaluate margin status in breast-conserving surgery (BCS), specimen imaging is also a useful assessment tool. Intraoperative digital specimen mammography (IDSM) has recently been
Heejung Keum +5 more
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Dermatofibrosarcoma: Case Report Series
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon, painless, slow-growth, superficial soft tissue malignant sarcoma corresponding to less than 0.1% of all malignancies. The primary treatment for DFSP is surgical excision, which is wide local excision
Ida B. M. Suryawisesa, Oki P. Gotama
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Background Consensus guidelines published in 2016 recommended a 2 mm free margin as the standard for negative margins in patients undergoing breast‐conserving surgery (BCS) for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The goal of the guideline recommendation was
Abigail Tremelling +6 more
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Surgery for Bowen Disease: Clinicopathological Factors Associated With Incomplete Excision
Background: One common treatment for Bowen’s disease (BD) is surgical excision, but there is no international consensus on the appropriate surgical margins.
Julia Fougelberg +3 more
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Histopathology report on colon cancer specimens; measuring surgical quality, an increasing stress for surgeons [PDF]
Introduction. Improving the quality of surgical resections by evaluating surgical specimens is probably the most important feedback a surgeon can receive.
Bilavschi, Karina +5 more
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An epidemiological study of the association between risk factors and skin cancer incomplete excisions [PDF]
Introduction: The increasing incidence of skin cancer leads to a high number of surgical procedures worldwide. The surgical treatment of skin cancer's main objective is its complete excision, preserving the function and the best aesthetic result ...
João Vitor Pithon Napoli +1 more
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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the great toe with 40-years duration: Report of a rare case
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans has been described as a rare, locally invasive, low-grade malignant fibroblastic sarcoma of the skin with very slow growth and a high rate of recurrence after incomplete removal that usually affects middle-aged patients ...
Svetoslav A. Slavchev +2 more
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Distal Margin Shrinkage Factor – A Consideration Before Dividing the Specimen in Colorectal Cancer Surgery [PDF]
Background - The risk of local recurrence in colorectal cancer has been associated with the length of clear distal margin in the specimen taken during original resection. It has been reported that there is significant specimen shrinkage after fixation in
Yiu Ho +3 more
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Lacrimal gland tumors in Turkey: types, frequency, and outcomes. [PDF]
AIM: To evaluate the clinical, radiological, and treatment features of lacrimal gland tumors. METHODS: Retrospective review of 99 eyes of 92 patients with lacrimal gland tumors diagnosed and managed in a single institution between January 1999 and March ...
Erden, Esra +3 more
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Recurrent Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Vulva: A Rare Occurrence and Review of Literature
Objective: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) of the vulva is an uncommon soft tissue tumor with fewer than 60 cases reported previously. Distant metastasis is rare with a high propensity for local invasion.
Lajya Devi Goyal +3 more
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