Imaging for early stage breast cancer
Resection margin and residual disease
European point of view:
70
47 %
135 pts.,
60
39 %
50
mastectomy specimens, tumor size : 44% ≤ 2 cm, 56% >2cm & ≤ 4cm
40
22 %
Pts.
30
20
10
residual disease probability
0
1 cm 2 cm 3 cm
Theoretical resection Margin
APBI relevant summary:
Breast Carcinoma of Limited Extent ( ≤2cm, no EIC, L0, pN0, absent of calcifications ) ...
...might be a potential candidate for breast surgery alone if the tumor is excided with a macroscopically free margins of approximately 2 cm.
University Hospital Erlangen
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