Surgical margins and the risk of local-regional recurrence (LRR) following mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer.
Childs S, Chen Y, Pochebit S, Golshan M, Duggan M, Wong J, Harris J, Bellon J. Surgical margins and the risk of local-regional recurrence (LRR) following mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 29: 95-95. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.27_suppl.95.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLocal-regional recurrenceRisk of LRRInvasive diseaseSurgical marginsSuperficial marginsDeep marginBreast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerPositive axillary nodesClose surgical marginsDistant metastasis rateKaplan-Meier methodPost-mastectomy radiationDeep surgical marginsInvasive breast cancerLRR ratePositive nodesAxillary nodesFirst recurrenceLymphovascular invasionPure DCIST3 tumorsConsecutive womenMedian ageMetastasis rate