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"Clear margins"
Keywords:
microscope
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surround
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cancer
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pathological
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tissue
Related Terms:
Lumpectomy
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Breast conservation therapy
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Mohs surgery
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Invasive cancer
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Prophylactic surgery
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Surgical oncology
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Segmental mastectomy
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Carcinoma in situ
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Breast biopsy
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In situ cancer
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Atypical hyperplasia
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Quadrantectomy
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Mastectomy
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Ductal carcinoma in situ
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Partial mastectomy
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Carcinoma
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Carcinoma-in-situ
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Inoperable
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Infiltrating cancer
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Epithelioma
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Dcis
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Benign tumor
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Atypical
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Invasive breast cancer
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Malignant tumour
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Benign
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Benign tumour
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Invasion
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Tumour
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Intraductal carcinoma
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Ductal carcinoma
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Malignant tumor
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Incisional biopsy
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Malignant
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Malignancy
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Lcis
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Local recurrence
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Lobular carcinoma in situ
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Advanced cancer
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Metastasize
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Adenocarcinoma
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Prophylactic mastectomy
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Metastasized
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Tumor
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Metastatic
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Metastatic cancer
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Metastasis
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Secondary tumor
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Metastases
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Metastatic tumor
an area of normal tissue that surrounds cancerous tissue, as seen during a microscopic examination. If margins are clear, the surgeon can be virtually sure that he or she has removed all the cancer in that area.
webmd.com
Pathological term used to describe an adequate amount of normal tissue that is surgically removed along with the breast cancer.
imaginis.com
When the tissue surrounding the tumor does not contain cancer cells. Treatment
wehealny.org
An area of normal tissue that surrounds cancerous tissue, as seen during examination under a microscope.
clevelandclinic.org
areas of normal tissue that surround cancerous tissue, as seen during a microscopic examination.
webmd.com
An area of normal tissue that surrounds cancer tissue.
breastcancercolorado.org
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