Volume of breast tissue excised during breast-conserving surgery in patients undergoing preoperative systemic therapy

• Main Authors: Fernando Antonio Mourão Valejo (Author), Daniel Guimarães Tiezzi (Author), Larissa Raquel Mouro Mandarano (Author), Christiani Bisinoto de Sousa (Author), Jurandyr Moreira de Andrade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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PURPOSE: We aimed to determine whether clinical examination could adequately ascertain the volume of tissue to be resected during breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant therapy. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical reports of 279 patients with histologically diagnosed invasive breast carcinomas tr...