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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 3/2010

01-10-2010 | Poster presentation

Malignant microcalcification: prediction of excision margins by separating calcified and noncalcified core biopsies

Authors: H Cain, A Mooney, J Westgarth, T Fasih, D Browell, K Clark, D Hemming, L Lunt

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Special Issue 3/2010

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Suspicious microcalcification is investigated by vacuum-assisted core biopsy. Many patients, in whom malignancy is diagnosed, go on to have breast-conserving surgery where positive resection margins require re-operation. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an increased risk of positive margins when malignancy is identified in cores without microcalcification. …
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Title
Malignant microcalcification: prediction of excision margins by separating calcified and noncalcified core biopsies
Authors
H Cain
A Mooney
J Westgarth
T Fasih
D Browell
K Clark
D Hemming
L Lunt
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue Special Issue 3/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2691

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