Re-Excision Rates in Breast-Conserving Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with and without the Use of a Radiopaque Tissue Transfer and X-ray System

• Main Authors: Jamaris, Suniza, Akpolat-Basci, Leyla, Stephanou, Miltiades, Wetzig, Sarah, Cubuk, Yueksel, Gerharz, Johannes, Bittner, Ann-Kathrin, See, Mee Hoong, Liedtke, Cornelia, Kolberg, Hans-Christian
• Format: Article
• Published: Karger Publishers 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24128/; https://doi.org/10.1159/000493017

Background: Significant re-excision rates in breast-conserving surgery (BCS) after neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy may result from difficulties in defining the surgical target particularly in cases with excellent treatment response. Devices allowing an exact topographic localisation of the lesion...