The Importance of Achieving Margins in Breast Cancer Surgery

Description: From www.beetmedicine.tv The success of breast conservations depends on achieving clear margins, meaning that no cancer remains at the periphery of the excised tumor. If the margins contain cancer cells a second operation is needed. New technology helps doctors to assess the these margins quickly. Dr. Freya Schnabel discusses a clinical trial of Margin Probe, a device used in the operating room which examines the edge of the specimen with radiofrequency spectroscopy to determine ...