Orlando, Fla.—New research shows that a multidisciplinary evaluation involving the surgeon, pathologist and radiologist can significantly reduce the number of positive or close margins in patients undergoing lumpectomy.
“Patients with positive margins often require second operations, which increases cost and patient anxiety, delays adjuvant therapy, and can have a negative impact on cosmesis,” said Sarah E. Tevis, MD, presenting at the 2018 annual meeting of