Table 8 Summary of the total number of individual instances in which any one of the designated nine standardized re-resection margin sites was positive for disease from the pathology report of the 204 BCS cases
Re-resection margin | Number of instances in which there was a positive re-resections margin | Histopathology of each positive re-resection margin |
|---|---|---|
Superior (S) re-resection margin | 5 | 2 IDC, 2 DCIS, 1 ACC |
Superior-Medial (SM) re-resection margin | 4 | 1 IDC, 2 DCIS, 1 ACC |
Superior-Lateral (SL) re-resection margin | 4 | 1 IDC, 1 ILC, 2 DCIS |
Medial (M) re-resection margin | 5 | 3 IDC, 2 DCIS |
Lateral (L) re-resection margin | 5 | 3 IDC, 2 DCIS |
Inferior (I) re-resection margin | 7 | 2 IDC, 5 DCIS |
Inferior-Medial (IM) re-resection margin | 3 | 2 IDC, 1 DCIS |
Inferior-Lateral (IL) re-resection margin | 7 | 3 IDC, 4 DCIS |
Deep-Posterior (DP) re-resection margin | 3 | 2 DCIS, 1 ACC |