Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 608-613, November 2009

Attaining Negative Margins in Breast-Conservation Operations: Is There a Consensus among Breast Surgeons?

  • Sarah L. Blair, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Sarah Blair, MD, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Dr #0987, La Jolla, CA 92093-0987
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  • Kari Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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  • Joseph Rococco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY
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  • Vanessa Malcarne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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  • Peter D. Beitsch, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Dallas Surgical Group, Dallas, TX
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  • David W. Ollila, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 22 May 2009; received in revised form 24 July 2009; accepted 27 July 2009. published online 11 September 2009.

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 This research was supported by a grant from the Department of Defense Idea Grant W81XWH-06-1-052.

PII: S1072-7515(09)01206-X

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.026

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 608-613, November 2009