The Breast August 2016 Volume 28, Pages 167–173
Alves-Ribeiro L et al
Margin status of the surgical specimen has been shown to be a prognostic and risk factor for local recurrence in breast cancer surgery. It has been studied as a topic of intervention to diminish reoperation rates and reduce the probability of local recurrence in breast conservative surgery (BCS).This study aims to validate the Dutch Breast Conservation nomogram, created by Pleijhus et al., which predicts preoperative probability of positive margins in BCS.Patients with diagnosis of breast cancer stages cT1-2, who underwent BCS at the Breast Center of São João University Hospital (BC-CHSJ) in 2013–2014, were included.
