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Researchers suggest avoiding excisional biopsies of soft tissue sarcoma of the hand

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Excisional biopsies of soft tissue sarcoma of the hand are associated with more positive margins and a ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

How to Perform an Elliptical Excision of the Skin

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Elliptical excision of the skin is an essential procedure that can be used in the diagnosis and management of skin lesions and ...
Nature

Flat epithelial atypia in directional vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications: surgical excision may not be necessary

With the widespread use of screening mammography, columnar cell lesions, which often calcify, are recognized with increasing frequency on core needle biopsy. They have been divided into columnar cell ...
Nature

High-risk and selected benign breast lesions diagnosed on core needle biopsy: Evidence for and against immediate surgical excision

Percutaneous core needle biopsy (CNB) under image guidance has been a standard part of the evaluation of nonpalpable breast lesions for over 30 years. Until relatively recently, most patients with ...
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Polypectomy or excisional biopsy versus combination polypectomy or excisional biopsy with interventional radiology local tumor destruction for rectal cancer: A SEER database ...

Combination polypectomy or excisional biopsy with interventional radiology local tumor destruction versus polypectomy or excisional biopsy for colon cancer: A SEER database analysis. This is an ASCO ...
Medscape

Excision With 5-mm Margins Evaluated in Small Melanoma In Situ

Patients with small melanoma in situ (MIS) on low-risk body sites that was managed with 5-mm margins had a local recurrence rate of 0.9%, results from a retrospective case series from a single ...
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Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Is surgical excision necessary?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Image-guided radiofrequency excision biopsy of breast lesions

Breast lumps may need to be sampled to test for cancer. This minimally invasive procedure involves a small incision and insertion of a probe which uses radiofrequency energy to cut through the breast ...
Medscape

Breast Procedures

D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. FNA biopsy permits the sampling of cells from breast ...
Medical News Today

What to know about lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)

Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is an abnormal growth of cells in the lining of the milk-producing glands of the breast, which are called lobules. While the cells look cancerous, LCIS does not invade ...
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Combination polypectomy or excisional biopsy with interventional radiology local tumor destruction versus polypectomy or excisional biopsy for colon cancer: A SEER database ...

Preoperative radiotherapy for select T4 primary and locally recurrent colon cancers: Experience from an Australian quaternary centre. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting ...