Abstract:The 2016 consensus guideline on margins for breastconserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation for ductal carcinoma in situ sought to decrease breast tumor recurrence. However, its implementation resulted in an increase in reexcisions and mastectomy conversions at two institutions (
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