Intraoperative ultrasound guidance for palpable breast cancer excision (COBALT trial): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Update 2016

“…With the use of intraoperative US, the rate of reexcisions, the volume of resection, and the rate of involved margins are significantly reduced according to a randomized study [20] and a recent metaanalysis [21]. That is why intraoperative US can be performed as a method to reduce the reexcision rate and rate of R1 resections (LoE 1a, A, AGO +/-).…”

Reoperation Costs in Attempted Breast-Conserving Surgery: A Decision Analysis

“…Although changing disease-and patient-related factors is difficult, there are structural and process-related measures that could potentially be implemented to reduce the need for reoperation. Possibilities include the use of intraoperative imprint cytology 1 , cavity margin shaving 40 , and other technologies 41,42 . Others have focused on the effects of education initiatives 43 or guidelines 44 .…”

Response to “The CUBE Technique: Continuous Ultrasound-Guided Breast Excision,” Published in August 2014 by Tummel et al. Amsterdam, 28th January 2015

“…Over the past years, our study group has extensively published on this subject, resulting in a multicenter, randomized controlled trial including 134 patients. 2 Although the term ''CUBE'' is indeed novel, the technique itself is an exact copy of the technique we-among other authors-have repeatedly described. [3][4][5][6][7] Needless to say, it would have been appropriate for the authors to refer to these studies while presenting their results, and we are somewhat disappointed that the journal did not revise the literature list on behalf of the authors.…”