Margins of Excision

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The edges of tissue removed in a surgery for assessment of the effectiveness of a surgical procedure in achieving the local control of a neoplasm and the adequacy of tumor removal. When the margin is negative or not involved by tumor (e.g., CANCER) it suggests all of the tumor has been removed by the surgery.

Descriptor ID	D000072662
MeSH Number(s)	A10.830 C23.149.625
Concept/Terms	Margins of Excision Margins of Excision Excision Margin Excision Margins Resection Margin Margin, Resection Margins, Resection Resection Margins Surgical Margins Margin, Surgical Margins, Surgical Surgical Margin Positive Surgical Margins Positive Surgical Margins Positive Surgical Margin Surgical Margin, Positive Surgical Margins, Positive Negative Surgical Margins Negative Surgical Margins Negative Surgical Margin Surgical Margin, Negative Surgical Margins, Negative Tumor-Free Margins Margin, Tumor-Free Margins, Tumor-Free Tumor Free Margins Tumor-Free Margin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Margins of Excision".

Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Margins of Excision [A10.830]
Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Morphological and Microscopic Findings [C23.149]
Margins of Excision [C23.149.625]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2017	0	3	3
2018	6	2	8
2019	0	6	6
2020	1	3	4
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1

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Maykel JA, Hahn SJ, Beauharnais CC, Meyer DC, Hill SS, Sturrock PR, Davids JS, Alavi K. Oncologic Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 06 01; 65(6):827-836.

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Olson CR, Suarez-Kelly LP, Ethun CG, Shelby RD, Yu PY, Hughes TM, Palettas M, Tran TB, Poultsides G, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, King DM, Bedi M, Pollock RE, Grignol VP, Cardona K, Howard JH. Resection Status Does Not Impact Recurrence in Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma of the Extremity. Am Surg. 2021 Nov; 87(11):1752-1759.

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Rosenberger LH, Quintana LM, Thomas SM, Nimbkar SN, Hieken TJ, Ludwig KK, Jacobs LK, Miller ME, Gallagher KK, Wong J, Neuman HB, Tseng J, Hassinger TE, King TA, Jakub JW, Bentley RC, Schnitt SJ. Limited Reporting of Histopathologic Details in a Multi-Institutional Academic Cohort of Phyllodes Tumors: Time for Standardization. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Nov; 28(12):7404-7409.

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Rosenberger LH, Thomas SM, Nimbkar SN, Hieken TJ, Ludwig KK, Jacobs LK, Miller ME, Gallagher KK, Wong J, Neuman HB, Tseng J, Hassinger TE, King TA, Jakub JW. Contemporary Multi-Institutional Cohort of 550 Cases of Phyllodes Tumors (2007-2017) Demonstrates a Need for More Individualized Margin Guidelines. J Clin Oncol. 2021 01 20; 39(3):178-189.

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Layeequr Rahman R, Puckett Y, Habrawi Z, Crawford S. A decade of intraoperative ultrasound guided breast conservation for margin negative resection - Radioactive, and magnetic, and Infrared Oh My?. Am J Surg. 2020 12; 220(6):1410-1416.

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Yaroslavsky AN, Feng X, Yu SH, Jermain PR, Iorizzo TW, Neel VA. Dual-Wavelength Optical Polarization Imaging for Detecting Skin Cancer Margins. J Invest Dermatol. 2020 10; 140(10):1994-2000.e1.

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Shelby RD, Suarez-Kelly LP, Yu PY, Hughes TM, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Poultsides G, King DM, Bedi M, Mogal H, Clarke C, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, Pollock RE, Howard JH, Cardona K, Grignol V. Neoadjuvant radiation improves margin-negative resection rates in extremity sarcoma but not survival. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jun; 121(8):1249-1258.

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Hill SS, Chung SK, Meyer DC, Crawford AS, Sturrock PR, Harnsberger CR, Davids JS, Maykel JA, Alavi K. Impact of Preoperative Care for Rectal Adenocarcinoma on Pathologic Specimen Quality and Postoperative Morbidity: A NSQIP Analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 01; 230(1):17-25.

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Squires MH, Ethun CG, Suarez-Kelly LP, Yu PY, Hughes TM, Shelby RD, Tran TB, Poultsides G, Charlson J, Gamblin TC, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, Pollock RE, Grignol V, Cardona K, Howard JH. Trends in the Use of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for High-Grade Truncal and Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas. J Surg Res. 2020 01; 245:577-586.

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Mario J, Venkataraman S, Fein-Zachary V, Knox M, Brook A, Slanetz P. Lumpectomy Specimen Radiography: Does Orientation or 3-Dimensional Tomosynthesis Improve Margin Assessment? Can Assoc Radiol J. 2019 Aug; 70(3):282-291.

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