TY - JOUR AU - Besana-Ciani, Isabella AU - Greenall, Michael J. PY - 2008 DA - 2008/05/22 TI - The importance of margins status after breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy in node positive patients: a follow-up of 10–15 years JO - International Seminars in Surgical Oncology SP - 13 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Margin status is the main factor determining local recurrence (LR) after wide excision and radiotherapy for breast cancer. The aim of the study is to evaluate if positive margins are as great a risk factor for LR in node-positive as in node-negative patients, since the major risk in the former group is dissemination and whether there is a correlation between nodal status and margins in relation to prognosis. SN - 1477-7800 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-5-13 DO - 10.1186/1477-7800-5-13 ID - Besana-Ciani2008 ER -