A resection margin or surgical margin is the edge or "margin" of apparently non-tumorous tissue around a tumor that has been surgically removed, called...

In lung cancer surgery, segmental resection refers to removing a section of a lobe of the lung. The resection margin needed to be free of cancerous cells...

primarily surgical, with chemotherapy and radiation therapy used if clear resection margins are not acquired. The type of surgical treatment chosen is dependent...

generally defined as the absence of tumor cells in a certain resection margin, with the specific margin width varying by tumor type and local guidelines. A non-radical...

inform the surgeon if the resection margin is clear of residual cancer, or if residual cancer is present at the resection margin. The method of processing...

Continental margin, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust Leaf margin, the edge of a leaf Resection margin...

resection margin of normal breast tissue. The margin is the healthy, noncancerous tissue that is next to the tumor. A pathologist analyzes the margin...

an advanced stage. Only 10 to 15% of tumours are suitable for surgical resection. As of 2018[update], when chemotherapy is given the FOLFIRINOX regimen...

invasion depth, resection margin, and possible vascular involvement. The resulting "ulcer" heals within three weeks. Endoscopic mucosal resection can also be...

the ink at the tissue edge informs the pathologist of the surgical resection margin or other point of interest. Microbiologists use India ink to stain...

and is useful in liver resection surgeries for helping to stop bleeding within the resection margin, increasing the safety margin. To achieve coagulative...

debridement or excision, or in the case of malignancy, close or involved resection margins that may require re-excision to avoid local recurrence. Reoperation...

with nasal sprays. Dropped nasal tip due to resection of the caudal margin. Empty nose syndrome due to resection or removal of the turbinates. Nasal septum...

A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter- + -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small...

bowel resection with or without colostomy. Either may be done by the traditional laparotomy or by laparoscopic surgery. The traditional bowel resection is...

session (for example, to preliminarily determine clearness of the resection margin of a tumor during surgery). This can be done to slides processed by...

Hemipelvectomy, also known as a pelvic resection, is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of part of the pelvic girdle. This procedure is most...

An abdominoperineal resection (abbreviated as AP resection, APR, or APER), formally known as an abdominoperineal resection of the rectum or an abdominoperineal...

skin, and nuclear pleomorphism. The changes are continuous with the resection margin (inked in yellow, at left), conferring a diagnosis of a not radically...

of cancer cells: In suspected but uncertain BCC cells close to the resection margins, immunohistochemistry with BerEp4 can highlight the BCC cells. Basal-cell...

MRI compared with circumferential resection margin after total mesorectal excision and predictors of involved margins". Surgery. 172 (4): 1085–1092. doi:10...

presence of metastatic disease, lymph node status, circumferential resection margin, local recurrence of disease, and the need for neoadjuvant therapy...

is used to determine the negative resection margin for skin tumors, and is also known as POMA (Post Operative Margin Assessment as referred to by the National...

those tumours where the pathology shows tumour at the margins of the resection (positive margins), multiple involved regional lymph nodes, and extension...

approach is typically a partial avulsion of the nail plate known as a wedge resection or a complete removal of the toenail. If the ingrown toenail recurs despite...

intraoperative breast cancer imaging to determine the status of the resection margin. At UIUC, his research interests expanded to include nonlinear optical...

nipples and/or skin, and tumors more often having smaller and narrower resection margins than women. These conditions increase the probability that breast-conserving...

recurrence rate of 2% to 8% when resection margins are deemed clear of tumor infiltration. When the resection margins of a benign granular cell tumor are...

R, Longacre TA, et al. (August 2016). "Pancreatic Cancer Surgical Resection Margins: Molecular Assessment by Mass Spectrometry Imaging". PLOS Medicine...

resection margin. Even after surgery, an oligoastrocytoma will often recur. The treatment for a recurring brain tumor may include surgical resection,...