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Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24 9:07am | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
@nora305
Did your surgeon explain why they cut it so close? Why not just take a wider margin around the tumor to begin with? I had a positive margin and it happens too often.
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Yes, she said it can be very hard for a doctor to gauge the actual size of a tumor and the surrounding affected tissues while you are in the middle of surgery. So a doctor can miss the margins. I told her at pre-op that I had no vanity any more and for her to plan to take as much tissue as she wanted during surgery. I guess she followed my advice!