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Reconstruction DURING Lumpectomy

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 15, 2022 | Replies (16)
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@polianad22

How do you know that the margins are clean at the second lumpectomy? Don't you have to wait till the results come back from the pathology for the margins?

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jaynep | @jaynep | Oct 15, 2022

I believe some hospitals have a pathologist on standby so the surgeon will know if clean margins are achieved.

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delormv | @delormv | Oct 15, 2022

@polianad22 I’m not sure how they knew they got clean margins the second time around. When pathology came back, it showed clear margins, but I had the lift/reduction already. I know my surgical oncologist took VERY wide margins to help with getting all the cancer cells. I go for monitoring/imaging every three months, so if any cancer was left, it will get caught early.

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