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Reconstruction DURING Lumpectomy

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

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

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polianad22 | @polianad22 | Oct 15, 2022

Yes, it's called frozen section. My understanding is that are not always reliable and some hospitals don't do it during the surgery. Where did you do the lumpectomy? How big was your tumor and what type of cancer did you have?

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