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Snowgirl63
Snowgirl63 Member Posts: 83
edited January 2015 in Surgery - Before, During, and After

Can someone let me know what the inferior and superior superficial margin means? Thank you


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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited January 2015

    Hi Snowgirl, welcome to Breastcancer.org! We're so glad you've joined our community, and we hope you find it to be a place of reliable information and support.

    Until other members come along to post here, you can take a look at the article Surgical Margins on the main BCO site.

    We hope this helps you clarify!

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  • tgtg
    tgtg Member Posts: 266
    edited January 2015

    snowgirl--"Anterior" and "posterior" margins are the ones on the front (toward nipple) and back (toward chest wall) edges of the tumor and its surrounding tissue. It also has inferior and superior margins--lower and upper ones.

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  • Snowgirl63
    Snowgirl63 Member Posts: 83
    edited January 2015

    tgtg,

    Thank you for your reply, it says in my pathology report cancer is present to 2mm from superior superficial margin and cancer present 3mm from inferior superficial margin. So I was wondering if there are two different types of margins. I understand the position part as far as superior and inferiority go but didnt understand what they mean by superficial margin. Those margins seem to close for my comfort consudering the other breaast tissue examined. Already has hyperplasia lobular type and i have idc. Any further help. Is welcomed

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  • doxie
    doxie Member Posts: 1,455
    edited January 2015

    Maybe it will help that the most recent research finds "no ink on margin" as sufficient with whole breast radiation. So 2mm is beyond that.

    I'll edit in the link to the research.

    http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2014/02/10/J...

    Conclusion: The use of no ink on tumor as the standard for an adequate margin in invasive cancer in the era of multidisciplinary therapy is associated with low rates of IBTR (ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence) and has the potential to decrease re-excision rates, improve cosmetic outcomes, and decrease health care costs.


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