European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 18 , Pages 3219-3232 , December 2010

Meta-analysis of the impact of surgical margins on local recurrence in women with early-stage invasive breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy

  • Nehmat Houssami

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Address: School of Public Health (A27), Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia. Tel.: +61 (0) 419 273510; fax +61 (0) 2 9705 1046.
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  • Petra Macaskill

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • M. Luke Marinovich

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • J. Michael Dixon

      Affiliations

    • Breakthrough Research Unit Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  • Les Irwig

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Meagan E. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Lawrence J. Solin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 8 July 2010 ,Revised 26 July 2010 ,Accepted 28 July 2010.

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 This work was partly funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) program grant 402764 to the Screening & Test Evaluation Program.

PII: S0959-8049(10)00753-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.043

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 18 , Pages 3219-3232 , December 2010