Detection of involved margins in breast specimens with X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography

Abstract Margins of wide local excisions in breast conserving surgery are tested through histology, which can delay results by days and lead to second operations. Detection of margin involvement intraoperatively would allow the removal of additional tissue during the same intervention. X-ray phase c...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Massimi, Tamara Suaris, Charlotte K. Hagen, Marco Endrizzi, Peter R. T. Munro, Glafkos Havariyoun, P. M. Sam Hawker, Bennie Smit, Alberto Astolfo, Oliver J. Larkin, Richard M. Waltham, Zoheb Shah, Stephen W. Duffy, Rachel L. Nelan, Anthony Peel, J. Louise Jones, Ian G. Haig, David Bate, Alessandro Olivo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83330-w