Rates of reoperation after breast conserving cancer surgery in Western Australia before and after publication of the SSO-ASTRO margins guideline.

Rates of reoperation after breast conserving cancer surgery in Western Australia before and after publication of the SSO-ASTRO margins guideline.

Background: A 2014 SSO-ASTRO guideline on surgical margins aimed to reduce unnecessary reoperation after breast conserving surgery (BCS). We investigate whether publication of the guideline was associated with a reduction in reoperation in Western Australia (WA). Methods: In this retrospective, popu...

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Main Authors: Marinovich, Luke, Saunders, Christobel, Pereira, Gavin, Houssami, Nehmat
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023
Subjects:
Breast neoplasms
Breast-conserving surgery
Health care evaluation mechanisms
Practice guidelines
Humans
Female
Breast Neoplasms
Mastectomy, Segmental
Mastectomy
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Cohort Studies
Western Australia
Margins of Excision
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93237

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93237

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