Preoperative Localization and Surgical Margins in Conservative Breast Surgery

Table 2

Most common features associated with positive surgical margins [20–23].

Predicting factors of margin status
Presence of DCIS	𝑃<0.0001
Multifocal disease	𝑃=0.0197
Tumor size	𝑃<0.0001
Lobular histology	𝑃=0.005
Microcalcifications on mammography	𝑃<0.0001