Posted on 4th April, 2024 at 10:16:49 PM
Patients whose pathology results return positive for cancer cells in the margins (the healthy tissue around the tumor removed during a lumpectomy) require a second lumpectomy or re-excision lumpectomy.
During re-excision, doctors reopen the surgical site to remove an additional margin of tissue in the hopes of obtaining a cancer-free margin. This process is also referred to as “cleaning the margins.”
