Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50713#.VEmmGlfHRK0 Author(s) Ryan Sugrue , Katherine McGowan , Cillian McNamara , Michael Sugrue Affiliation(s) Department of Breast Surgery and Radiology Letterkenny and Donegal Clinical Research Academy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland . ABSTRACT Introduction: This study describes an intra-operative scoring system to advise the surgeon of the centricity of the tumour in the excised specimen. Methods: Spatial estimations were prospectively made in 10 consecutive patients undergoing wide local excision (WLE) using Bioptics intra-operative digital specimen imaging. The centricity score was defined as 100 – (IC...
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