European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
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To evaluate whether clinicopathologic factors are related to surgical margin involvement, reoperation, and residual cancer in primary operable breast cancer. ⋯ Lower BMI, larger tumor size, pathologic evidence of multifocal disease, and no preoperative MRI evaluation were associated with increased risk for positive surgical margin involvement. DCIS with positive surgical margins was associated with increased risk for reoperation and residual cancer detection at re-excision.