"Margins of Excision" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The edges of tissue removed in a surgery for assessment of the effectiveness of a surgical procedure in achieving the local control of a neoplasm and the adequacy of tumor removal. When the margin is negative or not involved by tumor (e.g., CANCER) it suggests all of the tumor has been removed by the surgery.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072662
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.830 C23.149.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Margins of Excision- Margins of Excision
- Excision Margin
- Excision Margins
- Resection Margin
- Margin, Resection
- Margins, Resection
- Resection Margins
- Surgical Margins
- Margin, Surgical
- Margins, Surgical
- Surgical Margin
Positive Surgical Margins- Positive Surgical Margins
- Positive Surgical Margin
- Surgical Margin, Positive
- Surgical Margins, Positive
Negative Surgical Margins- Negative Surgical Margins
- Negative Surgical Margin
- Surgical Margin, Negative
- Surgical Margins, Negative
- Tumor-Free Margins
- Margin, Tumor-Free
- Margins, Tumor-Free
- Tumor Free Margins
- Tumor-Free Margin
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| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Margins of Excision" by people in Profiles.
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Organ-confined prostate cancer with negative surgical margins in an entirely-embedded radical prostatectomy is essentially non-lethal-a retrospective single-institutional study of 520 patients. Int Urol Nephrol. 2025 Apr; 57(4):1105-1112.
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Oncologic Safety of Close Margins in Patients With Low- to Intermediate-Grade Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 02 01; 150(2):107-116.
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A population-based evaluation of tunica vaginalis mesothelioma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database. Urol Oncol. 2023 01; 41(1):52.e11-52.e20.
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Resection Status Does Not Impact Recurrence in Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma of the Extremity. Am Surg. 2021 Nov; 87(11):1752-1759.
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Limited Reporting of Histopathologic Details in a Multi-Institutional Academic Cohort of Phyllodes Tumors: Time for Standardization. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Nov; 28(12):7404-7409.
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Laryngeal Chondrosarcoma Characteristics and Survival Analysis in the National Cancer Database. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 01; 166(1):101-108.
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The accuracy of detecting melanoma on frozen section melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1 (MART-1) stains and on permanent sections of previously frozen tissue: A prospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jun; 84(6):1764-1766.
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Cytopathologic assessment of gloves and instruments after major head and neck surgery. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 May-Jun; 42(3):102876.
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Contemporary Multi-Institutional Cohort of 550 Cases of Phyllodes Tumors (2007-2017) Demonstrates a Need for More Individualized Margin Guidelines. J Clin Oncol. 2021 01 20; 39(3):178-189.
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A Curious Case of Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 11 15; 108(4):846-847.