"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Margins of Excision" by people in Profiles.
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Zitelli JA, Stiegel E, Brodland DG. The Controversy and Value of Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Melanoma and Melanoma in Situ on the Trunk and Extremities. Dermatol Surg. 2023 12 01; 49(12):1061-1065.
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Weiss SA, Fried I, Wu C, Sharan A, Rubinstein D, Engel J, Sperling MR, Staba RJ. Graph theoretical measures of fast ripple networks improve the accuracy of post-operative seizure outcome prediction. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 07; 13(1):367.
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Lim GF, Perez OA, Zitelli JA, Brodland DG. Correlation of basal cell carcinoma subtype with histologically confirmed subclinical extension during Mohs micrographic surgery: A prospective multicenter study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 06; 86(6):1309-1317.
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Sharma BK, Contrera KJ, Jia X, Fleming C, Lorenz RR, Koyfman SA, Mahomva C, Arianpour K, Burkey BB, Fritz M, Ku JA, Lamarre ED, Scharpf J, Prendes BL. Outcomes After Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Salvage Surgery. Laryngoscope. 2022 10; 132(10):1984-1992.
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Zhang E, Wang L, Shaikh T, Handorf E, Wong JK, Hoffman JP, Reddy S, Cooper HS, Cohen SJ, Dotan E, Meyer JE. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Impacts the Prognostic Effect of Surgical Margin Status in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Jan; 29(1):354-363.
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Pool C, Weaver T, Zhu J, Goldenberg D, Goyal N. Surgical Margin Determination in the Era of HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2021 10; 131(10):E2650-E2654.
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Dadrass F, Gusho C, Yang F, Culvern C, Bloom J, Fillingham Y, Colman M, Gitelis S, Blank A. A clinicopathologic examination of myxofibrosarcoma. Do surgical margins significantly affect local recurrence rates in this infiltrative sarcoma subtype? J Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb; 123(2):489-496.
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Nuckles BW, Lam K, Young KA, Dove JT, Shabahang MM, Blansfield JA. Quality Improvement for Surgical Resection of Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma : Hospital and Surgeon Predictors of Higher Than Expected R1 Resection Using the National Cancer Database. Am Surg. 2021 Mar; 87(3):396-403.
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Suraci C, Young K, Dove J, Shabahang M, Blansfield J. Predicting Positive Margins in Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma After Neoadjuvant Therapy: Investigating Disparities in Quality Care Using the National Cancer Database. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar; 28(3):1595-1601.
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Burnett ME, Brodland DG, Zitelli JA. Long-term outcomes of Mohs micrographic surgery for invasive melanoma of the trunk and proximal portion of the extremities. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Mar; 84(3):661-668.