"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 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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Does synovial sarcoma grade predict oncologic outcomes, and does a low-grade variant exist? J Surg Oncol. 2022 Jun; 125(8):1301-1311.
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Risk factors for the development of local recurrence in extremity soft-tissue sarcoma. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2022 Jan; 22(1):83-95.
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Gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma demonstrate a predilection for distant recurrence and poor response to systemic treatments. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 10; 47(10):2595-2601.
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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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Clinicopathological features and treatment outcome of oesophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST): A large, retrospective multicenter European study. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 08; 47(8):2173-2181.
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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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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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Risk factors associated with positive resection margins in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma. Am J Surg. 2020 10; 220(4):932-937.
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Primary iliocaval leiomyosarcomas: The path beyond surgery. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 05; 46(5):893-897.
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Effect of margin status and pathological grade in treatment of sinonasal mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Laryngoscope. 2020 12; 130(12):E750-E757.