Margins of Excision

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	A10.830 C23.149.625
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Margins of Excision".

Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Margins of Excision [A10.830]
Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Morphological and Microscopic Findings [C23.149]
Margins of Excision [C23.149.625]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2016	0	2	2
2017	0	2	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2

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Campbell DA, Pipkorn P, Divi V, Stadler M, Massey B, Campbell B, Richmon JD, Graboyes E, Puram S, Zenga J. The effect of reconstruction on positive margin rates in oral cancer: Using length of stay as a proxy measure for flap reconstruction in a national database. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 Sep-Oct; 42(5):103012.

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Yan F, Li H, de Almeida JR, Kaczmar JM, Pipkorn P, Zenga J, Richardson MS, Neskey DM, Sharma AK, Day TA, Graboyes EM. Microscopic Extranodal Extension in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer and the Role of Adjuvant Chemoradiation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 10; 165(4):536-549.

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Tella SH, Kommalapati A, Yadav S, Bergquist JR, Goyal G, Durgin L, Borad M, Cleary SP, Truty MJ, Mahipal A. Novel staging system using carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 in extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma and its implications on overall survival. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 05; 46(5):789-795.

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Zenga J, Graboyes E, Janz T, Drake V, Rettig E, Desai S, Nickel C, Shabani S, Padhya T, Scarpinato M, Stadler M, Massey B, Campbell B, Shukla M, Awan M, Schultz CJ, Wong S, Jackson RS, Pipkorn P. Salvage of Recurrence after Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy: A Multi-institutional Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 07; 161(1):74-81.

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Hararah MK, Stokes WA, Jones BL, Oweida A, Ding D, McDermott J, Goddard J, Karam SD. Nomogram for preoperative prediction of nodal extracapsular extension or positive surgical margins in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2018 08; 83:73-80.

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Heerink WJ, Solouki AM, Vliegenthart R, Ruiter SJS, Sieders E, Oudkerk M, de Jong KP. The relationship between applied energy and ablation zone volume in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal liver metastasis. Eur Radiol. 2018 Aug; 28(8):3228-3236.

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Ross JL, Cooper LAD, Kong J, Gutman D, Williams M, Tucker-Burden C, McCrary MR, Bouras A, Kaluzova M, Dunn WD, Duong D, Hadjipanayis CG, Brat DJ. 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Guided Sampling of Glioblastoma Microenvironments Identifies Pro-Survival Signaling at Infiltrative Margins. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 15; 7(1):15593.

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Robin TP, Jones BL, Gordon OM, Phan A, Abbott D, McDermott JD, Goddard JA, Raben D, Lanning RM, Karam SD. A comprehensive comparative analysis of treatment modalities for sinonasal malignancies. Cancer. 2017 Aug 15; 123(16):3040-3049.

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Katz MH, Shi Q, Ahmad SA, Herman JM, Marsh Rde W, Collisson E, Schwartz L, Frankel W, Martin R, Conway W, Truty M, Kindler H, Lowy AM, Bekaii-Saab T, Philip P, Talamonti M, Cardin D, LoConte N, Shen P, Hoffman JP, Venook AP. Preoperative Modified FOLFIRINOX Treatment Followed by Capecitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Trial A021101. JAMA Surg. 2016 08 17; 151(8):e161137.

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Dover LL, Oster RA, McDonald AM, DuBay DA, Wang TN, Jacob R. Impact of adjuvant chemoradiation on survival in patients with resectable cholangiocarcinoma. HPB (Oxford). 2016 10; 18(10):843-850.

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