Gynäkologisches Krebszentrum Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt Wilhelm-Epstein-Straße 4 60431 Frankfurt am Main DeutschlandRekrutierend» Google-Maps Ansprechpartner: Marc Thill, Prof. Phone: +49 (069) 95 33 - 22 28 E-Mail: marc.thill@fdk.info» Ansprechpartner anzeigenWestern General Hospital , Breast Unit Edinburgh United KingdomNoch nicht rekrutierend» Google-Maps Ansprechpartner: J Michael Dixon, Prof. Phone: 01315372907 E-Mail: jmd@ed.ac.uk» Ansprechpartner anzeigen
1. ClearCoast™ Success rate (Time Frame - 6 months): the success of the ClearCoast™ system indicating abnormal margins of breast tissue specimen intra-operatively.
This endpoint compares the proportion of patients that undergo a re-excision surgery following the primary lumpectomy procedure between the two groups.
Secondary outcome:
1. Secondary Outcome - Re-excision rate (Time Frame - 1 year): Comparing the percentage of positive margins (%) of the main specimen (as detected by post-operative microscopically as having cancer within 1mm or less of the inked surface) and document which of those positive margins have been addressed by intra-operative re-excision or the absence of further tissue to be re-excised (e.g., undermining the skin or reaching the pectoralis fascia).
Treatment Group The removed specimen (as part of BCS) is scanned with the ClearCoast MR System.
Historical Group Historical data of patients undergone BCS, under the same eligibility criteria and performed by the same study surgeons, thus minimizing inter-groups and inter-surgeon variability and bias, will serve as a control group for the comparison of the complete resection rate.