Surgical outcomes after radioactive 125I seed <i>versus</i> hookwire localization of non-palpable breast cancer: a multicentre randomized clinical trial

Taylor, Donna; G. Bourke, Anita; Westcott, Eliza; Luke Marinovich, M.; Chong, Chilton; Liang, Rhea; L Hughes, R; Elder, Elisabeth; Saunders, Christobel

doi:10.1093/bjs/znaa008

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Surgical outcomes after radioactive 125I seed versus hookwire localization of non-palpable breast cancer: a multicentre randomized clinical trial

Published in British journal of surgery • Dec 23, 2020

Authors:

Donna Taylor

Anita G. Bourke

Eliza Westcott

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested improved efficiency and patient outcomes with 125I seed compared with hookwire localization (HWL) in breast-conserving surgery, but high-level evidence of superior surgical outcomes is lacking. The aim of this multicentre pragmatic RCT was to compare re-ex...

Subject

Medicine

Breast cancer

Randomized controlled trial

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