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Intraoperative Flow Cytometry in Lumpectomy

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Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in the female population. Breast conserving therapy, in which only a small part of the breast that contains the tumour is removed, has gained wide acceptance and it has been shown to have at least equivalent oncological outcomes with the more radical operations (i.e., a complete mastectomy). Incomplete tumour excision though has serious implications and can affect the patients and the overall outcome of the operation in various ways. It is thus of utmost importance to minimise the incomplete excisions. Amongst other available techniques, intraoperative flow cytometry has given some very promising results and the whole process of obtaining and analysing the samples is quick and reliable.

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  1. Clinical Fellow in Pelvic Floor Surgery at NHS Tayside, Dundee, Scotland, UK

    Angelos Pazidis

  2. Breast Unit, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Haralampos V. Harissis

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  1. Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Georgios Alexiou

  2. Unit of Molecular Biology and Translational Flow Cytometry, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Georgios Vartholomatos

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Pazidis, A., Harissis, H.V. (2023). Intraoperative Flow Cytometry in Lumpectomy. In: Alexiou, G., Vartholomatos, G. (eds) Intraoperative Flow Cytometry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33517-4_14

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