Breast Surgery Margin Assessment: New Imaging Tool

Confocal laser microscopy combined with a morphological imaging scanner improved intraoperative breast margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery

By Kathryn Wighton 10/06/2025 News 2 min read

Morphological imaging scanner achieved 95.2 percent accuracy in margin assessment compared to macroscopic examination's 81 percent accuracy.
Study conducted at Montpellier Cancer Institute.
Sample included 20 patients and 21 tumors.
Scanner enables rapid evaluation of lumpectomy specimens.
Concordance of 76.2 percent with macroscopic examination.
Additional re-excision suggested in 19 percent of cases.
No delayed reoperations required, except in select cases.

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