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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb 2;15(5):1330–1340. doi: 10.1245/s10434-007-9795-8

TABLE 4.

Skin-sparing mastectomies (SSM) with residual carcinoma in the additional superficial margins (ASM)

Case no.	SSM diagnosis	Extensive DCIS present	Status of the superficial specimen margin	Additional superficial margin (ASM)
Case no.	SSM diagnosis	Extensive DCIS present	Status of the superficial specimen margin	Type of carcinoma	Status of final true margin
1	DCIS and IDC	Yes	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Positive (within 1 mm)
2	IDC and DCIS	No	DCIS transected	IDC	Positive (at the ink)
3	DCIS	No	DCIS transected	DCIS	Negative
4	IDC and DCIS	No	DCIS within 1 mm IDC transected	IDC + DCIS	Negative
5	DCIS	Yes	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Positive (at the ink)
6	IDC and DCIS	Yes	Both DCIS and IDC transected	DCIS	Negative
7	IDC and DCIS	No	IDC transected	DCIS + IDC	Negative
8	IDC and DCIS	No	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Negative
9	DCIS	Yes	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Negative
10	IDC and DCIS	Yes	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Positive (within 1 mm)
11	IDC and DCIS	Yes	IDC transected	IDC + DCIS	Negative
12	IDC and DCIS	Yes	Both DCIS and IDC within 1 mm	DCIS	Negative
13	DCIS	Yes	DCIS within 1 mm	DCIS	Negative

DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma.