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. 2014 Jun 17;2(2):E102–E108. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20130025

Table 4: Rates of re-excision among women who underwent breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer 
as the index procedure (n = 38 517), by province, 2007/08 to 2009/10.

Procedure No. of women*
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL Canada
Index breast-conserving surgery
4 877
2 490
790
1 396
14 738
11 792
837
928
133
481
38 517
Re-excision











Breast-conserving surgery
995
229
176
46
1 756
1 237
137
109
19
67
4 776
Mastectomy
837
286
114
198
1 325
813
118
134
33
204
4 078
Total
1 832
515
290
244
3 081
2 050
255
243
52
271
8 854
Re-excision rate, % 38 21 37 17 21 17 30 26 39 56 23

*Unless otherwise stated.