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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2009 Apr 10;198(3):387–391. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.01.006

Table II.

Initial vs final margin status among all patients

Margin Status Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy n=93 Surgery first n=218 p-value

Initial Excision 0.77
positive 28 (30.1%) 62 (28.4%)
negative 65 (69.9%) 156 (71.6%)
Final Excision 0.49
positive 9 (9.7%) 16 (7.3%)
negative 84 (90.3%) 202 (92.7%)