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. 2023 Feb 12;15(4):1173. doi: 10.3390/cancers15041173

Table 3.

The MELODY study: Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria

  • Signed informed consent form

  • Malignant breast lesion requiring breast-conserving surgery and imaging-guided localization (either DCIS or invasive breast cancer; multiple or bilateral lesions and the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy are allowed)

  • Planned surgical removal of the lesion using one or more of the following imaging-guided localization techniques:
    • ○
      Wire-guided localization;
    • ○
      Intraoperative ultrasound;
    • ○
      Magnetic localization;
    • ○
      Radioactive seed localization;
    • ○
      Radio-guided Occult Lesion Localization (ROLL);
    • ○
      Radar localization;
    • ○
      Radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag localization;
    • ○
      Ink/carbon localization.

  • Female/male patients ≥ 18 years old

  • Patients not suitable for surgical treatment

  • Patients requiring mastectomy as first surgery

  • Surgical removal without imaging-guided localization