Ultrasound-guided breast-conserving surgery is superior to the palpation-guided surgery for palpable breast cancer

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided excision of palpable breast cancer and to compare it with the standard palpation-guided breast conserving surgery (BCS). Methods: For this purpose 335 women with palpable breast cancer who underwent BCS were retrospectively studied. The positive surgical margins and re-excision rates were investigated. Results: Of the total cohort, 137 patients were treated with palpation-guided BCS and 198 underwent US-guided tumor excision. The tumor and patient characteristics were similar in both groups. Patient age, postmenopausal status,…