Clear margins question
cahalstead
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Please forgive my ignorance but I noticed the heading "clear margins" from a previous post. What advantage is there for "clear margins"? What exactly does that mean? I had that on my path report but neglected to ask my doctor what it meant.
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I LOVE having a doc on call!!! Thanks, ****!vinny3 said:It means there are normal cells between the tumor tissue and the border of the specimen they are looking at. If there are cancer cells right at the edge, or margin, of the sample the concern is that some were left behind.
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Thanks ****. Thanks so much for sharing your medical knowledge with me.
I'd say clear margins is a "good thing".
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