What is clear margin?

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Can some explain what a clear margin is please?

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Hi Whitfield

Here’s the link to the area of this website where clear margins are explained.  I hope this helps.

breastcancercare.org.uk/breast-cancer-information/about-breast-cancer/diagnosis/questions-you-may-want-ask/has-breast-cancer-been-completely-removed

Take care

Jo, Moderator

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As I understand it, a clear margin is an area of tissue surrounding the tumour, which has no cancer cells. This ensures that ALL the cancer has been removed.

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What Poems said and they look for more than 2mm margins.

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a clear margin is positive, it means there are no cancer cells in the surrounding tissue of the tumour when it was removed, which basically means they got it all! Congratulations!