Surgeon interpretation of margin status utilizing intraoperative 3D tomosynthesis during breast-conserving surgery
Laura D. Leonard, Ethan Cohen, Rachel Perry, Jia Sun, Richie Ehlers, Ana Refinetti, Helen M. Johnson, Catherine Akay, Jessica Suarez Colen, Sarah DeSnyder, Fedra Fallahian, Rosa Hwang, Kelly K. Hunt, Yun Wu, Nina Tamirisa · 2026
Read Surgeon interpretation of margin status utilizing intraoperative 3D tomosynthesis during breast-conserving surgery by Laura D. Leonard, Ethan Cohen, Rachel Perry, Jia Sun, Richie Ehlers, Ana Refinetti, Helen M. Johnson, Catherine Akay, Jessica Suarez Colen, Sarah DeSnyder, Fedra Fallahian, Rosa Hwang, Kelly K. Hunt, Yun Wu, Nina Tamirisa (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13287223.txt.
Description
Laura D Leonard and co-authors trialled in 2026 whether surgeons can judge tumour edges during breast-sparing surgery by reading three-dimensional specimen scans themselves, instead of waiting for a full team review. The study enrolled 193 patients whose removed tissue was imaged in the operating room.
Before extra shavings were taken, 19 of 196 specimens held positive margins. Surgeon reading found 16 of those, matching the standard pathway on detection while ruling out clear cases more often. Surgeon reading took a median of six minutes against 33 minutes for the standard route. The authors present surgeon-led scan reading as a faster option with similar accuracy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Laura D. Leonard, Ethan Cohen, Rachel Perry, Jia Sun, Richie Ehlers, Ana Refinetti, Helen M. Johnson, Catherine Akay, Jessica Suarez Colen, Sarah DeSnyder, Fedra Fallahian, Rosa Hwang, Kelly K. Hunt, Yun Wu, Nina Tamirisa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34922 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |