Why it’s important to have a standard evaluation of RCB; preparation and gross evaluation of two mastectomy specimens with different characteristics
Breast Cancer Residual Cancer Burden
Pathologic Evaluation of RCB in Breast Specimens
Part I: Gross Evaluation of the Primary Tumor Bed
Part II: Microscopic Evaluation of the Primary Tumor Bed
Web resources to use for estimating cellularity and calculating RCB; microscopic evaluation of the two mastectomy specimens; discussion of a third case demonstrating other characteristics you might encounter; use of the RCB calculator
What Our Colleagues Say: A Surgeon and Radiologist Comment