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• This gives residents a more nuanced framework than simply "positive vs negative margin"—the context of why a margin is positive (planned sacrifice at a critical structure vs. an inadvertent violation) carries real prognostic weight. • The finding that a negative margin <1mm may be biologically adequate—when paired with multidisciplinary treatment including radiotherapy—has direct implications for how aggressively margins need to be pursued near critical neurovascular or bony structures. • The TMCC offers a practical tool for surgical planning and patient counseling: a close margin taken deliberately at a critical structure is a very different conversation than an inadvertent positive margin, since their recurrence risks are not the same.
No article notes available at this time.
• This gives residents a more nuanced framework than simply "positive vs negative margin"—the context of why a margin is positive (planned sacrifice at a critical structure vs. an inadvertent violation) carries real prognostic weight. • The finding that a negative margin <1mm may be biologically adequate—when paired with multidisciplinary treatment including radiotherapy—has direct implications for how aggressively margins need to be pursued near critical neurovascular or bony structures. • The TMCC offers a practical tool for surgical planning and patient counseling: a close margin taken deliberately at a critical structure is a very different conversation than an inadvertent positive margin, since their recurrence risks are not the same.