What does WLE stand for?

Wide Local Excision

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The patient underwent wide local excision under general anesthesia.

Synovial sarcoma of the cheek

A wide local excision of the lesion was performed and breast tissue measuring 40 x 25 x 25 mm in was excised.

Unusual presentation and inconclusive biopsy render fibroadenoma in ...

In most cases this can be achieved by BCS, by means of a wide local excision (WLE).

Ductal carcinoma in situ is a pre-invasive malignancy

5cm) and the fact that they were close together meant a wide local excision of the breast tissue was possible, together with sentinel node biopsy of the axillary glands under the armpit.

There was only one way to tell if my cancer had spread ... a magic ...

7) [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The surgical management of these lesions is wide local excision because of the locally invasive nature and potential for recurrence of the neoplasm.

Fibromatosis: the breast cancer imitator

All of the carcinomas were surgically removed, either by wide local excision or mastectomy, at Charing Cross Hospital, London, between January 1996 and December 1998.

Morphologic spectrum of estrogen receptor-negative breast carcinoma. ...

Amidst these advances, we have also lea rned, as reflected in this report from the Mayo Clinic, that superficially invasive vulvar cancers with less than 1 mm invasion can be safely treated with wide local excision alone (no associated lymphadenectomy).

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva Stage IA: Long-Term Results

1) This requires resection of the anterior fossa floor in order to complete the wide local excision of the tumor.

Nasoseptal chondrosarcoma resection requiring anterior fossa floor ...