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Surgical site

•Important as the anatomic extent will decide

what kind of surgical margin is appropriate

•T0: benign tumor that is confined within a

true capsule and the lesion's anatomic

compartment of

•T1: Intracompartmental

•T2: Extracompartmental

•Anatomic compartment: natural barrier to

occult tumor extension

•MRI