Distance of Closest Surgical Margin

**Semantic type:** Finding

**Definition:** The distance of the closest surgical margin from tumor after surgical resection of the tumor. The closest distance between a tumor and its resection margin has prognostic significance.

**Synonyms:** - Closest Distance Between Tumor and Resection Margin - Distance of Tumor from Closest Margin - Distance of Tumor from Closest Surgical Margin - Least Distance to Closest Margin - TUMOR_FROM_MARGIN - TUMOR_FROM_MARGIN - margin distance - margin_distance