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A classical example of CCPDMA is [[Mohs surgery]]. Other examples of CCPDMA are found in classical pathology textbooks as techniques of cutting surgical specimens to allow the examination of the inferior and lateral margins of typically elliptical surgical specimens.
 
The advantage of CCPDMA method is that it allows for the complete examination of the entire surgical margin of the specimen. Traditional pathology processing is called "bread loafing", and only allowallows for the partial examination of the surgical margin.<ref>Kimyahi-Asadi A, et al. Dermatol Surg. 2007 Dec;33(12):1434-9; discussion 1439-41. Margin involvement after the excision of melanoma in situ: the need for complete en face examination of the surgical margins.</ref>
 
[[Image:Margin Controlled Bread Loaf.jpg|thumb|Pictogram of Margin Controlled Histology]]