<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Pacific Breast Pathology &#187; PBP Blog</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/category/dr_lawtons_blog/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog</link>
	<description>Pacific Breast Pathology weblog</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:08:18 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Pacific Breast Pathology</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/pacific-breast-pathology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/pacific-breast-pathology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seattle Breast Pathology Consultants has joined forces with another breast pathologist to form Pacific Breast Pathology.  In addition to our existing second opinion consultation service, we will now be providing services to radiologists and surgeons for primary diagnostic interpretation of breast core biopsies and surgical specimens performed in California.  We also will have full service [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/pacific-breast-pathology/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Be Cautious of the Information You Get on the Internet About Breast Pathology</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/be-cautious-of-the-information-you-get-on-the-internet-about-breast-pathology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/be-cautious-of-the-information-you-get-on-the-internet-about-breast-pathology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papilloma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phyllodes tumor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgical margins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a blog article a couple of years ago about how there is a lot of misinformation given out by many websites where patients can write in and ask questions related to breast pathology issues.
Unfortunately, in the past few years nothing seems to have changed.  There are still many sites out there where [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/be-cautious-of-the-information-you-get-on-the-internet-about-breast-pathology/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>News Release on Preliminary Data Using Oncotype DX® in DCIS</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/news-release-on-preliminary-data-using-oncotype-dx%c2%ae-in-dcis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/news-release-on-preliminary-data-using-oncotype-dx%c2%ae-in-dcis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 23:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent news release from Genomic Health, Inc. indicates preliminary data shows that the Oncotype DX® test can provide a score predicting risk of local recurrence in patients with a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
DCIS is a very heterogeneous disease and there is disagreement in the breast care community as to how to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/news-release-on-preliminary-data-using-oncotype-dx%c2%ae-in-dcis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Continued Disagreement on Whether Certain &#8220;High Risk&#8221; Breast Lesions on Core Biopsy Require Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/continued-disagreement-on-whether-certain-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy-require-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/continued-disagreement-on-whether-certain-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy-require-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 20:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papilloma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radial scar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted a pdf version of our course on &#8220;Controversies on the Management of High Risk Breast Lesions on Core Biopsy&#8221; that my Radiology colleague and I gave in San Diego last year.  The diagnoses we are referring to as &#8220;high risk&#8221; on core biopsy include atypical lobular hyperplasia/lobular carcinoma in situ, papilloma, radial [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/continued-disagreement-on-whether-certain-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy-require-surgery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Our Course on High Risk Breast Lesions on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-course-on-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-course-on-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papilloma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radial scar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have uploaded a pdf version of our course on high risk lesions on breast core biopsy that we gave last year in San Diego.  We used an audience response system so if you follow through the slides you&#8217;ll see the questions we asked of the audience and the responses that we received in real [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-course-on-high-risk-breast-lesions-on-core-biopsy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Image Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/image-gallery-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/image-gallery-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our image gallery is back up and running with a whole new set of images of a variety of breast pathology diagnoses.  If you hold your computer&#8217;s mouse over an image the diagnosis will appear.  Each diagnosis is also at the bottom left of each full-sized image when clicked on.  If you have any suggestions [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/image-gallery-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Phyllodes Tumor vs. Cellular Fibroadenoma Poster</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/phyllodes-tumor-vs-cellular-fibroadenoma-poster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/phyllodes-tumor-vs-cellular-fibroadenoma-poster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibroadenoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phyllodes tumor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I did a study with nine breast pathology colleagues of mine on how breast pathologists distinguish cellular fibroadenomas from phyllodes tumor.  Our abstract was accepted at the 100th annual USCAP meeting in San Antonio this year.  I have attached a pdf version of our poster below:
FEL_poster
Please feel free to comment or ask questions about this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/phyllodes-tumor-vs-cellular-fibroadenoma-poster/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lobular Neoplasia Talk Now Posted</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-talk-now-posted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-talk-now-posted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a talk in Mexico City on lobular neoplasia (alh/lcis) which is now available here as a pdf:
Lobular_neoplasia
The talk covers the difference between ALH and LCIS and the new variants of LCIS such as pleomorphic LCIS and LCIS with necrosis. We also talk about the possibility that LCIS is a precursor to invasive [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-talk-now-posted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Second Opinion Pathology Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/second-opinion-pathology-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/second-opinion-pathology-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immunohistochemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive lobular carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a talk on second opinions in breast pathology at the 21st Annual Conference of the National Consortium of Breast Centers in Las Vegas. A modified version of that talk is available here as a pdf:
Second_Opinion_Pathology
The first part of the talk covers some of the data in the literature and the second part [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/second-opinion-pathology-talk/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/accelerated-partial-breast-irradiation-and-ductal-carcinoma-in-situ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/accelerated-partial-breast-irradiation-and-ductal-carcinoma-in-situ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgical margins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of the journal Cancer there are two interesting articles looking at two types of radiation therapies vs. no radiation for a subset of patients with DCIS.
This has long been a controversy amongst breast care specialists.  Does all DCIS following lumpectomy need to be treated by radiation? Or is there a subset [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/accelerated-partial-breast-irradiation-and-ductal-carcinoma-in-situ/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Our Book Chapter on High Risk Lesions on Core Needle Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-book-chapter-on-high-risk-lesions-on-core-needle-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-book-chapter-on-high-risk-lesions-on-core-needle-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My radiology colleague from Harvard and I wrote a chapter on how women are being treated differently around the country and the world based on their core needle biopsy diagnosis. I posted the abstract a while back, but now we can publish the manuscript we wrote which is available here as a Word document: High [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/our-book-chapter-on-high-risk-lesions-on-core-needle-biopsy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Should Where You Live Determine Whether or Not You Need Surgery Following a Core Needle Biopsy?</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/high-risk-lesions-on-breast-biopsy-review-of-the-literature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/high-risk-lesions-on-breast-biopsy-review-of-the-literature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our book chapter on how women are treated disparately following a core needle breast biopsy of a &#8220;high risk&#8221; lesion has now been published in the current issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America. My colleague from Harvard Medical School and I want women to know that the current data in the breast cancer literature [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/high-risk-lesions-on-breast-biopsy-review-of-the-literature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Prognostic Marker Changes in Metastatic Breast Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/prognostic-marker-changes-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/prognostic-marker-changes-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen receptor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HER2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immunohistochemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a recent study published in the September 23 issue of Breast Cancer Research that looked at changes in prognostic markers (estrogen/progesterone receptor and HER2/neu) between primary breast cancers and metastatic lesions. If you click on the Breast Cancer Research link it will provide you with the abstract.  The full article is temporarily free from [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/prognostic-marker-changes-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New York Times Article on Second Opinions in Breast Pathology</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/new-york-times-article-on-second-opinions-in-breast-pathology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/new-york-times-article-on-second-opinions-in-breast-pathology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t seen this recent article from the New York Times it&#8217;s worth a read.
I have posted before about the importance of getting your breast biopsy diagnosed from a pathologist who specializes in breast pathology.  This article points out how subtle the distinction can be between atypical ductal hyperplasia and low grade ductal carcinoma [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/new-york-times-article-on-second-opinions-in-breast-pathology/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Update on My Post:  Why is There No Consensus on How to Treat Some Diagnoses Found on Core Biopsy?</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/why-is-there-no-consensus-on-how-to-treat-some-diagnoses-found-on-core-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/why-is-there-no-consensus-on-how-to-treat-some-diagnoses-found-on-core-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papilloma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article a while back called &#8220;What Your Core Needle Biopsy Diagnosis Means&#8221; to help patients understand why sometimes even a &#8220;benign&#8221; diagnosis may require a surgical excision.  While writing that article, I spoke to many of my colleagues in breast pathology and breast imaging and found out that there is a marked [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/why-is-there-no-consensus-on-how-to-treat-some-diagnoses-found-on-core-biopsy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

