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	<title>Pacific Breast Pathology &#187; core biopsy</title>
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		<title>Recurrent Breast Cancer with No Residual Cancer Found at Mastectomy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/998/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  Hi. I had a reoccurrence with my breast cancer in may of this year, they did a punch biopsy on it and it came back as IDC grade 2, ER and PR positive.  On the punch biopsy pathology report there are no notes on margins it just says Recurrent IDC is multifocal and surrounding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaking Engagements for Pacific Breast Pathology</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/sbpc-news/new-speaking-engagements-for-pacific-breast-pathology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/sbpc-news/new-speaking-engagements-for-pacific-breast-pathology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our course entitled &#8220;Ten Diagnoses in Breast Pathology You Cannot Afford to Miss&#8221; was accepted for a three-year run beginning in March 2013 at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting.  We will be giving the course in Baltimore in 2013, San Diego in 2014, then Boston in 2015. I am giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Hyperplasia Cause a Mass and Breast Pain?</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/can-hyperplasia-cause-a-mass-and-breast-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/can-hyperplasia-cause-a-mass-and-breast-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hello, I went to my family DR. about pain I had started having in in my left breast, if I would push underneath my breast, pain would shoot through to my back.  My Dr. Sent me for a diagnostic mammagram, followed by  ultrasound, a mass was found deep within the breast tissue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Pathology Results</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/understanding-pathology-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/understanding-pathology-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen receptor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HER2]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question:  Can you help me understand this report?
Breast Right, biospy:
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
SBR/Nottingham grade 2/3
Tubular score 2.
Nuclear score 2.
Mitotic score 2 (focal).
No evidence of angiolymphatic invasion
Cancerization og lobules
Ductal carcinoma in situ
Solid, papillary and cribriform patterns
Nuclear grade 2-3
Comedonecrosis present
Microcalcifications associated with in situ malignancy
Immunostains -
Estrogen receptor &#8211; diffuse strong positivity in 97% of tumor cell nuclei
Progesterone receptor [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<title>History of DCIS in One Breast, Now ADH in the Opposite Breast</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/history-of-dcis-in-one-breast-now-adh-in-the-opposite-breast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/history-of-dcis-in-one-breast-now-adh-in-the-opposite-breast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question:  In 2006, I had lumpectomy and radiation in right breast following diagnosis of DCIS.  I was 38.  No family history.  First mammogram.  Margins were clear.  I have had MRIs every six months alternating with mammograms every six months.  Two weeks ago, I had a stereotatic biopsy that indicated ADH in the left breast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCIS Diagnosis on Biopsy Reversed by Third and Fourth Opinion</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/916/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/916/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I looked for a way to post on your ask the pathologists forum but was unable so here is my question.  I noticed a lump a few months ago and saw my primary care MD, sent for a mammagrom and US.  Mammagram totally normal, no calcifications, US saw the mass and a biospy was [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<title>Sclerosing Adenosis on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/880/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/880/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: What is &#8220;sclerosing adenosis&#8221;? Is this related to breast cancer? That&#8217;s my diagnosis on my biopsy that my doctor did.  Do I need to have surgery? She said no, but I&#8217;m concerned. It sounds worrisome.
 Answer: Don&#8217;t worry.  Sclerosing adenosis is a benign finding on pathology. We have a picture of it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papilloma on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/papilloma-on-core-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/papilloma-on-core-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hi, two weeks ago I had a mammogram that showed calcium in my left breast that was new according to my doctor. They also saw something else on the mammogram with the calcium and then I had an ultrasound.  They told me I had a small mass near my nipple that had calcium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALH vs. LCIS</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/alh-vs-lcis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/alh-vs-lcis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I am 56 years old and I go for my mammogram every year and my doctor said there were some calcificatons in my right breast and recommends biopsy. So I had a needle biopsy that showed &#8220;lobular carcinoma in situ&#8221; that is what the report said. He said I needed surgery which I dont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCIS on Core but only ADH on Excision</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/841/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/841/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 21:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I am 40 years old and had my first mammogram 2 months ago. It showed a 5 mm area of micro calcifications. I had a stereotactic vacuum assisted biopsy and 8 samples were retrieved. The histopath came back as DCIS &#8211; cribriform, clinging, with a nuclear grade of 2 out of 3. The slides [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<title>Flat Epithelial Atypia</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/flat-epithelial-atypia-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/flat-epithelial-atypia-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question:  Hello, I have a question.  What does flat epithelial atypia mean and if it isn&#8217;t cancer, why do I need surgery? I am scheduled for surgery next week and I don&#8217;t feel comfortable. Thank you.

 Answer:  Flat epithelial atypia is the currently-accepted term for an atypical change in the breast ducts [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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