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	<title>Seattle Breast Pathology Consultants &#187; core biopsy</title>
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		<title>Update on My Post:  Why is There No Consensus on How to Treat Some Diagnoses Found on Core Biopsy?</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/why-is-there-no-consensus-on-how-to-treat-some-diagnoses-found-on-core-biopsy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Focal ADH on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/663/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  Hello, I just received the results of my core biopsy, I would like you opinion on it. Proliferated fibrocystic changes comprised of ductal epithelial hyerlasia with focal atypia, duct single minute microcalcification seen in benign fibrotic tissue. Patient needs surgery consult for breast biopsy. At this point, what do you think my risk is for cancer? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia and Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/atypical-ductal-hyperplasia-and-core-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/atypical-ductal-hyperplasia-and-core-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: After several years of mammograms showing mild calcifications, this year I was informed that the radiologist saw some mild changes in the calcifications.  I did another mammogram, followed by a core biopsy.  The initial report came back benign, but the final came back as atypical ductal hyperplasia.  I am now scheduled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Consensus Conference Report on Core Needle Biopsy of the Breast</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/interesting-consensus-conference-report-on-core-needle-biopsy-of-the-breast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/interesting-consensus-conference-report-on-core-needle-biopsy-of-the-breast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dr. Lawton's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the current issue of Cancer (April 1), there is a an interesting news article summarizing the findings of the 3rd International Consensus Conference on Image-Detected Breast Cancer. The expert panel suggests that in up to 35% of cases, patients are undergoing unnecessary open surgical biopsies as a first diagnostic procedure when core needle biopsy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit Our Poster Presentation at the 20th Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Meeting in Las Vegas March 20-24, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc-news/visit-our-poster-at-the-20th-annual-interdisciplinary-breast-center-meeting-in-las-vegas-march-20-24-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc-news/visit-our-poster-at-the-20th-annual-interdisciplinary-breast-center-meeting-in-las-vegas-march-20-24-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SBPC News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our poster &#8220;High Risks Breast Lesions: Still No Standard of Core&#8221;, which we co-authored with Dr. Dianne Georgian-Smith of Harvard Medical School, will be presented at the 20th annual meeting of the National Consortium of Breast Centers this March 20th-24th in Las Vegas.  This is an interdisciplinary meeting of breast healthcare professionals from around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Core Biopsy of Atypical Micropapillary Hyperplasia and Need for Surgical Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/core-biopsy-of-atypical-micropapillary-hyperplasia-and-need-for-surgical-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/core-biopsy-of-atypical-micropapillary-hyperplasia-and-need-for-surgical-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I had a stereotactic core biopsy of cluster of calcifications in the upper inner left breast. Path diagnosis columnar cell change and hyperplasia with focal atypical micropapillary hyperplasia with microcalcifications. surgicial excision is recommended.  From my understanding this is not cancer but has the potential to be cancer down the road.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Articles by SBPC</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc-news/recent-articles-by-sbpc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc-news/recent-articles-by-sbpc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SBPC News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Dr. Dianne Georgian-Smith of Harvard Medical School, and I recently wrote a Letter to the Editor to the American Journal of Roentgenology discussing our views on treatment of &#8220;high risk&#8221; breast lesions diagnosed on core needle biopsy.
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		<title>Change in Diagnosis on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/change-in-diagnosis-on-core-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/change-in-diagnosis-on-core-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I had a core biopsy for calcium in my right breast that showed &#8220;focal atypical lobular hyperplasia&#8221; &#8211; my doctor recommended surgery but I chose to get a second opinion and that said my biopsy was benign and said there was no atypical lobular hyperplasia.  I would prefer not to have surgery but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Core Biopsy is Benign but I Need Surgery?</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/my-core-biopsy-is-benign-but-i-need-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/my-core-biopsy-is-benign-but-i-need-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My mammogram had some new calcifications and I underwent needle biopsy.  My doctor said there was no cancer but that the calcifications weren&#8217;t in my biopsy. They say I need to have surgery but if everything is benign I don&#8217;t understand why? Can calcifications disappear?

Answer: I have seen this happen several times, unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Your Core Needle Biopsy Diagnosis Means</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc_library/what-your-core-needle-biopsy-diagnosis-means/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/sbpc_library/what-your-core-needle-biopsy-diagnosis-means/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SBPC Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical ductal hyperplasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fibroadenoma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, core needle biopsy has taken over fine needle aspiration (FNA) as the main tool for diagnosing image-detected or palpable breast lesions. While this biopsy technique is just a sample, cores of breast tissue are removed vs. individual cells as in FNA and thus the pathologist has more information to make an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does All Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia on Core Biopsy Need to be Excised Surgically?</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/does-all-atypical-ductal-hyperplasia-on-core-biopsy-need-to-be-excised-surgically/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/does-all-atypical-ductal-hyperplasia-on-core-biopsy-need-to-be-excised-surgically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current dogma in the breast community is that a patient with a diagnosis of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) on needle core biopsy needs to have that area removed surgically.  This is because most studies showed that in about 20-30% of the time a more significant lesion was seen on the surgical excision, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibrocystic changes</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/fibrocystic-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/fibrocystic-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  I got a copy of my pathology report for a needle biopsy I had done and it says &#8220;Non-proliferative fibrocystic changes, including apocrine metaplasia, cyst formation, and focal columnar cell change without atypia; calcifications present in benign ducts and lobular units.&#8221;  I&#8217;m not sure what all of these terms mean but my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat Epithelial Atypia</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/flat-epithelial-atypia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/flat-epithelial-atypia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:35:11 +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=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question:  I am a 53 year-old woman who gets yearly mammograms and my doctor told me I had some new &#8220;calcifications&#8221; and she wanted to biopsy them.  My results showed &#8220;columnar cell change with atypia (flat epithelial atypia).&#8221;  Now they say I need to have surgery to remove the area.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobular Neoplasia and Core Needle Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-and-core-needle-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-and-core-needle-biopsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles have been published in the past half year that question whether the finding of lobular neoplasia (ALH/LCIS) on core needle biopsy automatically requires surgical excision.
The articles, published in the journals Cancer and Modern Pathology, suggest that in cases where there is no discrepancy between the radiology findings and the pathology findings, patients can [...]]]></description>
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