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	<title>Pacific Breast Pathology &#187; lobular carcinoma in situ</title>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP News]]></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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		<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>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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[phyllodes tumor]]></category>
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		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atypical lobular hyperplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathologist]]></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>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>

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		<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>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>

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		<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>
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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>
				<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>
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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.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>
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		<title>LCIS on Core Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/670/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/670/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat epithelial atypia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hi I Had a sterotatic biopsy that revealed On the pathology report that I picked up said A. Columnar cell lesion with focal microcalcifications B. Lobular carcinoma in situ. I am so confused My doctor said I have DCIS but its lobular. Treatment plan is  lumpectomy and lymph node aspiration and then 5 years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/nih-state-of-the-science-conference-statement-on-ductal-carcinoma-in-situ-dcis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/nih-state-of-the-science-conference-statement-on-ductal-carcinoma-in-situ-dcis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:38:49 +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[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is controversy in the breast health care community about using the term &#8220;carcinoma&#8221; for a non-invasive tumor (DCIS or LCIS).  I want to share with you the abstract from the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Ductal Carcinoma in Situ which was just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  There is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could LCIS Be a Real Cancer and Not Just a Marker of Increased Risk?</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/could-lcis-be-a-real-cancer-and-not-just-a-marker-of-increased-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/could-lcis-be-a-real-cancer-and-not-just-a-marker-of-increased-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:33:20 +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[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about the controversy over lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and whether it is just a marker of increased risk or possibly a precursor to invasive carcinoma, like ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The reason it was felt to be just a marker of increased risk was that most early studies showed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobular Carcinoma in Situ</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-carcinoma-in-situ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-carcinoma-in-situ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have received quite a lot of questions about lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and I am glad that patients are finally drawing more attention to this disease.  Since I started my career in breast pathology this has been one of the most interesting areas of breast cancer research for me.  Finally, more attention is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCIS vs. DCIS</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/lcis-vs-dcis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/lcis-vs-dcis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I am 52 years old, no family history of breast cancer, and I have started getting yearly mammograms.  My doctor found some new calcified areas in my breast and biopsied them.  The report said I had &#8220;ductal carcinoma in situ, low nuclear grade, solid type without necrosis.&#8221;  The calcium was apparently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Tutorial on Breast Pathology</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/new-tutorial-on-breast-pathology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/new-tutorial-on-breast-pathology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:05:59 +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[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have uploaded Part I of a Tutorial on Breast Pathology which I hope will be informative for anyone interested in learning some of the &#8220;basics&#8221; of breast cancer diagnosis. The file is in &#8220;pdf&#8221; format.  If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post a comment online or contact me via email. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobular Neoplasia and Core Needle Biopsy</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/dr_lawtons_blog/lobular-neoplasia-and-core-needle-biopsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.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>
				<category><![CDATA[PBP Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobular carcinoma in situ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breastpathologyconsults.com/blog/?p=164</guid>
		<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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		<title>LCIS and Surgical Margins</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/lcis-and-surgical-margins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificbreastpathology.com/blog/ask_the_pathologist/lcis-and-surgical-margins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drlawton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Pathologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductal carcinoma in situ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  I had a core biopsy in July which showed LCIS and had my surgery in late August which also showed only LCIS.  My doctor said I don&#8217;t need any more surgery, but my pathology report said &#8220;margins are 1-2 mm in several foci.&#8221; Should I be concerned everything wasn&#8217;t taken out? Are these good [...]]]></description>
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