craniotomy and resection of a hemorrhagic brain lesion, with pathology results consistent with a 2.8-cm deposit of metastatic melanoma. Whole-brain radiation therapy (RT) with 30 Gy and 5 cycles of ipilimumab were completed, and restaging scans demonstrated
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subsequently underwent right modified radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection. Pathology results showed multifocal residual disease measuring up to 16.5 cm, with >10 additional satellite tumors and skin involvement. Among resected axillary lymph
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breast revealed 7 cm of multifocal IDC, grade 2, and 7 cm of intermediate-grade DCIS, 0.1 cm from the deep margin. One of 17 lymph nodes was involved, measuring 1.6 cm with extranodal extension. Pathology of the left breast showed 3 foci of IDC
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node dissection. Pathology results showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma without evidence of squamous histology in any of the specimens. Margins were focally positive at the hilar and perivascular soft tissue margin. Of the 10 sampled lymph
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biopsy, followed by a left modified radical neck dissection and left total parotidectomy. Pathology from his surgical resection revealed a high-grade, locally advanced (pT4aN2b,cM0) SDC with multiple high-risk features, including a positive margin of
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margins. We also look at markers of proliferation and possibly tumor infiltrating lymphocytes,” explained Aysegul A. Sahin, MD, Director of Educational Operations, and Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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close observation may be substituted for excisional biopsy in select patients. 83 , 90 , 97 - 99 Duct Excision With or Without Prior Ductography Nipple discharge is common and often unrelated to breast pathology. 100 , 101 For example
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) is performed, concordance between the pathology report and the imaging finding must be obtained. 11 , 12 For example, a negative needle biopsy associated with a spiculated category 5 mass (highly suggestive of malignancy) is discordant and clearly
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recurrence or PCSM (eg, men with adverse postsurgery pathology, pathologic T3 disease, increasing PSA levels, or positive surgical margins) in whom treatment amelioration/addition is suggested. Grouping of the interventions was based on published literature
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requires specialized technical resources and expertise and is therefore not available in all pathology laboratories. In particular, due to (1) the intrachromosomal deletion and inversion event that underlies most ALK rearrangements in NSCLC and (2
