The Breast Cancer Podcast

Do you understand your Breast Pathology?

Dr. Deepa Halaharvi Season 4 Episode 17

Pathologists are our daily unsung heroes who work secretly behind the scenes – they are also called- “Doctors doctor”.
Your treatment regimen is based on your pathology results. I am so honored to interview, an incredible pathologist in Columbus, OH, Dr. Syed Mohsin. He answers the following questions.
 

  1. What does a breast pathologist do?
  2. Why does it take a couple of days to get the pathology results?
  3. How can you tell a difference between cancer and benign under microscope?
  4. What is cancer anyway? 
  5. Pl explain the difference between invasive cancer vs. non-invasive cancer.
  6. What is the difference between grade and stage?
  7. What does receptor status mean? ER, PR, Her- 2 neu?
  8. When a surgeon removes lymph nodes, what does it mean when it says ITCs, micrometastasis and macrometastasis?
  9. What is the difference between atypia (like ADH) vs. DCIS, similarly ALH vs. LCIS?
  10. My surgeon keeps talking about margins, what does that mean and how important is that?
  11. What is the difference between lobular and ductal breast cancer under a microscope?
  12. What is Ki- 67?


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