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UCLA Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Breast Pathology

Contact Information Location & General Inquiries 10833 Le Conte Ave., 13-145 CHS Los Angeles, CA 90095 Phone: (310) 825-9288  | Email  Fax: (310) 794-4161 Section Chief Sophia Apple, MD Phone: (310) 825-9288  | Email Pathology Requests & Reports Phone: (310) 825-8947 (UCLA) Phone: (310) 267-2680 (outside UCLA) Tissue Procurement and Banking Services (TPCL) Phone: (310) 825-1717 Education Coordinator Annetta Pierro Phone: (310) 825-5719 | Email

The breast pathology service evaluates cancers and other lesions of the breast. UCLA is home to the nationally-reknown Revlon/UCLA Breast Center and Iris Cantor Women's Health Center, and offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic services including evaluation of biopsies and resections for diagnosis of conditions including intraductal and infiltrating carcinoma. Consultations include discussion of prognosis and assessment of therapeutic options. In addition to determining if cancer is present in biopsy tissue, important prognostic and predictive factors are evaluated to guide therapy. Services Her-2/neu by FISH Grossing specimens Sentinel lymph node protocol Diagnostic comprehensive interpretations Consultation for challenging breast cancer cases Molecular assessment of breast cancers Clinical genomic assessment of breas cancer risk Breast biomarkers by IHC stains (ER, PR, Her-2/neu, and Ki-67)  Education Resident training Conferences Research Breast cancer testing and staging  Faculty Sophia Apple, MD Neda Moatamed, MD Peggy S. Sullivan, MD

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