Dr. Peter Sadow

Associate Director of Head and Neck Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. I am an endocrine pathologist with additional practice of head and neck, genitourinary and gyn pathology.

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University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL

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Surgical Pathology BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

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Childrens hospital boston

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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

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I've won the following awards

Top Pathologist, Massachusetts

Winter 2013

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

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Update in thyroid fine needle aspiration.

Endocr. Pathol., Dec;22(4):178-83 (2011)

Dr. William Faquin

Mixed Medullary-follicular-derived carcinomas of the thyroid gland.

Adv Anat Pathol., Jul;17(4):282-5 (2010)

Preoperative basal calcitonin and tumor stage correlate with postoperative calcitonin normalization in patients undergoing initial surgical management of medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Surgery., Dec;150(6):1168-77 (2011)

Dr. Francis Moore, Dr. Carrie Lubitz, Dr. Daniel Ruan, Dr. Antonia Stephen, Dr. Richard Hodin

Late intervention with anti-BRAF(V600E) therapy induces tumor regression in an orthotopic mouse model of human anaplastic thyroid cancer.

Endocrinology., Feb;153(2):985-94 (2012)

Dr. Matthew Nehs, Dr. Richard Hodin

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion in patients with olfactory neuroblastoma.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg., Jul;147(1):147-51 (2012)

Dr. Derrick Lin, Dr. Stacey Gray, Dr. Eric Holbrook

Absence of BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, HRAS mutations, and RET/PTC gene rearrangements distinguishes dominant nodules in Hashimoto thyroiditis from papillary thyroid carcinomas.

Endocr. Pathol., Jun;21(2):73-9 (2010)

Dr. Jonathan Fletcher

Fine needle aspiration biopsy of an unusual follicular adenoma with sebaceous-like features.

Endocr. Pathol., Sep;23(3):177-80 (2012)

Dr. William Faquin

Intraoperative diagnosis of a functional paraganglioma presenting as a gastrointestinal stromal cell tumor (GIST).

J Clin Anesth., Feb;21(1):57-60 (2009)

Dr. Elise Metzler

Angiogenin-stimulated rRNA transcription is essential for initiation and survival of AKT-induced prostate intraepithelial neoplasia.

Mol. Cancer Res., Mar;7(3):415-24 (2009)

Neamine inhibits prostate cancer growth by suppressing angiogenin-mediated rRNA transcription.

Clin. Cancer Res., Mar;15(6):1981-8 (2009)

A genome-wide screen for microdeletions reveals disruption of polarity complex genes in diverse human cancers.

Cancer Res., Mar;70(6):2158-64 (2010)

Dr. Dennis Sgroi, Dr. David Louis

Lateral dermoid cyst of the floor of mouth: unusual radiologic and pathologic findings.

Auris Nasus Larynx., Oct;38(5):650-3 (2011)

Dr. David Kieff, Dr. Harrison Lin, Dr. Mary Cunnane

Targeting BRAFV600E with PLX4720 displays potent antimigratory and anti-invasive activity in preclinical models of human thyroid cancer.

Oncologist., 16(3):296-309 (2011)

Dr. Matthew Nehs, Dr. Richard Hodin

Routine evaluation of adult tonsillectomy specimens: toward establishing a new standard of care.

Int. J. Surg. Pathol., Aug;19(4):469-75 (2011)

Stathmin expression in pheochromocytomas, paragangliomas, and in other endocrine tumors.

Endocr. Pathol., 19(2):97-103 (2008)

A patient with ectopic cortisol production derived from malignant testicular masses.

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab., Dec;4(12):695-700 (2008)

SCF(Î²-TRCP) suppresses angiogenesis and thyroid cancer cell migration by promoting ubiquitination and destruction of VEGF receptor 2.

J. Exp. Med., Jul;209(7):1289-307 (2012)

Dr. Vania Nose

Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: an incubating entity.

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)., 3:77 (2012)

Dr. William Faquin

Vitamin D-mediated hypercalcemia and Cushing syndrome as manifestations of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Endocr Pract., Nov;14(8):1011-6 (2008)

Dr. David Sugarbaker, Dr. Naomi Fisher

Cervical lymph node collision tumor consisting of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and B-cell lymphoma.

Laryngoscope., 120 Suppl 4:S156 (2010)

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My father has been diagnosed with invasive moderately differentiating keratinising squamouse cell carcinoma on his right cheek. Is it curable In brief: Likely yes

Provided the tumor is entirely removed, it may be cured.

However, patients with sun exposure-related cancers are often susceptible to developing new cancers in sun-exposed skin, so he'll have to be closely followed by a dermatologist going forward, with vigorous use of sunscreen and other sun-protective means (hat, umbrella, etc) during prolonged exposure. ...See more

CANCER ULCERATION SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER

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If radiologist is adamant that biopsy results are "concordant" with pathology, is that the best you can get? In brief: Concordance

Concordance means that what the radiologist sees by imaging (solid mass, cystic mass, etc) matches in consistency with the diagnosis pathologist makes under the microscope.

If those findings don't seem to fit with what you or your doctor expected before the biopsy, a second opinion (review) of the pathology, as both doctors alluded to, may be very helpful for you. ...See more

BIOPSY RADIOLOGY

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If a 'fellow' looked a path slides and 'attending' signed off, what does this mean? In brief: Fellow

A fellow is a doctor doing advanced training in a specialized area of pathology.

The attending is the senior pathologist who is supervising the training of the fellow. So, the junior doctor did the initial review of the slides and the senior doctor agrees with that review. ...See more

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I had a hemithyroidectomy in 2010. I had a 3.5cm thyroid module. The diagnosis was minimally invasive thyroid cancer. Is no further treatment ok? In brief: Possibly

Actually, standard of care in cancer cases, with the exception of some papillary thyroid microcarcinomas, is completion thyroidectomy, removing the other lobe.

For minimally invasive ftc, which you had, removing the rest of the gland is not due to the likeliness of residual tumor, but for assuring no additional thyroglobulin production, serum levels of which are used to screen for recurrence. ...See more

ANTITHYROID MEDICATION CANCER INFLAMMATION OF THE THYROID THYROID CANCER

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Dr said he took 5 biopsies with core needle, but on path report it says "4 fragments in one cassette". What does this mean? In brief: Discrepancy

If the report says four core biopsies, and the doctor who performed the biopsy says five, you should ask the doctor who performed the biopsy to clarify the discrepancy.

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I have middle back pain. If it were caused by a tumor either from the lungs or elsewhere, would it have shown up on an x ray of the thoracic spine? In brief: Yes

If you had a tumor compressing your spine, this would likely be visible by x-ray.

BACK PAIN CANCER NEOPLASMS PAIN IN THE BACK

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I'm 30 yrs old. Pap done@jan/13 , showed favor CIN i &hpv 56. My hubby had low sperm count. Doc advised to do ivf. Will HPV affect ivf? Vice versa? In brief: HPV and IVF

There should be no effect from this cervically-based low risk hpv on uterine implantation via ivf.

Go for it!

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I've been diagnosed with breast fibrosclerosis adenosis! is it anything to worry about? Can it be pre cancerous? In brief: Sclerosing adenosis

This is considered to be proliferative breast disease.

What does that mean? It is not cancer. It is not pre-cancerous. However, people with proliferative breast disease have a slightly (yes, just slightly) increased risk for developing breast cancer in their lifetime over the general population. You simply need to continue with routine screening and follow up. ...See more

CANCER SCLEROSIS FEMALE HEALTH

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Dr. Peter Sadow answered:

Other then cancer, what else can cause thin stools? In brief: Thin stool

Based on your question, it seems as though you're asking about stool caliber (diameter) rather than consistency (solid/liquid) when you say "thin".

Anything that narrows the diameter of the canal can narrow diameter, often hemorrhoids. If loose stools, diet and infections are common causes. ...See more

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What happens if the antibiotics for my cervicitis didn't make it go away?Ive been on them since monday and today is saturday, what could it mean? In brief: Finish

Finish your course of antibiotics, as stopping early sets up for drug-resistant disease.

When you are done, you can follow up with the person who prescribed the medication to assure you of its effectiveness or failure.

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