Publications by authors named "Evan Raps"

Objective: Conflicting data exist on the diagnostic sensitivity of core-needle biopsy (CNB) compared to fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in the evaluation of axillary lymph node metastasis from breast cancer. Our purpose was to evaluate the sensitivity of CNB and FNA using subsequent axillary surgery as the gold standard and to compare the patients' subjective pain levels for each biopsy method.

Methods: This IRB-approved prospective study enrolled 140 patients from February 2014 to May 2019 with known or suspected breast cancer.

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Introduction: Genomic and morphologic heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) presents a barrier to prognostication and treatment decisions. Data from pathology are used with clinical markers to predict disease progression after nephrectomy. However, determining the risk of cancer recurrence, and survival with metastatic cancer remains challenging.

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CMML patients comprise an elderly and frail patient population with comorbidities that often require surgical intervention. Postsurgical leukemoid reaction, a life-threatening complication in CMML patients, may be driven by molecular mechanisms.

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