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Stephen E. Karp
Researcher at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Publications - 3
Citations - 580
Stephen E. Karp is an academic researcher from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Sentinel node. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 426 citations.
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Sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in biopsy-proven node-positive breast cancer: the SN FNAC study.
Jean-Francois Boileau,Brigitte Poirier,Mark Basik,Claire M. B. Holloway,Louis Gaboury,Lucas Sideris,Sarkis Meterissian,Angel Arnaout,Muriel Brackstone,David R. McCready,Stephen E. Karp,Isabelle Trop,Andre Lisbona,Frances C. Wright,Rami Younan,Louise Provencher,Erica Patocskai,Atilla Omeroglu,André Robidoux +18 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that SN evaluation with IHC be further evaluated before being included in future guidelines on the use of SNB after NAC in this setting, and a low SNB FNR (8.4%) can be achieved with mandatory use of IHC.
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Breast conservation therapy rates are no different in medically indigent versus insured patients with early stage breast cancer.
Maryam Parviz,Jay Brian Cassel,Brian J. Kaplan,Stephen E. Karp,James P. Neifeld,Lynne Penberthy,Harry D. Bear +6 more
TL;DR: This work sought to compare BCT rates in the medically indigent versus insured patients, within the same institution, and found that BCT usage in certain areas of the nation remains underused.
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Sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant therapy: Relevance of sentinel node micrometastases, isolated tumor cells, and value of immunohistochemistry.
Jean-Francois Boileau,Brigitte Poirier,Mark Basik,Claire M. B. Holloway,Louis Gaboury,Lucas Sideris,Sarkis Meterissian,Angel Arnaout,Muriel Brackstone,David R. McCready,Stephen E. Karp,Frances C. Wright,Rami Younan,Louise Provencher,Erika Patocskai,Atilla Omeroglu,André Robidoux +16 more
TL;DR: After NAT, particularly when presenting with biopsy proven node positive breast cancer, patients with ypN0(i+) and ypn1mi SNs have a significant rate of non-SN involvement and efforts should be made to identify even minimal amounts of disease when SNBs are done following NAT.