Fattaneh Abbas-Zadeh Tavassoli, MD
Professor of Pathology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Director, Pathology Women's Health Program
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical Group
Cancer Center, Yale: Breast Cancer Program
Pathology: Anatomic Pathology: Breast Pathology; Gynecologic Pathology
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Research Interests
Breast carcinoma; Basal-like carcinomas; Intraepithelial neoplasias; Invasive mammary carcinomas; Necrotic variant and common types of lobular intraepithelial neoplasia; Markers for breast and ovarian carcinoma; Micro and macroenvironment on mammary carcinogenesis; Protein expression profile of mammary and ovarian carcinomas more...
Education
- M.D., ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 1972
Selected Publications
- Moinfar F, Beham A, Friedrich G, Deutsch A, Hrzenjak A, Luschin G, Tavassoli FA. Macro-environment of breast carcinoma: frequent genetic alterations in the normal appearing skins of patients with breast cancer. Mod Pathol. 2008 Feb 8
- Haines GK 3rd, Wiley E, Susnik B, Apple SK, Frkovic-Grazio S, Reyes C, Goldstein LC, Dadmanesh F, Gown AM, Nadji M, Bracko M, Tavassoli FA. HER2 in well differentiated breast cancer: is testing necessary? Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008
- Fadare O, Tavassoli FA. Clinical and pathologic aspects of basal-like breast cancers. Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 20085:49-59.
