Publications Print Viggiano T, Scott R, Sharpe R, Kasper C, Mazza G, Pizzitola V, Giurescu M, Lorans R, Eversman W, Patel BK. Contrast Enhanced Mammography in Routine Clinical Practice: Frequency and Malignancy Rates of Enhancing Otherwise Occult Findings. Clin Breast Cancer. 2022 Oct; 22 (7):e736-e744 Epub 2022 July 23 View PubMed Carnahan M, Pockaj B, Pizzitola V, Giurescu M, Lorans R, Eversman W, Sharpe R, Cronin P, Patel BK. Contrast-Enhanced Mammography for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer in Women With Breast Augmentation: Preliminary Findings. 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NPJ Breast Cancer. 2020 Nov 27; 6 (1):63 View PubMed Sheaffer WW, Gray RJ, Wasif N, Stucky CC, Cronin PA, Kosiorek HE, Basu A, Pizzitola VJ, Patel B, Giurescu ME, Lorans R, McCullough AE, Ocal IT, Pockaj BA. Predictive factors of upstaging DCIS to invasive carcinoma in BCT vs mastectomy. Am J Surg. 2019 Jun; 217 (6):1025-1029 Epub 2019 Feb 23 View PubMed Patel BK, Covington M, Pizzitola VJ, Lorans R, Giurescu M, Eversman W, Lewin J. Initial Experience of Tomosynthesis-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Biopsies of Tomosynthesis-Detected (2D Mammography and Ultrasound Occult) Architectural Distortions. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Jun; 210 (6):1395-1400 Epub 2018 Mar 23 View PubMed Rhee D, Pockaj B, Wasif N, Stucky CC, Pizzitola V, Giurescu M, Patel B, McCarthy J, Gray R. Operative outcomes of conventional specimen radiography versus in-operating room specimen radiography in radioactive seed-localized segmental mastectomies. Am J Surg. 2018 Jan; 215 (1):151-154 Epub 2017 July 19 View PubMed Lewis TC, Pizzitola VJ, Giurescu ME, Eversman WG, Lorans R, Robinson KA, Patel BK. Contrast-enhanced Digital Mammography: A Single-Institution Experience of the First 208 Cases. Breast J. 2017 Jan; 23(1):67-76. Epub 2016 Oct 02. View PubMed Ashfaq A, Senior D, Pockaj BA, Wasif N, Pizzitola VJ, Giurescu ME, Gray RJ. Validation study of a modern treatment algorithm for nipple discharge. Am J Surg. 2014 Aug; 208 (2):222-7 Epub 2014 Apr 03 View PubMed McGhan LJ, Pockaj BA, Wasif N, Giurescu ME, McCullough AE, Gray RJ. Papillary lesions on core breast biopsy: excisional biopsy for all patients? Am Surg. 2013 Dec; 79(12):1238-42. View PubMed McGhan LJ, Pockaj BA, Wasif N, Giurescu ME, McCullough AE, Gray RJ. Atypical ductal hyperplasia on core biopsy: an automatic trigger for excisional biopsy? Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Oct; 19 (10):3264-9 Epub 2012 Aug 10 View PubMed Ma I, Dueck A, Gray R, Wasif N, Giurescu M, Lorans R, Pizzitola V, Pockaj B. Clinical and self breast examination remain important in the era of modern screening. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 May; 19 (5):1484-90 Epub 2011 Dec 08 View PubMed McGhan LJ, McKeever SC, Pockaj BA, Wasif N, Giurescu ME, Walton HA, Gray RJ. Radioactive seed localization for nonpalpable breast lesions: review of 1,000 consecutive procedures at a single institution. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Oct; 18: (11)3096-101. View PubMed McGhan LJ, Wasif N, Gray RJ, Giurescu ME, Pizzitola VJ, Lorans R, Ocal IT, Stucky CC, Pockaj BA. Use of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging for invasive lobular cancer: good, better, but maybe not the best? Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Oct; 17 Suppl 3:255-62. Epub 2010 Sep 19. View PubMed Giurescu ME, Hu T, Obembe O. Role of imaging in breast cancer detection. AAOHN J. 2010 Apr; 58: (4)131-4. View PubMed Stucky CC, McLaughlin SA, Dueck AC, Gray RJ, Giurescu ME, Carpenter SG, Grimsby GM, Apsey HA, Pockaj BA. Does magnetic resonance imaging accurately predict residual disease in breast cancer? Am J Surg. 2009 Oct; 198 (4):547-52 View PubMed Grimsby GM, Gray R, Dueck A, Carpenter S, Stucky CC, Aspey H, Giurescu ME, Pockaj B. Is there concordance of invasive breast cancer pathologic tumor size with magnetic resonance imaging? Am J Surg. 2009 Oct; 198 (4):500-4 View PubMed Carpenter SG, Stucky CC, Dueck AC, Grimsby G, Giurescu M, Apsey H, Gray RJ, Pockaj BA. Scientific Presentation Award: The impact of magnetic resonance imaging on surgical treatment of invasive breast cancer. Am J Surg. 2009 Oct; 198 (4):475-81 View PubMed Lee CH, Giurescu ME, Philpotts LE, Horvath LJ, Tocino I. Clinical importance of unilaterally enlarging lymph nodes on otherwise normal mammograms. Radiology. 1997 May; 203(2):329-34. View PubMed PST-20218937 Home Publications