Laila Khazai, MD
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
About Dr. Laila Khazai
I joined the faculty at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 8/2019, as a Breast Pathologist/Cytopathologist (my time allocated to 50% on each service). I truly enjoy clinical work and interaction with trainees. In my previous position, I was involved in several clinical trials (both within the institution and in multi-center trials). My goal is to spend the bulk of my time on patient care and education, meanwhile gradually get involved in clinical-oriented research projects, mainly supporting the pathology component of studies, as needed.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Pathology, Anatomical, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR, Medicine, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Breast Pathology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2009-2010 | Clinical Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2008-2009 | Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2004-2008 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2003-2004 | Clinical Residency, Preliminary surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2015 | California Medical license, |
| 2012 | Florida Medical License, |
| 2010 | American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology, Lifetime |
| 2009 | American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Lifetime |
| 2008 | Texas Medical License, |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 2017 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 2012 - 2017
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Quality Officer, Department of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2018. Breast Course. Conference. Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO). Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. Breast Pathology Course. Conference. Moffitt Cancer center. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2017. Head and Neck Pathology course. Conference. Moffitt Cancer center. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2017. Breast Course. Conference. Moffitt Cancer center. Sarasota, FL, US.
- 2015. Breast Course. Conference. Moffitt Cancer Center. Clearwater, FL, US.
- 2014. Breast course. Conference. RadList. Tampa, FL, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ye, Q, Law, T, Klippel, D, Albarracin, C, Chen, H, Contreras, A, Ding, Q, Huo, L, Khazai, L, Middleton, LP, Resetkova, E, Sahin, AA, Sun, H, Sweeney, K, Symmans, WF, Wu, Y, Yoon, EC, Krishnamurthy, S. Prospective and Retrospective Analysis of Whole-Slide Images of Sentinel and Targeted Lymph Node Frozen Sections in Breast Cancer. Modern Pathology 38(4), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39788205.
- Thomas, K, Trinh, H, Fei, A, Khazai, L, Sun, H, Gan, Q. Cytologic features of angiosarcoma in fluid specimens. Cancer Cytopathology 133(3), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39992713.
- Wang, J, Chen, H, Koenig, J, Wu, Y, Bedrosian, I, Arun, BK, Ding, Q, Khazai, L, Resetkova, E, Huo, L, Sneige, N, Albarracin, C. Discordance of Oncotype DX scores in synchronous bilateral and unilateral multifocal breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 203(1):73-83, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37751078.
- Adrada BE, Moseley TW, Kapoor, MM, Scoggins ME, Patel MM, Perez F, Nia ES, Khazai L, Arribas, E, Rauch GM, Guirguis MS. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Histopathologic Features, Genomics, and Treatment. RadioGraphics 43(10):1-15, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37792593.
- Sahoo, S, Krings, G, Chen, YY, Carter, J, Chen, B, Guo, H, Hibshoosh, H, Reisenbichler, E, Fan, F, Wei, S, Khazai, L, Balassanian, R, Klein, M, Shad, S, Venters, S, Borowsky, AD, Symmans, WF, Tolgay Ocal, I. Standardizing Pathologic Evaluation of Breast Carcinoma After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 147(5):591-603, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35976643.
- Chen H, Ding Q, Khazai L, Zhao L, Damodaran S, Litton JK, Rauch GM, Yam C, Chang JT, Seth S, Lim B, Thompson AM, Mittendorf EA, Adrada B, Virani K, White JB, Ravenberg E, Song X, Candelaria R, Arun B, Ueno NT, Santiago L, Saleem S, Abouharb S, Murthy RK, Ibrahim N, Routbort MJ, Sahin A, Valero V, Symmans WF, Tripathy D, Wang WL, Moulder S, Huo L. PTEN in triple-negative breast carcinoma: protein expression and genomic alteration in pretreatment and posttreatment specimens. Ther Adv Med Oncol 15:17588359231189422, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37547448.
- Osdoit, M, Yau, C, Symmans, WF, Boughey, JC, Ewing, CA, Balassanian, R, Chen, YY, Krings, G, Wallace, A, Zare, S, Fadare, O, Lancaster, RB, Wei, S, Godellas, CV, Tang, P, Tuttle, TM, Klein, M, Sahoo, S, Hieken, TJ, Carter, J, Chen, B, Ahrendt, GM, Tchou, J, Feldman, MM, Tousimis, EA, Zeck, JC, Jaskowiak, NT, Sattar, H, Naik, AM, Lee, MC, Rosa, M, Khazai, L, Rendi, M, Lang, J, Lu, J, Tawfik, OW, Asare, S, Esserman, L, Mukhtar, RA. Association of Residual Ductal Carcinoma in Situ with Breast Cancer Recurrence in the Neoadjuvant I-SPY2 Trial. JAMA Surgery 157(11):1034-1041, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36069821.
- Yau C, Osdoit M, van der Noordaa M, Shad S, Wei J, de Croze D, Hamy AS, Laé M, Reyal F, Sonke GS, Steenbruggen TG, van Seijen M, Wesseling J, Martín M, Del Monte-Millán M, López-Tarruella S, Consortium IT, Boughey JC, Goetz MP, Hoskin T, Gould R, Valero V, Edge SB, Abraham JE, Bartlett JMS, Caldas C, Dunn J, Earl H, Hayward L, Hiller L, Provenzano E, Sammut SJ, Thomas JS, Cameron D, Graham A, Hall P, Mackintosh L, Fan F, Godwin AK, Schwensen K, Sharma P, DeMichele AM, Cole K, Pusztai L, Kim MO, van 't Veer LJ, Esserman LJ, Symmans WF. Residual cancer burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and long-term survival outcomes in breast cancer: a multicentre pooled analysis of 5161 patients. Lancet Oncol 23(1):149-160, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34902335.
- Sura G, Lb|| K. Gastric Glomus Tumor on Fine Needle Aspiration. Diagn Cytyopath. e-Pub 2022.
- Symmans WF, Yau C, Chen YY, Balassanian R, Klein ME, Pusztai L, Nanda R, Parker BA, Datnow B, Krings G, Wei S, Feldman MD, Duan X, Chen B, Sattar H, Khazai L, Zeck JC, Sams S, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Rendi M, Sahoo S, Ocal IT, Fan F, LeBeau LG, Vinh T, Troxell ML, Chien AJ, Wallace AM, Forero-Torres A, Ellis E, Albain KS, Murthy RK, Boughey JC, Liu MC, Haley BB, Elias AD, Clark AS, Kemmer K, Isaacs C, Lang JE, Han HS, Edmiston K, Viscusi RK, Northfelt DW, Khan QJ, Leyland-Jones B, Venters SJ, Shad S, Matthews JB, Asare SM, Buxton M, Asare AL, Rugo HS, Schwab RB, Helsten T, Hylton NM, van 't Veer L, Perlmutter J, DeMichele AM, Yee D, Berry DA, Esserman LJ. Assessment of Residual Cancer Burden and Event-Free Survival in Neoadjuvant Treatment for High-risk Breast Cancer: An Analysis of Data From the I-SPY2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34529000.
- Roy M, Teshome M, Damodaran S, Sahin AA, Khazai L, Arribas E, Candelaria RP, Scoggins ME, Lane DL, Giordano SH, Albarracin CT, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Male Mammary Paget Disease: A Tale of 2 Contrasting Cases. Am J Dermatopathol 42(12):981-985, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33289978.
- Assi J, Khazai L. Synovial/Ganglion Cyst Involving the Sternoclavicular Joint. J Cytol 37(3):151-152, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33088036.
- Khalil MF, Taggart MW, Khazai L. Lamellated mucin concretions mimicking adenocarcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 48(7):690-691, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32294299.
- Strang LR, Sun J, Sun W, Boulware D, Kiluk JV, Lee MC, Khazai L, Laronga C. Characteristics of Microinvasive Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Versus Noninvasive and Invasive Breast Cancer. J Surg Res 254:378-383. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32535256.
- Roy M, Huang ML, Khazai L. Breast amyloid presenting as calcifications. Breast J. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32452093.
- Lam CA, McGettigan MJ, Thompson ZJ, Khazal L, Chung CH, Centeno BA, McIver B, Valderrabano P. Ultrasound characterization for thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology: inter-observer agreement and impact of combining pattern-based and scoring-based classifications in risk stratification. Endocrine 66(2):278-287. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31300961.
- Nguyen L, Khazai L, Hakam A, Centeno BA, Rosa M. Diagnostic value of intraoperative rapid cytokeratin immunostain in the cytological evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 47(5):482-487, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30589516.
- Agosto-Arroyo E, Tahmasbi M, Al Diffalha S, Khazai L, Xiong Y, Rosa M. Invasive Breast Carcinoma Tumor Size on Core Needle Biopsy: Analysis of Practice Patterns and Effect on Final Pathologic Tumor Stage. Clin Breast Cancer 18(5):e1027-e1030, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29622383.
- Khazai L, Agosto-Arroyo E, Rosa M. P40 Immunostain Does Not Outperform p63 as a Myoepithelial Cell Marker in the Daily Practice of Breast Pathology. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 26(8):599-604, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28549030.
- Valderrabano P, Khazai L, Thompson ZJ, Otto KJ, Hallanger-Johnson JE, Chung CH, Centeno BA, McIver B. Association of Tumor Size With Histologic and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 144(9):788-795, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30027226.
- Valderrabano P, Khazai L, Thompson ZJ, Leon ME, Otto KJ, Hallanger-Johnson JE, Wadsworth JT, Chung CH, Centeno BA, McIver B. Impact of oncogene panel results on surgical management of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules. Head Neck 40(8):1812-1823, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29624786.
- Valderrabano P, McGettigan MJ, Lam CA, Khazai L, Thompson ZJ, Chung CH, Centeno BA, McIver B. Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology: Utility of the American Thyroid Association Sonographic Patterns for Cancer Risk Stratification. Thyroid 28(8):1004-1012, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29848195.
- Marshall C, Mounzer R, Hall M, Simon V, Centeno B, Dennis K, Dhillon J, Fan F, Khazai L, Klapman J, Komanduri S, Lin X, Lu D, Mehrotra S, Muthusamy VR, Nayar R, Paintal A, Rao J, Sams S, Shah J, Watson R, Rastogi A, Wani S. Suboptimal Agreement Among Cytopathologists in Diagnosis of Malignancy Based on Endoscopic Ultrasound Needle Aspirates of Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Validation Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 16(7):1114-1122.e2, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28911946.
- Rosa M, Khazai L. Comparison of HER2 testing among laboratories: Our experience with review cases retested at Moffitt Cancer Center in a two-year period. Breast J 24(2):139-147, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28703376.
- Valderrabano P, Khazai L, Leon ME, Thompson ZJ, Ma Z, Chung CH, Hallanger-Johnson JE, Otto KJ, Rogers KD, Centeno BA, McIver B. Evaluation of ThyroSeq v2 performance in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology. Endocr Relat Cancer 24(3):127-136, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28104680.
- Agosto-Arroyo E, Rosa M, Chau A, Khazai L. Concurrent BRAF and PTEN mutations in melanoma of unknown origin presenting as a breast mass. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 5:2050313X17711064, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28607685.
- Al Diffalha S, Agosto-Arroyo E, Rosa M, Khazai L. Symmetrical lipomatosis of tongue, misdiagnosed as primary amyloidosis. Human Path Case Reports, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Valderrabano P, Montilla-Soler J, Mifsud M, Leon M, Centeno B, Khazai L, Padhya T, McCaffrey T, Russell J, McIver B, Otto K. Hypermetabolism on (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scan Does Not Influence the Interpretation of Thyroid Cytopathology, and Nodules with a SUVmax <2.5 Are Not at Increased Risk for Malignancy. Thyroid 26(9):1300-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27324615.
- Khazai L, Falcon S, Rosa M. Metastatic Salivary Duct Carcinoma to the Breast. Breast J 22(4):461-3, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27089239.
- Khazai L, Chau A, Hoover S, Rosa M. Papillary endothelial hyperplasia arising in the irradiated breast: A diagnostic dilemma. Pathol Res Pract 212(7):604-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27157404.
- Valderrabano P, Leon ME, Centeno BA, Otto KJ, Khazai L, McCaffrey JC, Russell JS, McIver B. Institutional prevalence of malignancy of indeterminate thyroid cytology is necessary but insufficient to accurately interpret molecular marker tests. Eur J Endocrinol 174(5):621-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26903551.
- Patel BK, Jafarian N, Abbott AM, Khazai L, Lee MC. Imaging Findings and Management of Primary Breast Cancer in Accessory Axillary Breast Tissue. Clin Breast Cancer 15(4):e223-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25986957.
- Khazai L, Middleton LP, Goktepe N, Liu BT, Sahin AA. Breast pathology second review identifies clinically significant discrepancies in over 10% of patients. J Surg Oncol 111(2):192-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25273328.
- Khazai L, Kundu UR, Jacob B, Patel S, Sneige N, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Caraway NP. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy is useful evaluating mediastinal lymphadenopathy in a cancer center. Cytojournal 8:10, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21712956.
- Resetkova E, Khazai L, Albarracin CT, Arribas E. Clinical and radiologic data and core needle biopsy findings should dictate management of cellular fibroepithelial tumors of the breast. Breast J 16(6):573-80, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21070433.
- Dimashkieh HH, Khazai L, Novak GD, Casey MB. Pathologic quiz case: an 83-year-old woman with a uterine cervical mass. Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 128(7):817-8, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15214839.
- Khazai L. Chronic diarrhea and weight loss in an elderly patient. Contemporary Surgery, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Khazai L, Grinberg G. Hepatocelluar carcinoma and fatigue in an otherwise healthy 89-year-old man. Contemporary Surgery, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
Review Articles
- Patel, MM, Adrada, BE, Nia, ES, Kapoor, MM, Khazai, L, Guirguis, MS, Perez, F, Moseley, T, Arribas, E. Multimodality Imaging of Breast Cancer Recurrence Post Breast Conservation Therapy. Current Radiology Reports 12(2):9-18, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Valderrabano P, Khazai L, Thompson ZJ, Sharpe SC, Tarasova VD, Otto KJ, Hallanger-Johnson JE, Wadsworth JT, Wenig BM, Chung CH, Centeno BA, McIver B. Cancer Risk Associated with Nuclear Atypia in Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thyroid 28(2):210-219, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29160163.
- Khazai L, Rosa M. Use of Immunohistochemical Stains in Epithelial Lesions of the Breast. Cancer Control 22(2):220-5, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26068768.
Other Articles
- Sura, GH, Khazai, L Gastric glomus tumor on fine needle aspiration. Diagnostic Cytopathology 50(12):581-582, 2022. PMID: 36101971.
- Rolon, MR, Khazai, L Classic cytomorphological features of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with osseous involvement. Diagnostic Cytopathology 50(12):579-580, 2022. PMID: 36047490.
Abstracts
- Thomas K, Khazai L, Gan Q. Angiosarcoma in Fluids: A Review of Cytologic Features in 22 Patients. Mod Pathol 104(3):S480-S482, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Ye Q, Klippel D, Albarracin C, Chen H, Contreras A, Ding Q, Huo L, Khazai L, Middleton L, Resetkova E, Sahin A, Sun H, Sweeney K, Symmans W, Wu Y, Krishnamurthy S. A Prospective Study of Real Time Whole Slide Imaging of Frozen Sections for Intraoperative Evaluation of Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer. Mod Pathol 104(3):S321-S322, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Chen H, Wu Y, Ding Q, Huo L, Khazai L, Sahin A, Albarracin C. HER2-low Breast Cancers: Comparison of HER2 Scores by Immunohistochemistry and Oncotype DX. Mod Path 103(3):S114, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Gan Q, Kundu U, Chatterjee D, Krishnamurthy S, Taherian M, Ali H, Diks J, Rodriguez J, Shen Y, Khazai L, Donthi D, Gomez M, Gupta S, Wang H. Distinction of Grade 3 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor versus Carcinoma using Cytomorphologic Assessment of FNA Material: Is It Doable and Does Experience Matter?. Mod Path 103(3, Supplement):S299-300, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Adrada B, Moseley T, Rauch G, Patel M, Perez F, Kappoor M, Nia E, Scoggins M, Khazai L, Arribas E, Guirguis M. The Many Faces of Triple Negative Breast Cancer. RSNA Journals, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Patel M, Adrada B, Nia E, Kapoor M, Khazai L, Guirguis M, Perez F, Moseley T, Arribas E. Multimodality Imaging of Breast Cancer Recurrence. RSNA Journals, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Carter JM, Klein ME, Venters SJ, Rabe K, Ocal I, Singh K, Wolf DM, Sahoo S, Harada S, Khazai L, Harigopal M, Borowsky AD, Krings G, Balassanian R, Chen Y, Cole K, Shad S, Delson A, Brown-Swigart L, Consortium IT, Esserman L, ‘t Veer LV, Symmans W. Pathologic features of the inter-regimen biopsy predict response to neoadjuvant therapy in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL. 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium 81(4):PS4-09, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Venters SJ, Li W, Wolf DM, Carter JM, Klein ME, Singh K, Rabe K, Ocal I, Newitt D, Yau C, Onishi N, Gibbs J, Sahoo S, Harada S, Khazai L, Harigopal M, Borowsky AD, Krings G, Balassanian R, Chen Y, Cole K, Shad S, LeStage B, Delson A, Finestone S, Brown-Swigart L, Working Group II, Consortium IT, Esserman L, ‘t Veer LV, Symmans W, Hylton NM. Serial MRI and pathology combined to select candidates for therapy de-escalation in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL. Cancer Res 81(4):PS4-10, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Onishi N, Li W, Venters SJ, Wolf DM, Newitt DC, Price ER, Gibbs J, LeStage B, Working Group TIP, Working Group TII, Consortium TI, Symmans WF, Hylton NM. Radiologic review to refine selection of candidates for de-escalation of neoadjuvant therapy. 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium 81(4 Supplement):PS3-02, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Di Pasquale L, Khazai L, Xiong Y, Agosto-arroyo E. Impact of 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Clinical Guidelines Update on HER-2 Oncogene Testing in Breast Cancer Cases. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Di Pasquale L, De Jesus J, Xiong Y, L <, Agosto-arroyo, E, Rosa M. Analysis of Concordance Between Radiologic Imaging Modalities, Final Pathologic Tumor Size and Focality in Invasive Breast Carcinoma. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Rosa M, Agosto-arroyo E, Hakam A, Centeno B, Mela N, Khazai L. Diagnostic value of Intraoperative Rapid Cytokeratin Immunostain in the Cytological Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. Proceeding from American Society of Cytopathology (ASC), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Mounzer R, Marshall C, Hall M, SImon V, Centeno B, Dennis K, Dhillon J, Fan F, Khazai L, Klapman J, Komanduri S, Lu D, Mehrota S, Muthusamy V, Nayar R, Paintal A, Rao J, Sams S, SHah J, Tynan T, Watson R, Rastogi A, Wani S. Predictors of interobserver variability (IOV) among cytopathologists evaluating ultrasound fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) cytology speaimens: Amulticenter validation study. Proceedings from Digestive Disease Week, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Wani S, Mounzer R, Hall M, Simon V, Centeno B, Dennis K, Dhillon J, fan F, Khazai L, Klapman J, Komanduri S, Lin X, Lu D, Mehrota S, Muthusamy V, Watson R, Rastogi A, Marshall C. Suboptimal interobserver agreement (IOA) AMong cytopathologists for pancreatic endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) cytology specimens. Proceedings from Digestive Disease Week, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Khazai L, Dhillon J. Utility and Reliability of Cell Block Sections in Predicting HPV status on metastatic HNSCC to Neck Nodes. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Dominguez C, Xiong Y, Khazai L, Rosa M, Agosto-Arroyo E. Accurate assessment of tumor size in breast cancer patients: Comparison of different radiological modalities with final pathology. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Valderrabano P, Khazai L, Leon M, Thompson Z, Ma Z, Otto K, Rogers K, Centeno B, McIver B. Impact of NIFTP reclassification on THYROSEQ V2 performance: A single center independent validation study. Proceedings from American Thyroid Association (ATA), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Agosto-Arroyo E, Xiong Y, L
. Correlation of Intraoperative, Macroscopic and Final Pathologic Tumor Size Measurement in Breast Cancer Patients. Proceedings from College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2016. e-Pub 2016. - Agosto-Arroyo E, Rosa M, Chau A, Khazai, L. The Great Mimicker: Metastatic melanoma presenting as breast mass without a cutaneous lesion. Proceedings from College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Agosto-Arroyo E, Rosa, M, Drukteinis, J, Khazai, L. Chondroid lesions of the breast on minimally invasive procedures- diagnostic challenges. Proceedings from College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Tahmasbi M, Al Diffalha S, Agosto-Arroyo E, Khazai L, Rosa M. Impact of core needle biopsy tumor size on final pathologic tumor staging in breast carcinomas. Proceedings from College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Valderrabano P, Otto K, McCaffrey J, Leon M, Khazai L, Centeno B, McIver B. The impact of molecular marker test results on surgical management of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules. Proceedings from International Thyroid Congress, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Abbott AM, Jafarian N, Patel B, Khazai L, Lee CM. Management of primary breast cancer in accessory breast tissue. Proceedings from Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Rosa M, Magliocco A Khazai L. Benefits of a second opinion in breast pathology. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Shah S, Rosa M, Khazai L. Microglandular adenosis; a diagnostic pitfall. Proceedings from Florida Society of Pathologists (FSP), 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Rosa M, Khazai L, Bui M. Intraoperative imprint cytology evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in breast carcinoma. Proceedings from American Association of Cytopathology, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Khazai L, Middleton L, Sahin A. “Breast pathology review identifies clinically significant discrepancies in 10% of cases. Proceedings from United States and Canadian Society of Pathologists (USCAP), 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Valderrabano P, Leon M, Khazai L, Centeno B, McIver B. Subclassification of indeterminate categories of thyroid cytopathology improves risk stratification and could be used to select and interpret the results of molecular marker tests. Proceedings from International Thyroid Congress, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Yoon E, Salem A, Chen H, Albarracin C, Wu Y, Sneige N, Khazai L, Ding Q, Tang Z, Sahin A. Correlation amongst Immunohistochemical (IHC) Scores, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Groups and Final HER2 Status on Breast carcinoma (BC) and Quality Issues Surrounding Indeterminate FISH Tests: A Single Center Experience.
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