Michelle C. Specht, MD

Publications

• Ancukiewicz M, Russell TA, Otoole J, Specht M, Singer M, Kelada A, Murphy CD, Pogachar J, Gioioso V, Patel M, Skolny M, Smith BL, Taghian AG.Standardized Method for Quantification of Developing Lymphedema in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer.Int J Radiat
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• Samphao S, Wheeler AJ, Rafferty E, Michaelson JS, Specht MC, Gadd MA, Hughes KS, Smith BL.Diagnosis of breast cancer in women age 40 and younger: delays in diagnosis result from underuse of genetic testing and breast imaging.Am J Surg. 2009 Oct;198(4):538
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• Javid SH, Kirstein LJ, Rafferty E, Lipsitz S, Moore R, Rusby JE, Murphy CD, Hughes KS, Specht MC, Taghian AG, Smith BL.Outcome of multiple-wire localization for larger breast cancers: do multiple wires translate into additional imaging, biopsies, and recu
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• Pandharipande PV,Harisinghani MG,Ozanne EM,Specht MC,Hur C,Lee JM,Gazelle GS.Staging MR lymphangiography of the axilla for early breast cancer: cost-effectiveness analysis.AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Nov;191(5):1308-19.
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• Murphy CD,Lee JM,Drohan B,Euhus DM,Kopans DB,Gadd MA,Rafferty EA,Specht MC,Smith BL,Hughes KS.The American Cancer Society guidelines for breast screening with magnetic resonance imaging: an argument for genetic testing.Cancer. 2008 Dec 1;113(11):3116-20.
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• Murphy CD,Jones JL,Javid SH,Michaelson JS,Nolan ME,Lipsitz SR,Specht MC,Lesnikoski BA,Hughes KS,Gadd MA,Smith BL.Do sentinel node micrometastases predict recurrence risk in ductal carcinoma in situ and ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion?.Am J Sur
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• Kirstein LJ,Rafferty E,Specht MC,Moore RH,Taghian AG,Hughes KS,Gadd MA,Smith BL.Outcomes of multiple wire localization for larger breast cancers: when can mastectomy be avoided?.J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Sep;207(3):342-6.
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• Katz A, Smith BL, Golshan M, Niemierko A, Kobayashi W, Raad RA, Kelada A, Rizk L, Wong JS, Bellon JR, Gadd M, Specht M, Taghian AG.Nomogram for the prediction of having four or more involved nodes for sentinel lymph node-positive breast cancer.J Clin Onco
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• Miller JC, Rafferty EA, Specht MC, Thrall JH, Lee SI.When is breast magnetic resonance imaging recommended for cancer detection?.J Am Coll Radiol. 2008 Mar;5(3):224-6.
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• Dominguez FJ, Golshan M, Black DM, Hughes KS, Gadd MA, Christian R, Lesnikoski BA, Specht M, Michaelson J, Smith BL.Sentinel node biopsy is important in mastectomy for ductal carcinoma in situ.Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jan;15(1):268-73.
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• Black D, Specht M, Lee JM, Dominguez F, Gadd M, Hughes K, Rafferty E, Smith B.Detecting occult malignancy in prophylactic mastectomy: preoperative MRI versus sentinel lymph node biopsy.Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Sep;14(9):2477-84.
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• Dominguez FJ, Lawrence C, Halpern EF, Drohan B, Grinstein G, Black DM, Smith BL, Gadd MA, Specht M, Kopans DB, Moore RH, Hughes SS, Roche CA, Hughes KS.Accuracy of Self-Reported Personal History of Cancer in an Outpatient Breast Center.J Genet Couns. 2007
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• Zabicki K, Colbert JA, Dominguez FJ, Gadd MA, Hughes KS, Jones JL, Specht MC, Michaelson JS, Smith BL.Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Women </= 40 versus 50 to 60 Years: Increasing Size and Stage Disparity Compared With Older Women Over Time.Ann Surg Oncol.
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• Specht MC, Kattan MW, Gonen M, Fey J, Van Zee KJ.Predicting nonsentinel node status after positive sentinel lymph biopsy for breast cancer: clinicians versus nomogram.Ann Surg Oncol. 2005 Aug;12(8):654-9.
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• Specht MC, Fey JV, Borgen PI, Cody HS.Is the clinically positive axilla in breast cancer really a contraindication to sentinel lymph node biopsy?.J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jan;200(1):10-4.
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• Specht MC, Borgen PI, Fey J, Zhang Z, Sclafani L.Personal health behaviors in women who have undergone risk-reducing mastectomy.Am J Surg. 2004 Oct;188(4):448-9.
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• Teng L, Specht MC, Barden CB, Fahey TJ.Antisense hTERT inhibits thyroid cancer cell growth.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Mar;88(3):1362-6.
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• Specht MC, Tucker ON, Hocever M, Gonzalez D, Teng L, Fahey TJ.Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in thyroid nodules.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Jan;87(1):358-63.
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