• Breast Pathology

    Breast pathology is the subspecialty of Pathology dealing with diseases of the breast, both benign and malignant. This area also includes evaluation of axillary lymph nodes.

Breast Pathology

  • Anatomic pathology plays a key role in patient care through disease diagnosis and management. The Breast Pathology Service at Chennai Breast centre provides diagnostic expertise in the interpretation of breast lesions from various specimen types, including needle core biopsies, Stereotactic biopsies, lumpectomies, and mastectomy specimens. We also provide consult services for samples referred to our centre for second opinions.
  • Being an integrated and comprehensive centre , our pathologist works in close unison with the radiology and treating team to give accurate and quick reports by utilizing a subspecialty expert sign-out system and state-of-the-art technology including imported Automated instruments  for efficient patient management. 
  • To complement the traditional histologic diagnosis of breast cancer, our pathologists also provide interpretation of special studies, such as immunohistochemistry testing and frozen  sections.
  • Along with routine diagnostic workup, our pathology lab is future oriented preserving and archiving tumour tissue in the tumor bank for future research.