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Stephen Lau MD

  • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 321-6111
  • slau@emory.edu
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Education

Degrees

  • MD from Northwestern University Medical School
  • BS from Vanderbilt University

Research

Focus

  • Several ongoing projects: 1. Collaboration with Dr. Vijay Varma at VA to evaluate the use of a new anatomic pathology sign-out system which can lead to data-base creation and data sharing 2. Collaboration with Drs. V Varma at VA and S Nie at Emory and Georgia Tech to evaluate use of quantum dots on prostate cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma 3. Collaboration with Drs. Tadros and Birdsong and Dr. Elizabeth Unger from the Centers for Disease Control on evaluation of prognostic markers of cervical carcinoma

Publications

  • Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Associated With Increase in Membrane Progesterone Alpha Expression
    Volume: 140 Page(s): 20 - 20
    09/01/2013 Authors: Lowder L; Pool AL; Lau S; You S
  • Public Domain Software for Cytopathology Reporting and Quality Management
    Volume: 138 Page(s): A312 - A312
    07/01/2012 Authors: Varma V; Lau S; Abdelal A
  • Assessing for primary oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma from fine needle aspiration of cervical lymph node metastases.
    Diagn Cytopathol Volume: 38 Page(s): 795 - 800
    11/01/2010 Authors: Jannapureddy S; Cohen C; Lau S; Beitler JJ; Siddiqui MT
  • Electronic Pathology Reporting: A Practical Public Domain Solution
    Volume: 134 Page(s): 677 - 677
    10/01/2010 Authors: Lau S; Varma V
  • Multiplexed detection and characterization of rare tumor cells in Hodgkin's lymphoma with multicolor quantum dots.
    Anal Chem Volume: 82 Page(s): 6237 - 6243
    07/15/2010 Authors: Liu J; Lau SK; Varma VA; Kairdolf BA; Nie S
  • Molecular mapping of tumor heterogeneity on clinical tissue specimens with multiplexed quantum dots.
    ACS Nano Volume: 4 Page(s): 2755 - 2765
    05/25/2010 Authors: Liu J; Lau SK; Varma VA; Moffitt RA; Caldwell M; Liu T; Young AN; Petros JA; Osunkoya AO; Krogstad T
  • Sox7 Is an independent checkpoint for beta-catenin function in prostate and colon epithelial cells.
    Mol Cancer Res Volume: 6 Page(s): 1421 - 1430
    09/01/2008 Authors: Guo L; Zhong D; Lau S; Liu X; Dong X-Y; Sun X; Yang VW; Vertino PM; Moreno CS; Varma V
  • Multiple amyloidomas in an HIV patient presented as inguinal and mediastinal masses: a case report diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration.
    Diagn Cytopathol Volume: 35 Page(s): 505 - 507
    08/01/2007 Authors: Lau SK; Shiran SI; Tadros TS
  • Lower expression of CXCR4 in lymph node metastases than in primary breast cancers: potential regulation by ligand-dependent degradation and HIF-1alpha.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun Volume: 346 Page(s): 252 - 258
    07/21/2006 Authors: Shim H; Lau SK; Devi S; Yoon Y; Cho HT; Liang Z
  • Expression of e-cadherin in high-risk breast cancer.
    J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Volume: 131 Page(s): 14 - 18
    01/01/2005 Authors: Howard EM; Lau SK; Lyles RH; Birdsong GG; Umbreit JN; Kochhar R
  • Metaplastic breast carcinoma with squamous differentiation: molecular and clinical analysis of six cases.
    Breast J Volume: 11 Page(s): 367 - 369
    01/01/2005 Authors: Kochhar R; Howard EM; Umbreit JN; Lau SK
  • Inhibition of breast cancer metastasis by selective synthetic polypeptide against CXCR4.
    Cancer Res Volume: 64 Page(s): 4302 - 4308
    06/15/2004 Authors: Liang Z; Wu T; Lou H; Yu X; Taichman RS; Lau SK; Nie S; Umbreit J; Shim H
  • Correlation and expression of p53, HER-2, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and e-cadherin in a high-risk breast-cancer population.
    Int J Clin Oncol Volume: 9 Page(s): 154 - 160
    06/01/2004 Authors: Howard EM; Lau SK; Lyles RH; Birdsong GG; Tadros TS; Umbreit JN; Kochhar R
  • Primary small bowel carcinoid tumor with bilateral breast metastases: report of 2 cases with different clinical presentations.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 128 Page(s): 292 - 297
    03/01/2004 Authors: Mosunjac MB; Kochhar R; Mosunjac MI; Lau SK
  • The negative predicative value of breast fine-needle aspiration biopsy: the Massachusetts General Hospital experience.
    Breast J Volume: 10 Page(s): 487 - 491
    01/01/2004 Authors: Lau SK; McKee GT; Weir MM; Tambouret RH; Eichhorn JH; Pitman MB
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