Scholars@Duke
Rachel Elizabeth Factor

Rachel Elizabeth Factor

Associate Professor of Pathology
Pathology
rachel.factor@duke.edu
Department of Pathology, 3093A Duke South Yellow Zone, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

A Non-Contrast Multi-Parametric MRI Biomarker for Assessment of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thermal Therapies.

Journal Article IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · January 2024 OBJECTIVE: We present the development of a non-contrast multi-parametric magnetic resonance (MPMR) imaging biomarker to assess treatment outcomes for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) ablations of localized tumors. Images obtained immed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast: A Diagnostic Dilemma With Pathologic Correlation.

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · July 28, 2023 Myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a rare extramedullary solid tumor arising most often in patients with current or subsequent acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Patients of all ages may present with involvement of the skin, lymph nodes, intestinal tract, bone, and/or cen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstract P6-04-13: Centralized adequacy assessment of ductal carcinoma in situ samples for the COMET study (AFT-25)

Conference Cancer Research · March 1, 2023 AbstractIntroduction COMET (Comparing an Operation to Monitoring, with or without Endocrine Therapy) is a phase III clinical trial randomizing patients diagnosed with low-intermediate grade DCIS to either ac ... Full text Cite

Case Report: Primary Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of the Breast

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY · 2022 Cite

After neoadjuvant therapy, axillary sentinel lymph node frozen sections from breast cancer patients are accurately diagnosed using telepathology

Journal Article Journal of Pathology Informatics · January 1, 2022 Context: Telepathology is a digital, microscope-independent method of diagnosing pathology from scanned slides. Frozen sections (FS) can be performed and read by a pathologist at any site. At our institution, telepathology is used for diagnosis of frozen s ... Full text Cite

Comprehensive Molecular Portraits of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer.

Journal Article Cell · October 8, 2015 Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most prevalent histologic subtype of invasive breast cancer. Here, we comprehensively profiled 817 breast tumors, including 127 ILC, 490 ductal (IDC), and 88 mixed IDC/ILC. Besides E-cadherin loss, the best kn ... Full text Link to item Cite