Stanley J. Robboy

My research program, largely histopathological, concerns definitions of criteria, biological properties, differential diagnosis, and survival associated with pathological lesions in the female genital tract. With the gynecologic oncologists at Duke, we have reviewed the Institution's long term experience of endometrial cancer and with the International Collaborative Group on Endometrium, we have developed a new classification system for endometrial hyperplasia that better differentiates precancerous from benign lesions. In a nationwide NIH study in which I head the pathology review, long term complications in both sons and daughters from prenatal exposure to DES are being assessed. A major initiative is a study of vulvar dermatoses and unusual vulvar neoplasms. A final clinical pathologic correlation study, ongoing for over 40 years, has been the long term follow-up of a very rare tumor (malignant struma ovarii). Long term study has been required to identify those features that will ultimately prove to be of biologic significance for defining cases which will likely recur.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Pathology · 2022 - Present Pathology, Clinical Science Departments

Vice-Chair for Diagnostic Pathology in the Department of Pathology · 1998 - Present Pathology, Clinical Science Departments

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 1992 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

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Published July 19, 2019

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Recent Publications

International Medical Graduates and the Shortage of US Pathologists.

Journal Article Arch Pathol Lab Med · November 1, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

An Update on Prenatal Diethylstilbestrol Exposure and High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Lower Genital Tract.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · April 1, 2024 Women with prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure are excluded from less frequent cervical cancer screening because of their increased neoplasia risk. We report the results of a prospective follow-up study of prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and lower ge ... Full text Link to item Cite

Strong Job Market for Pathologists: Results From the 2021 College of American Pathologists Practice Leader Survey.

Journal Article Arch Pathol Lab Med · April 1, 2023 CONTEXT.—: There has long been debate about whether and when there may be a shortage of pathologists in the United States. One way to assess this is to survey the hiring experiences of pathology practices. A 2018 survey revealed a strong demand for patholo ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Recent Grants

Molecular Epidemiology Of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1996

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 1965 M.D.