Dr. Robert William Astarita MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
1901 S 1st St Temple TX, 76504About
Dr. Robert Astarita is a pathologist practicing in Temple, TX. Dr. Astarita is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Astarita can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Astarita may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1967
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1967
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Association of an isomeric species of carcinoembryonic antigen with neoplasia of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Association of an isomeric species of carcinoembryonic antigen with neoplasia of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes.
- Cytopathology--a multiparameter approach.
- A human monoclonal antibody to cytokeratin intermediate filament antigens derived from a tumor draining lymph node.
- A novel monoclonal antibody-defined antigen which distinguishes human non-small cell from small cell lung carcinomas.
- Cardiac calcifications and yellow papules in a young man. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE).
- Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in human lung carcinomas defined by a monoclonal antibody.
- Bronchogenic carcinoma presenting as an endobronchial mass.
- Unintentional removal of meningeal tissue with a 25-gauge spinal needle during spinal anesthesia: a case report.
- Diagnosis of parathyroid hyperplasia.
- Effectiveness of curettage and electrodesiccation in the removal of basal cell carcinoma.
- Angiosarcoma of the lung with fatal pulmonary hemorrhage.
- The biology of head and neck cancer. Detection and control by parallel histologic sections.
- Microscopic controlled excisions for epidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck.
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