Faculty
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CHARLES PLATZ, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Surgical Pathology
Pathology - 387 Medical Research Center
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
M.D. University of Chicago, 1963
Rotating Internship, USPHS Hospital, 1963-64
Pathology Residency, University of Chicago,
1964-67
USPHS Cancer Control Senior Clinical Trainee, University of Chicago, 1967-69 |
Research interests involve the histopathology of neoplastic diseases and its clinical and/or epidemiologic significance
Current studies include the following:
- Urinary bladder cancer - discrepancies between registry reported data and pathologic evaluation. Identification and significance of early invasion.
- Prostate cancer - changing diagnostic trends; how clinical testing is affecting the diagnosis and incidence of prostate cancer.
- Gastrointestinal Iymphoid proliferation's, including MALT Iymphomas.
- Pathology review of lung cancer cases for the SEER radon and lung cancer study.
- Histologic separation of low grade cartilaginous tumors
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