Cytology
Head: Aasmund Berner, M.D. Ph.D.
Eva Sigstad, M.D.
Krystyna Grøholt-Kontanska, M.D.
Peter Jebsen, M.D.
Marius Lund-Iversen M.D. Resident
The merged Department of Cytology is located to RR-HF, Montebello and Gaustad. The medical staff consists of 6 cytopathologists and 1 resident, and 16 medical technologists. The unit performs fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) on in-house and referred patients and has a separate FNAC clinic at both locations (Montebello and Gaustad). Specimens submitted from local GPs and different community hospitals are also analysed. One cytopathologist participate in intervention FNAC at Asker&Bærum community hospital and Hedmark Central hospital, the department is also responsible for cytology unit at ”Laboratorium for Patologi AS” analysing more than 80000 papsmears per year.
The department’s main task is to perform intervention FNAC to achieve early diagnosis of solid and non solid tumors and to monitor treatment response. Flow cytometry and DNA ploidy measurements on clinical and experimental specimens are ancillary techniques performed in separate laboratories in the department.