The Pap Test is simply a scraping of the cervix - the opening of the uterus. This specimen will be obtained during your pelvic examination by your health care professional. The cells that are collected are sent to our laboratory, Ketchum, Wood & Burgert Pathology Associates and are examined for changes that may indicate precancerous abnormalities and cervical cancer, as well as benign conditions, such as infections...

Your doctor has just recommended a fine needle aspiration biopsy for you. The doctor's office has scheduled your procedure to be performed at our laboratory, Ketchum, Wood & Burgert Pathology Associates' Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic. Needle aspiration has been an efficient and cost effective diagnostic tool since the 1930's. Lumps and lesions in any area of the body that can be felt can be sampled in this manner. Very often hospitalization and surgery can be avoided when a satisfactory sampling by needle aspiration has been done...

When your physician takes a tissue biopsy, the tissue will be sent to our laboratory, Ketchum, Wood & Burgert Pathology Associates, for examination by a physician specialist, called a Pathologist. The Pathologist is one who specializes in diagnosing disease by tissue examination...