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Diagnostic Pathology

Issue 1/2019

Content (138 Articles)

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Histological characteristics of the largest and secondary tumors in radical prostatectomy specimens and implications for focal therapy

Young Hyo Choi, Ji Woong Yu, Byong Chang Jeong, Seong Il Seo, Seong Soo Jeon, Hyun Moo Lee, Hwang Gyun Jeon

Open Access Helicobacter Pylori Research

LPS-induced CXCR7 expression promotes gastric Cancer proliferation and migration via the TLR4/MD-2 pathway

Nan Li, Huanbai Xu, Yurong Ou, Zhenzhong Feng, Qiong Zhang, Qing Zhu, Zhaogen Cai

Open Access Sarcoma Research

Mediastinal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare, potentially under-recognized, and often misdiagnosed disease

You-Li Wu, Feng Wu, Cheng-Ping Xu, Guo-Lei Chen, Yu Zhang, Wei Chen, Xiao-Chu Yan, Guang-Jie Duan

Open Access Research

PD-L1 expression and its clinicopathological correlation in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a Chinese population

Lulu Rong, Yong Liu, Zhouguang Hui, Zitong Zhao, Yueming Zhang, Bingzhi Wang, Yanling Yuan, Wenbin Li, Lei Guo, Jianming Ying, Yongmei Song, Luhua Wang, Zhongren Zhou, Liyan Xue, Ning Lu

Open Access Endometrial Cancer Research

RRBP1 overexpression is associated with progression and prognosis in endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma

Shuang Liu, Mu Lin, Hongying Ji, Jing Ding, Jiaqi Zhu, Rong Ma, Fanling Meng

Open Access Research

Diagnostic errors in fatal medical malpractice cases in Shanghai, China: 1990–2015

Pan Gao, Xiaoqiang Li, Ziqin Zhao, Nong Zhang, Kaijun Ma, Liliang Li

Open Access Human Papillomavirus Case Report

Detection of pagetoid urothelial intraepithelial neoplasia extending to the vagina by cervical screening cytology: a case report with renewed immunochemical summary

Yuki Koyanagi, Chiaki Kubo, Shigenori Nagata, Ayumi Ryu, Koji Hatano, Rieko Kano, Satoshi Tanada, Jun-ichi Ashimura, Atsushi Idota, Shoji Kamiura, Tomoyuki Yamasaki, Shin-ichi Nakatsuka

Open Access Rheumatoid Arthritis Research

Elevated expression of ciRS-7 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients

Xinyi Tang, Jiemin Wang, Xin Xia, Jie Tian, Ke Rui, Huaxi Xu, Shengjun Wang

Open Access Clear-Cell Sarcoma Research

Expression of cyclin D1 in clear cell sarcoma of kidney. Is it useful in differentiating it from its histological mimics?

Nasir Uddin, Khurram Minhas, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad

Open Access Research

Role of apoptotic, autophagic and senescence pathways in minor salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma

João Augusto Vianna Goulart-Filho, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Fabrício Passador-Santos, Ney Soares de Araújo, Vera Cavalcanti de Araújo

Open Access Research

Identification of novel GNAS mutations in intramuscular myxoma using next-generation sequencing with single-molecule tagged molecular inversion probes

Elise M. Bekers, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Paul Rombout, Peter van Zwam, Suzanne Mol, Emiel Ruijter, Blanca Scheijen, Uta Flucke

Open Access Glioblastoma Case Report

Widely metastatic IDH1-mutant glioblastoma with oligodendroglial features and atypical molecular findings: a case report and review of current challenges in molecular diagnostics

Carlos G. Romo, Doreen N. Palsgrove, Ananyaa Sivakumar, Christen R. Elledge, Lawrence R. Kleinberg, Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Christopher D. Gocke, Fausto J. Rodriguez, Matthias Holdhoff

Open Access Ovarian Cancer Case Report

Concurrent isolated retroperitoneal HGSC and STIC defined by somatic mutation analysis: a case report

Kazuaki Suda, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Chihiro Hata, Natsumi Yahata, Masanori Isobe, Hitoshi Kameyama, Toshifumi Wakai, Teiichi Motoyama, Ituro Inoue, Kosuke Yoshihara, Takayuki Enomoto

Open Access Glioblastoma Case Report

Histologic findings associated with laser interstitial thermotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme

J. Bradley Elder, Kristin Huntoon, Jose Otero, Behiye Kaya, Jeff Hatef, Mostafa Eltobgy, Russell R. Lonser

Open Access Nevi Case Report

Melanoma arising in a Giant congenital melanocytic nevus: two case reports

Tatiana S. Belysheva, Yana V. Vishnevskaya, Tatiana V. Nasedkina, Marina A. Emelyanova, Ivan S. Abramov, Kristina V. Orlova, Ludmila N. Lubchenko, Igor A. Utyashev, Marina B. Doroshenko, Lev V. Demidov, Mamed D. Aliev

Open Access Pathology Research

Three-dimensional histopathological reconstruction of bladder tumours

Ilaria Jansen, Marit Lucas, C. Dilara Savci-Heijink, Sybren L. Meijer, Esmee I. M. L. Liem, Onno J. de Boer, Ton G. van Leeuwen, Henk A. Marquering, Daniel M. de Bruin

Open Access Acute Myeloid Leukemia Case Report

Rare myeloid sarcoma with KMT2A (MLL)-ELL fusion presenting as a vaginal wall mass

Haiyan Bao, Juehua Gao, Yi-Hua Chen, Jessica K. Altman, Olga Frankfurt, Amanda L. Wilson, Madina Sukhanova, Qing Chen, Xinyan Lu

Open Access Case Report

Mesenteric extraovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor without DICER1 hotspot mutation: a case report

Mitsumasa Osakabe, Chie Sato, Masamichi Suzuki, Ryo Sugimoto, Yasuko Fujita, Noriyuki Uesugi, Kazuyuki Ishida, Hiroaki Itamochi, Tsukasa Baba, Tamotsu Sugai

Open Access Research

Orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC): Clinicopathological and radiological features of a series of 10 cases

Nasir Uddin, Maha Zubair, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Zia Ullah Khan, Zubair Ahmad

Open Access Nephroblastoma Case Report

Metastatic low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma of uterus presenting as a primary pancreatic tumor: case presentation and literature review

Aoife J. McCarthy, Blaise A. Clarke, Ian McGilvray, Brendan C. Dickson, Korosh Khalili, Runjan Chetty

Open Access Human Papillomavirus Research

Cross-hybridization between HPV genotypes in the Linear Array Genotyping Test confirmed by Next-Generation Sequencing

Cristina Artaza-Irigaray, María Guadalupe Flores-Miramontes, Dominik Olszewski, Verónica Vallejo-Ruiz, Laura Patricia Limón-Toledo, Cibeles Sánchez-Roque, Rocío Mayoral-Torres, Luis Felipe Jave-Suárez, Adriana Aguilar-Lemarroy

Open Access Sarcoma Case Report

Leiomyoma with KAT6B-KANSL1 fusion: case report of a rapidly enlarging uterine mass in a postmenopausal woman

Alessandra J. Ainsworth, Nooshin K. Dashti, Taofic Mounajjed, Karen J. Fritchie, Jaime Davila, Rohini Mopuri, Rory A. Jackson, Kevin C. Halling, Jamie N. Bakkum-Gamez, J. Kenneth Schoolmeester

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

SNW1 is a prognostic biomarker in prostate cancer

Doris Höflmayer, Carla Willich, Claudia Hube-Magg, Ronald Simon, Dagmar Lang, Emily Neubauer, Frank Jacobsen, Andrea Hinsch, Andreas M. Luebke, Marie Christina Tsourlakis, Hartwig Huland, Markus Graefen, Alexander Haese, Hans Heinzer, Sarah Minner, Franziska Büscheck, Guido Sauter, Thorsten Schlomm, Stefan Steurer, Till S. Clauditz, Eike Burandt, Waldemar Wilczak, Christian Bernreuther

Open Access Fibromatosis Research

Nuclear TFE3 expression is a diagnostic marker for Desmoid-type fibromatosis

Luting Zhou, Haimin Xu, Jun Zhou, Lei Dong, Peipei Zhang, Xiaoqun Yang, Chaofu Wang

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

A nomogram for predicting the HER2 status in female patients with breast cancer in China: a nationwide, multicenter, 10-year epidemiological study

Huimin Zhang, Peiling Xie, Zhuoying Li, Rong Huang, Weiliang Feng, Yanan Kong, Feng Xu, Lin Zhao, Qingkun Song, Jing Li, Baoning Zhang, Jinhu Fan, Youlin Qiao, Xiaoming Xie, Shan Zheng, Jianjun He, Ke Wang

Open Access Gallbladder Cancer Research

Low frequency of mismatch repair deficiency in gallbladder cancer

Benjamin Goeppert, Stephanie Roessler, Marcus Renner, Moritz Loeffler, Stephan Singer, Melina Rausch, Thomas Albrecht, Arianeb Mehrabi, Monika Nadja Vogel, Anita Pathil, Elena Czink, Bruno Köhler, Christoph Springfeld, Christian Rupp, Karl Heinz Weiss, Peter Schirmacher, Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, Matthias Kloor

Open Access Case Report

Colon adenoma and adenocarcinoma with clear cell components - two case reports

Yuzo Oyama, Haruto Nishida, Takahiro Kusaba, Hiroko Kadowaki, Motoki Arakane, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Junpei Wada, Shogo Urabe, Tsutomu Daa

Open Access Gastric Cancer Case Report

Gastric mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm (MiNEN) with pancreatic acinar differentiation: a case report

Yasuko Fujita, Noriyuki Uesugi, Ryo Sugimoto, Makoto Eizuka, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tamotsu Sugai

Open Access Thyroid Cancer Research

Mutation profiles of follicular thyroid tumors by targeted sequencing

Huanli Duan, Xiaoding Liu, Xinyu Ren, Hui Zhang, Huanwen Wu, Zhiyong Liang

Open Access IgA Vasculitis Research

Updated Oxford classification and the international study of kidney disease in children classification: application in predicting outcome of Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis

Xiaohan Huang, Lili Ma, Pingping Ren, Hongya Wang, Liangliang Chen, Haidongqin Han, Jianghua Chen, Fei Han

Open Access Kidney Cancer Case Report

Positive/retained SDHB immunostaining in renal cell carcinomas associated to germline SDHB-deficiency: case report

Marina Ugarte-Camara, Raul Fernandez-Prado, Isabel Lorda, Gabriela Rossello, Carmen Gonzalez-Enguita, Pablo Cannata-Ortiz, Alberto Ortiz

Open Access Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Case Report

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the parotid gland-report of a rare case and a review of the literature

Kanako C. Hatanaka, Emi Takakuwa, Yutaka Hatanaka, Akira Suzuki, Satoshi IIzuka, Nayuta Tsushima, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Shintaro Sugita, Akihiro Homma, Shojiroh Morinaga, Tadashi Hashegawa, Yoshihiro Matsuno

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Retraction Note

Retraction Note: RNAi targeting CXCR4 inhibits proliferation and invasion of esophageal carcinoma cells

Tao Wang, Yanfang Mi, Linping Pian, Ping Gao, Hong Xu, Yuling Zheng, Xiaoyan Xuan

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

Rare cases of primary central nervous system anaplastic variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Tianqi Xu, Qingge Jia, Yingmei Wang, Yixiong Liu, Donghui Han, Peifeng Li, Jing Ma, Linni Fan, Qingguo Yan, Shuangping Guo, Mingyang Li, Zhe Wang

Open Access SCLC Research

Comparison of four DLL3 antibodies performance in high grade neuroendocrine lung tumor samples and cell cultures

Luka Brcic, Christian Kuchler, Sylvia Eidenhammer, Daniela Pabst, Franz Quehenberger, Adi F. Gazdar, Helmut Popper

Open Access Colposcopy Research

Interobserver variability and accuracy of p16/Ki-67 dual immunocytochemical staining on conventional cervical smears

Veronika Kloboves Prevodnik, Tine Jerman, Nataša Nolde, Alenka Repše Fokter, Sandra Jezeršek, Živa Pohar Marinšek, Ulrika Klopčič, Simona Hutter Čelik, Kristina Gornik Kramberger, Maja Primic Žakelj, Urška Ivanuš

Open Access Laryngeal Cancer Research

Serum expression of selected miRNAs in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)

Weronika Lucas Grzelczyk, Janusz Szemraj, Sylwia Kwiatkowska, Magdalena Józefowicz-Korczyńska

Open Access NSCLC Correction

Expression of Concern to: Decreased microRNA-224 and its clinical significance in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Dan Zhu, Hui Chen, Xiguang Yang, Weisong Chen, Linying Wang, Jilin Xu, Long Yu

Open Access Hashimoto Thyroiditis Research

IL-17A increases MHC class I expression and promotes T cell activation in papillary thyroid cancer patients with coexistent Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Li-Tao Han, Jia-Qian Hu, Ben Ma, Duo Wen, Ting-Ting Zhang, Zhong-Wu Lu, Wen-Jun Wei, Yu-Long Wang, Yu WANG, Tian Liao, Qing-Hai Ji

Open Access Endometrial Cancer Case Report

Coexistence of endometrial mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma and endometrioid carcinoma suggests a Müllerian duct lineage: a case report

Mitsutake Yano, Daisuke Shintani, Tomomi Katoh, Mei Hamada, Kozue Ito, Eito Kozawa, Kosei Hasegawa, Masanori Yasuda

Open Access Metastasis Research

Association of tumour-associated macrophages with cancer cell EMT, invasion, and metastasis of Kazakh oesophageal squamous cell cancer

Jihong Liu, Chunxiao Li, Liyan Zhang, Kai Liu, Xianli Jiang, Xueli Wang, Lan Yang, Weihua Liang, Kunping Liu, Jianming Hu, Feng Li

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Treatment outcome and prognostic factors in PCNSL

Pimjai Niparuck, Paisarn Boonsakan, Taksayut Sutthippingkiat, Sulada Pukiat, Pichika Chantrathammachart, Sithakom Phusanti, Kochawan Boonyawat, Teeraya Puavilai, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Artit Ungkanont, Suporn Chuncharunee, Vichai Atichartakarn

Open Access Amyloidosis Short report

Improving sensitivity of amyloid detection by Congo red stain by using polarizing microscope and avoiding pitfalls

Ashraf El-Meanawy, Christopher Mueller, Kenneth A. Iczkowski

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Comparative analysis of confocal microscopy on fresh breast core needle biopsies and conventional histology

C. Elfgen, B. Papassotiropoulos, Z. Varga, L. Moskovszky, M. Nap, U. Güth, A. Baege, E. Amann, F. Chiesa, C. Tausch

Open Access Metastasis Research

High expression of MRE11 correlates with poor prognosis in gastric carcinoma

Junqing Li, Taiqiang Su, Liang Yang, Changhua Zhang, Yulong He

Open Access Gastric Cancer Research

Expression of GCRG213p, LINE-1 endonuclease variant, significantly different in gastric complete and incomplete intestinal metaplasia

Xiaojian Duan, Hongwei Lian, Jie Li, Benyan Wu, Weihua Wang, Tao Wu, Changzheng Wang, Yan Dou, Zhongren Zhou, Bingzhi Wang, Liyan Xue, Gangshi Wang

Open Access Case Report

Cystic appearance - a new feature of solid fibrous tumours in the lacrimal gland: a case report with literature review

Ancuta-Augustina Gheorghisan-Galateanu, Dana Cristina Terzea, Iulia Burcea, Roxana Dusceac, Cristina Capatina, Catalina Poiana

Open Access Research

Validation of mitotic cell quantification via microscopy and multiple whole-slide scanners

Kazuhiro Tabata, Naohiro Uraoka, Jamal Benhamida, Matthew G. Hanna, Sahussapont Joseph Sirintrapun, Brandon D. Gallas, Qi Gong, Rania G. Aly, Katsura Emoto, Kant M. Matsuda, Meera R. Hameed, David S. Klimstra, Yukako Yagi

Open Access Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

BCL2 overexpression: clinical implication and biological insights in acute myeloid leukemia

Jing-dong Zhou, Ting-juan Zhang, Zi-jun Xu, Yu Gu, Ji-chun Ma, Xi-xi Li, Hong Guo, Xiang-mei Wen, Wei Zhang, Lei Yang, Xing-hui Liu, Jiang Lin, Jun Qian

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

Hyaline vascular variant of unicentric Castleman disease of the tonsil: a case report

Ping Li, Huaipu Liu, Hao Li, Ang Li, Guangyin Yu, Weihua Yin

Open Access Bladder Carcinoma Case Report

Stromal osseous metaplasia in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: a rare case report and literature review

Joëlle Razafimahefa, Clément Gosset, Pierre Mongiat-Artus, Tsitohery Francine Andriamampionona, Jérôme Verine

Open Access Trisomy 18 Research

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia using targeted next-generation sequencing: an analysis of 30 cases

Yan Liu, Li Wang, Yi-Ke Yang, Ying Liang, Tie-Juan Zhang, Na Liang, Li-Man Yang, Si-Jing Li, Dan Shan, Qing-Qing Wu

Open Access Neurofibromatosis Case Report

Triple malignancy (NET, GIST and pheochromocytoma) as a first manifestation of neurofibromatosis type-1 in an adult patient

Karolina Poredska, Lumir Kunovsky, Vladimir Prochazka, Jiri Dolina, Miroslava Chovancova, Jakub Vlazny, Tomas Andrasina, Michal Eid, Petr Jabandziev, Petr Kysela, Zdenek Kala

Open Access Research

MYB-NFIB gene fusions identified in archival adenoid cystic carcinoma tissue employing NanoString analysis: an exploratory study

John B. McIntyre, Jenny J. Ko, Jodi Siever, Angela M. Y. Chan, Roderick H. W. Simpson, Desiree Hao, Harold Y. Lau

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

Panniculitis-like T-cell-lymphoma in the mesentery associated with hemophagocytic syndrome: autopsy case report

Jan Hrudka, Václav Eis, Josef Heřman, Zuzana Prouzová, Andreas Rosenwald, František Duška

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Prognostic impact of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with extra copies of MYC, BCL2 and/or BCL6: comparison with double/triple hit lymphoma and double expressor lymphoma

Sixia Huang, Lin Nong, Wei Wang, Li Liang, Yalin Zheng, Jumei Liu, Dong Li, Xin Li, Bo Zhang, Ting Li

Open Access Case Report

Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the liver with CRTC1-MAML2 fusion: a case report

Jiro Watanabe, Keita Kai, Ken Tanikawa, Mamoru Hiraki, Naohisa Mizukami, Shinichi Aishima, Takafumi Nakano, Hidetaka Yamamoto

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Comparative analysis of confocal microscopy on fresh breast core needle biopsies and conventional histology

C. Elfgen, B. Papassotiropoulos, Z. Varga, L. Moskovszky, M. Nap, U. Güth, A. Baege, E. Amann, F. Chiesa, C. Tausch

Open Access Metastasis Case Report

Tumor-to-tumor metastasis from appendiceal adenocarcinoma to an ovarian mature teratoma, mimicking malignant transformation of a teratoma: a case report

Mitsutake Yano, Tomomi Katoh, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Eito Kozawa, Mei Hamada, Koji Nagata, Masanori Yasuda

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

Nodal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with four atypical histomorphologic features: an unusual case report

You-Li Wu, Feng Wu, Robinson Ateh Mbako, Yu Zhang, Guang-Jie Duan, Xiao-Chu Yan

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Research

Prognostic value and reproducibility of different microscopic characteristics in the WHO grading systems for pTa and pT1 urinary bladder urothelial carcinomas

Vebjørn Kvikstad, Ok Målfrid Mangrud, Einar Gudlaugsson, Ingvild Dalen, Hans Espeland, Jan P. A. Baak, Emiel A. M. Janssen

Open Access Tooth Extraction Case Report

Primordial odontogenic tumor: a case report and literature review

Qiaochu Sun, Jae-Seo Lee, Okjoon Kim, Young Kim

Open Access Research

Using short tandem repeat analysis for choriocarcinoma diagnosis: a case series

Xiaofei Zhang, Kai Yan, Jianhua Chen, Xing Xie

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

Primary hyaline vascular Castleman disease of the kidney: case report and literature review

Yunzhu Li, Haixia Zhao, Bingyin Su, Chan Yang, Shurong Li, Wanlei Fu

Open Access Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Case Report

Pure secretory carcinoma in situ: a case report and literature review

Ying Yang, Zhiyuan Wang, Guoqing Pan, Shumo Li, Yingying Wu, Liu Liu

Open Access Metastasis Research

ALK rearrangement: a high-frequency alteration in ovarian metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma

Rui Bi, Qianming Bai, Xiaoli Zhu, Xiaoyu Tu, Xu Cai, Wenhua Jiang, Xiaoli Xu, Shaoxian Tang, Huijuan Ge, Bin Chang, Yufan Cheng, Hualei Gan, Xiaoyan Zhou, Wentao Yang

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Review

Genetic and molecular bases of esophageal Cancer among Iranians: an update

Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Vahideh Keyvani, Meysam Moghbeli

Open Access Celiac Disease Research

An association between crypt apoptotic bodies and mucosal flattening in celiac disease patients exposed to dietary gluten

Michael Lee, Shane Betman, Alina Iuga, Hui-Min Yang, Jude Fleming, Peter H. R. Green, Benjamin Lebwohl, Stephen M. Lagana

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Research

Concordance among four commercially available, validated programmed cell death ligand-1 assays in urothelial carcinoma

Magdalena Zajac, Marietta Scott, Marianne Ratcliffe, Paul Scorer, Craig Barker, Hytham Al-Masri, Marlon C. Rebelatto, Jill Walker

Open Access Lymphoma Research

A combination of LMO2 negative and CD38 positive is useful for the diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma

Yifei Liu, Tingting Bian, Yanlin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zheng, Jianguo Zhang, Xiaoge Zhou, Jianlan Xie

Open Access Case Report

Targeted sequencing identifies the mutational signature of double primary and metastatic malignancies: a case report

Chuangzhou Rao, Liangqin Nie, Xiaobo Miao, Analyn Lizaso, Guofang Zhao

OLIG2 is a novel immunohistochemical marker associated with the presence of PAX3/7-FOXO1 translocation in rhabdomyosarcomas

Magdalena Kaleta, Anna Wakulińska, Agnieszka Karkucińska-Więckowska, Bożenna Dembowska-Bagińska, Wiesława Grajkowska, Maciej Pronicki, Maria Łastowska

Open Access Carcinoid Tumor Case Report

Two cases of lung neuroendocrine carcinoma with carcinoid morphology

Kenji Inafuku, Tomoyuki Yokose, Hiroyuki Ito, Daisuke Eriguchi, Joji Samejima, Takuya Nagashima, Haruhiko Nakayama, Masaki Suzuki, Kouzo Yamada, Munetaka Masuda

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Low ERCC1 expression is a good predictive marker in lung adenocarcinoma patients receiving chemotherapy based on platinum in all TNM stages - a single-center study

Marina Piljić Burazer, Suzana Mladinov, Antonela Matana, Sendi Kuret, Joško Bezić, Merica Glavina Durdov

Open Access NSCLC Research

Elevated expression of mcl-1 inhibits apoptosis and predicts poor prognosis in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Qiuyuan Wen, Yuting Zhan, Hongmei Zheng, Hongjing Zang, Jiadi Luo, Yuting Zhang, Weiyuan Wang, Juan Feng, Junmi Lu, Lingjiao Chen, Songqing Fan

Open Access Metastasis Research

Downregulation of miR-29c-3p is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Ruihua Fang, Yongjin Huang, Jinghua Xie, Jianzhong Zhang, Xiaobin Ji

Open Access Uterine Sarcoma Case Report

JAZF1–SUZ12 endometrial stromal sarcoma forming subserosal masses with extraordinary uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose on positron emission tomography: a case report

Koto Fujiishi, Shigenori Nagata, Rieko Kano, Chiaki Kubo, Maasa Shirayanagi, Megumi Ozaki, Takashi Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Shoji Kamiura, Shin-ichi Nakatsuka

Open Access Lymphoma Case Report

ALK-TPM3 rearrangement in adult renal cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review

Jing Yang, Lei Dong, Hong Du, Xiu-bo Li, Yan-xiao Liang, Guo-rong Liu

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Case Report

Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma: a rapid autopsy case report with unique clinicopathologic and genomic profile

Caroline T. Simon, Stephanie L. Skala, Paul D. Killen, Javed Siddiqui, Xuhong Cao, Yuanyuan Qiao, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, Sandra I. Camelo-Piragua, Jeffrey Jentzen, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Saravana M. Dhanasekaran, Zachery R. Reichert, Rohit Mehra

Open Access Hepatitis B Research

Treg/Th17 imbalance and its clinical significance in patients with hepatitis B-associated liver cirrhosis

Yong-Ting Lan, Zhen-li Wang, Peng Tian, Xiao-Na Gong, Yu-Chen Fan, Kai Wang

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Clinicopathologic and microenvironmental analysis of primary cutaneous CD30-positive lymphoproliferative disorders: a 26 year experience from an academic medical center in Brazil

Cristiane Rúbia Ferreira, Shuchun Zhao, José Antonio Sanches, Denis Miyashiro, Jade Cury-Martins, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Maria C. N. Zerbini, Yasodha Natkunam, Dita Gratzinger

Open Access Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Case Report

A rare simultaneous coexistence of epithelioid gastrointestinal stromal tumors and schwannoma in the stomach: a case report

Yuxin Li, Yongliang Teng, Xiaofei Wei, Zhuang Tian, Yuqing Cao, Xiaona Liu, Xiumei Duan

Open Access Kidney Cancer Research

PRMT1 expression in renal cell tumors- application in differential diagnosis and prognostic relevance

Jelena Filipović, Martina Bosić, Sanja Ćirović, Maja Životić, Duško Dunđerović, Dejan Đorđević, Snežana Živković-Perišić, Aleksandar Lipkovski, Jasmina Marković-Lipkovski

Open Access Human Papillomavirus Case Report

A unique uterine cervical “teratocarcinosarcoma”: a case report

Kozue Ito, Mitsutake Yano, Aiko Ogasawara, Maiko Miwa, Eito Kozawa, Masanori Yasuda

Open Access Intellectual Disability Case Report

Clinical, genetic, and molecular characterization of hyperphosphatasia with mental retardation: a case report and literature review

Layal Abi Farraj, Wassim Daoud Khatoun, Naji Abou Chebel, Victor Wakim, Katia Dawali, Michella Ghassibe-Sabbagh

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

The role of p-Stat3 Y705 immunohistochemistry in glioblastoma prognosis

Sergiu Susman, Radu Pîrlog, Daniel Leucuța, Andrei Otto Mitre, Vlad Adrian Padurean, Carmen Melincovici, Ioana Moldovan, Doinița Crișan, Stefan Ioan Florian

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Case Report

Vulvar Paget disease secondary to high-grade urothelial carcinoma with underlying massive vascular embolization and cervical involvement: case report of unusual presentation

Walquiria Quida Salles Pereira Primo, Guttenberg Rodrigues Pereira Primo, Dunya Bachour Basilio, Karime Kalil Machado, Jesus Paula Carvalho, Filomena M. Carvalho

Open Access Thyroid Cancer Case Report

Signet ring cell variant of follicular thyroid carcinoma: Report of two cases with focus on morphological, expressional and genetic characteristics

Martin Hysek, Kenbugul Jatta, Adam Stenman, Eva Darai-Ramqvist, Jan Zedenius, Anders Höög, C. Christofer Juhlin

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Expression of P63 and its correlation with prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a single center experience

Wan-Ming Hu, Jie-Tian Jin, Chen-Yan Wu, Jia-Bin Lu, Li-Hong Zhang, Jing Zeng, Su-Xia Lin

Open Access Review

Uterine lesions with sex cord-like architectures: a systematic review

Meng Jia, Ping-Li Sun, Hongwen Gao

Open Access Metastasis Case Report

Chest wall lymph node metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma: a rare case report

Taolang Li, Zhiyuan Ma, Chengli Lu, Quanzhong Zhou, Zelong Feng, Xinglong Wu, Yi Luo, Dan Li, Xiaoming Cheng, Xuemei Liu

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Concordance between sequential transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy in patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease

Yoshiaki Zaizen, Yasuo Kohashi, Kishio Kuroda, Kazuhiro Tabata, Yuka Kitamura, Akira Hebisawa, Yuji Saito, Junya Fukuoka

Open Access NSCLC Research

MicroRNA-1298 is downregulated in non-small cell lung cancer and suppresses tumor progression in tumor cells

Zhonghai Du, Jun Wu, Juan Wang, Yan Liang, Sensen Zhang, Zhimei Shang, Wenchao Zuo

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Comparative pathologic analysis of mediastinal B-cell lymphomas: selective expression of p63 but no GATA3 optimally differentiates primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma from classic Hodgkin lymphoma

Hyun-Jung Kim, Hee Kyung Kim, Gyeongsin Park, Soo Kee Min, Hee Jeong Cha, Hyekyung Lee, Suk Jin Choi, Hee Young Na, Ji-Young Choe, Ji Eun Kim

Open Access Neuroblastoma Research

Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN1 modulates cell growth and associates with poor outcome in human neuroblastoma

Caroline E. Nunes-Xavier, Olaia Aurtenetxe, Laura Zaldumbide, Ricardo López-Almaraz, Asier Erramuzpe, Jesús M. Cortés, José I. López, Rafael Pulido

Open Access Splenectomy Case Report

Splenic cord capillary hemangioma with non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia: a case report

Tatsuaki Daimon, Takeo Kosaka, Minoru Horinaga, Junichi Saito, Yoshito Ueyama, Shoji Matsuzaki, Mototsugu Oya

Open Access Rhabdomyosarcoma Case Report

Primary epithelioid rhabdomyosarcoma of the stomach: a case report and review of literature

Yangkun Wang, Pei Guo, Zhishang Zhang, Runde Jiang, Zuguo Li