Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 16, No. 1

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Association of mast cells with microvessel density in urothelial carcinomas of the urinary bladder
January 2012(Vol. 16 | No. 1 | Pages 1-6)
Aysegul Sari, Aylin Calli, Fulya Cakalagaoglu, Aysegul Aksoy Altınboga, Kaan Bal

Changing trends in human papillomavirus–associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
January 2012(Vol. 16 | No. 1 | Pages 7-12)
Xiaohong Iris Wang, Jaiyeola Thomas, Songlin Zhang

Correlation between the endoscopic and histologic diagnosis of gastritis
January 2012(Vol. 16 | No. 1 | Pages 13-15)
Norman John Carr, Hannah Leadbetter, Alexandra Marriott

Desmosomal proteins and microRNAs—markers for hybrid tumors (verrucous carcinoma with foci of squamous cell carcinoma)
06 January 2012
Katarina Odar, Nina Gale, Nina Zidar
We read with interest the article by Terada , entitled “Verrucous carcinoma of the skin: a report on 5 Japanese cases.” The author reported on pathohistologic and immunohistochemical features in 5 cas...
Are elastic stain and specialty sign out necessary to evaluate pleural invasion in lung cancers?
06 January 2012
Geunyoung Jung, Hee Sang Hwang, Se Jin Jang, Jae Y. Ro
Abstract: The seventh edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system assigns lung cancers with visceral pleural invasion in the tumor size of 3 cm or less than 3 cm as T2 and with...
Microcalcifications of the breast: a mammographic-histologic correlation study using a newly designed Path/Rad Tissue Tray
06 January 2012
Ryan Gallagher, Grant Schafer, Mark Redick, Marc Inciradi, William Smith, Fang Fan, Ossama Tawfik
Abstract: The introduction of screening mammography has brought about a greater knowledge of early breast cancer characteristics. These improvements have led to a reduction in size of suspicious lesio...
Low local metastatic rate may widen indication of nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma
03 January 2012
Zu-quan Xiong, Jie Zheng, Chen-chen Feng, Yun Bao, Qiang Ding, Zu-jun Fang
Abstract: To explore the rationale for renal-sparing surgery as an alternative method to radical nephrectomy in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), we analyzed clinical data from 94 patients ...
The evaluation of SOX9 expression and its relationship with carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 in gastric neoplastic and nonneoplastic lesions
03 January 2012
Jia-ning Liu, Yu-meng Shang Guan, Yu-zhong Qi, Hong-bo Wang, Ting-guo Zhang, Cheng-jun Zhou
Abstract: The aims of this study were to investigate the expression of SOX9 (sex determining region Y [SRY]-related high-mobility group box 9) and carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecu...

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This peer-reviewed journal is devoted to the publication of articles dealing with practical aspects of the specialty. The major emphasis is on studies based on techniques that are widely available in the general practice of anatomic pathology. The journal, therefore, stresses traditional morphologic studies, clinicopathological correlations, and in general any scientific observation of relevance to the daily practice of pathology.