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Invasive lobular carcinoma with extracellular mucin production—a novel pattern of lobular carcinomas of the breast. Clinico-pathological description of eight cases

Gábor Cserni, Giuseppe Floris, Nektarios Koufopoulos, Anikó Kovács, Afroditi Nonni, Peter Regitnig, Anders Stahls, Zsuzsanna Varga

Expression of calretinin in high-grade hormone receptor-negative invasive breast carcinomas: correlation with histological and molecular subtypes

Donata Micello, Alberto Bossi, Alessandro Marando, Emanuele Dainese, Fausto Sessa, Carlo Capella

High neuronatin (NNAT) expression is associated with poor outcome in breast cancer

Norbert Nass, Sarah Walter, Dörthe Jechorek, Christine Weissenborn, Atanas Ignatov, Johannes Haybaeck, Saadettin Sel, Thomas Kalinski

Thymus neuroendocrine tumors with CTNNB1 gene mutations, disarrayed ß-catenin expression, and dual intra-tumor Ki-67 labeling index compartmentalization challenge the concept of secondary high-grade neuroendocrine tumor: a paradigm shift

Alessandra Fabbri, Mara Cossa, Angelica Sonzogni, Paolo Bidoli, Stefania Canova, Diego Cortinovis, Maria Ida Abbate, Fiorella Calabrese, Nazarena Nannini, Francesca Lunardi, Giulio Rossi, Stefano La Rosa, Carlo Capella, Elena Tamborini, Federica Perrone, Adele Busico, Iolanda Capone, Barbara Valeri, Ugo Pastorino, Adriana Albini, Giuseppe Pelosi

MET overexpression and gene amplification: prevalence, clinico-pathological characteristics and prognostic significance in a large cohort of patients with surgically resected NSCLC

William Sterlacci, Michael Fiegl, Mathias Gugger, Lukas Bubendorf, Spasenija Savic, Alexandar Tzankov

The association between microsatellite instability and lymph node count in colorectal cancer

Alexander Arnold, Matthias Kloor, Lina Jansen, Jenny Chang-Claude, Hermann Brenner, Moritz von Winterfeld, Michael Hoffmeister, Hendrik Bläker

Clinicopathological features of intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile duct: a comparison with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas with reference to subtypes

Yuki Fukumura, Yasuni Nakanuma, Yuko Kakuda, Masaru Takase, Takashi Yao

Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) metastatic to bone

Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, Gulsah Kaygusuz, Karen Fritchie, Ovgu Aydin, Ozlem Yapicier, Oznur Coskun, Ersin Karatayli, Senay Boyacigil, Gulnur Guler, Sergulen Dervisoglu, Isinsu Kuzu

Epidermoid cysts are a characteristic feature of intrapancreatic but not of extrapancreatic accessory spleens

Kenichi Hirabayashi, Misuzu Yamada, Hirotaka Kono, Atsuko Hadano, Aya Kawanishi, Yumi Takanashi, Yoshiaki Kawaguchi, Toshio Nakagohri, Tetsuya Mine, Naoya Nakamura

Prognostic role of BAP1 in pT1 clear cell carcinoma in partial nephrectomy specimens

Daniele Minardi, Guendalina Lucarini, Giulio Milanese, Rodolfo Montironi, Roberto Di Primio

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a comparative study of histological and chromosomal characteristics between primary tumors and their corresponding metastases

Julien Dagher, Solène-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet, Frédéric Dugay, Marion Beaumont, Alexandra Lespagnol, Laurence Cornevin, Grégory Verhoest, Karim Bensalah, Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, Marc-Antoine Belaud-Rotureau

HIF-1α, MDM2, CDK4, and p16 expression in ischemic fasciitis, focusing on its ischemic condition

Yuichi Yamada, Izumi Kinoshita, Kenichi Kohashi, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Yuki Kuma, Takamichi Ito, Kenji Koda, Atsushi Kisanuki, Manabu Kurosawa, Michiko Yoshimura, Masutaka Furue, Yoshinao Oda

Optimized immunohistochemistry using the D5F3 antibody provides a reliable test for identification of ALK-positive lung adenocarcinomas

Gian Luca Rampioni Vinciguerra, Stefania Scarpino, Benedetto Pini, Claudia Cippitelli, Flavio Fochetti, Luigi Ruco

Early gastric adenocarcinoma arising within foveolar-type dysplasia in a patient with Muir-Torre variant Lynch syndrome

Tristan F.P. McKnight, Amy E. Noffsinger, Kara K. Landry, Ovais Ahmed, Rebecca Wilcox

HOXB13 a useful marker in pleomorphic giant cell adenocarcinoma of the prostate: a case report and review of the literature

Laura Larnaudie, Eva Compérat, Pierre Conort, Justine Varinot