Virchows Archiv

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World Health Organization 4th edition of head and neck tumor classification: insight into the consequential modifications

P. J. Slootweg, A. K. El-Naggar

New tumor entities in the 4th edition of the World Health Organization classification of head and neck tumors: Nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and skull base

Lester D. R. Thompson, Alessandro Franchi

New tumour entities in the 4th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck tumours: odontogenic and maxillofacial bone tumours

Paul M. Speight, Takashi Takata

Ki67 labeling index: assessment and prognostic role in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Günter Klöppel, Stefano La Rosa

p63 isoforms in triple-negative breast cancer: ΔNp63 associates with the basal phenotype whereas TAp63 associates with androgen receptor, lack of BRCA mutation, PTEN and improved survival

Philip J. Coates, Rudolf Nenutil, Jitka Holcakova, Marta Nekulova, Jan Podhorec, Marek Svoboda, Borivoj Vojtesek

Reduced H3K27me3 expression in radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast

Thomas Mentzel, Katalin Kiss

Gastric cancer: immunohistochemical classification of molecular subtypes and their association with clinicopathological characteristics

Eva-Maria Birkman, Naziha Mansuri, Samu Kurki, Annika Ålgars, Minnamaija Lintunen, Raija Ristamäki, Jari Sundström, Olli Carpén

Distinct histopathological characteristics in colorectal submucosal invasive carcinoma arising in sessile serrated adenoma/polyp and conventional tubular adenoma

Takashi Murakami, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Takashi Yao, Tsuyoshi Saito, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Naoto Sakamoto, Taro Osada, Sumio Watanabe

Treatment-related survival associations of claudin-2 expression in fibroblasts of colorectal cancer

Artur Mezheyeuski, Carina Strell, Ina Hrynchyk, Tormod Kyrre Guren, Anca Dragomir, Tatyana Doroshenko, Oksana Pashkova, Julia Gorgun, Kseniya Ruksha, Per Pfeiffer, Elin H. Kure, Halfdan Sorbye, David Edler, Anna Martling, Bengt Glimelius, Arne Östman, Anna Portyanko

Tissue microarray is suitable for scientific biomarkers studies in endometrial cancer

Nicole C. M. Visser, Anneke A. M. van der Wurff, Johanna M. A. Pijnenborg, Leon F. A. G. Massuger, Johan Bulten, Iris D. Nagtegaal

Placental pathology varies in hypertensive conditions of pregnancy

Jerzy Stanek

The diagnostic role of PTEN and ARID1A in serous effusions

Ben Davidson, Maurizio Pinamonti, Dolors Cuevas, Arild Holth, Pio Zeppa, Thomas Hager, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Martin Tötsch

Expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) in classical seminoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall

Alexander Brobeil, Florian Wagenlehner, Stefan Gattenlöhner

Paratesticular alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas do not harbor typical translocations: a distinct entity with favorable prognosis?

Tobias M. Dantonello, Christian Vokuhl, Monika Scheer, Monika Sparber-Sauer, Sabine Stegmaier, Guido Seitz, Heike Scheithauer, Jörg Faber, Iris Veit-Friedrich, Peter Kaatsch, Stefan S. Bielack, Thomas Klingebiel, Ewa Koscielniak

Digital versus light microscopy assessment of surgical margin status after radical prostatectomy

Metka Volavšek, Ana Blanca, Rodolfo Montironi, Liang Cheng, Maria R. Raspollini, Nuno Vau, Jorge Fonseca, Francesco Pierconti, Antonio Lopez-Beltran

Large sporadic thyroid medullary carcinomas: predictive factors for lymph node involvement

Sébastien Aubert, Amandine Berdelou, Viviane Gnemmi, Hélène Behal, Robert Caiazzo, Michèle D’herbomez, Pascal Pigny, Jean Louis Wemeau, Bruno Carnaille, Florence Renaud, Brigitte Bouchindhomme, Emmanuelle Leteurtre, Michael Perrais, François Pattou, Christine Do Cao

Unclassified sclerosing malignant melanomas with AKAP9-BRAF gene fusion: a report of two cases and review of BRAF fusions in melanocytic tumors

Emilie Perron, Daniel Pissaloux, Angela Neub, Daniel Hohl, Marie Dominique Tartar, Laurent Mortier, Laurent Alberti, Arnaud de la Fouchardiere

Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-related myositis and dermatomyositis: clues for differential diagnosis on muscle biopsy

Bruna Cerbelli, Annalinda Pisano, Serena Colafrancesco, Maria Gemma Pignataro, Marco Biffoni, Silvia Berni, Antonia De Luca, Valeria Riccieri, Roberta Priori, Guido Valesini, Giulia d’Amati, Carla Giordano

Transcriptome comparison identifies potential biomarkers of spine and skull base chordomas

Achim H. Bell, Franco DeMonte, Shaan M. Raza, Laurence D. Rhines, Claudio E. Tatsui, Victor G. Prieto, Gregory N. Fuller, Diana Bell

Metastatic malignant PEComa of the leg with identification of ATRX mutation by next-generation sequencing

Hussein Alnajar, Arlen Brickman, Lela Buckingham, Leonidas D. Arvanitis

Cellular subtype may predict survival outcomes in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma patients—a single-institution experience

Ehab Y. Hanna, Ahmed S. A. Abdelmeguid, Dianna Roberts, Achim H. Bell, Randal S. Weber, Diana Bell

Book Review—Diagnostic pathology: thoracic, 2nd edition

Giuseppe Pelosi, Nikolaos Papanikolaou

Correction to: Ki67 labeling index: assessment and prognostic role in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Günter Klöppel, Stefano La Rosa