Virchows Archiv

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Histological, immunohistological and molecular characteristics of intraductal precursor of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma support a multistep carcinogenic process

Stephan Ihrler, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Abbas Agaimy, Agnes Wolf, Martin Mollenhauer

Is tumor cellularity in primary invasive breast carcinoma of prognostic significance?

Emily S. Reisenbichler, William Dupont, W. Dale Plummer, Omar Hameed

Clinicopathologic and genetic features of primary bronchopulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience and comprehensive review of the literature

Alireza Salem, Diana Bell, Boris Sepesi, Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, Adel El-Naggar, Cesar A. Moran, Neda Kalhor

miRNA regulation is important for DNA damage repair and recognition in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Fabian Dominik Mairinger, Robert Werner, Elena Flom, Jan Schmeller, Sabrina Borchert, Michael Wessolly, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Thomas Hager, Thomas Mairinger, Jens Kollmeier, Daniel Christian Christoph, Kurt Werner Schmid, Robert Fred Henry Walter

Histopathologic features predict survival in diffuse pleural malignant mesothelioma on pleural biopsies

Cyril Habougit, Béatrice Trombert-Paviot, Georgia Karpathiou, François Casteillo, Sophie Bayle-Bleuez, Pierre Fournel, Jean-Michel Vergnon, Olivier Tiffet, Michel Péoc’h, Fabien Forest

Fhit down-regulation is an early event in pancreatic carcinogenesis

Matteo Fassan, Borislav Rusev, Vincenzo Corbo, Pierluigi Gasparini, Claudio Luchini, Caterina Vicentini, Andrea Mafficini, Salvatore Paiella, Roberto Salvia, Ivana Cataldo, Aldo Scarpa, Kay Huebner

Serum HE4 is correlated to prognostic factors and survival in patients with endometrial cancer

A Stiekema, CAR Lok, CM Korse, WJ van Driel, V van der Noort, GG Kenter, KK Van de Vijver

TGFβ splicing and canonical pathway activation in high-grade serous carcinoma

Neriya Gutgold, Ben Davidson, Liora Jacobs Catane, Arild Holth, Ellen Hellesylt, Claes G. Tropé, Anne Dørum, Reuven Reich

Immunostaining for Hu C/D and CD56 is useful for a definitive histopathological diagnosis of congenital and acquired isolated hypoganglionosis

Koichiro Yoshimaru, Tomoaki Taguchi, Satoshi Obata, Junkichi Takemoto, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Iwanaka, Yusuke Yanagi, Masaaki Kuda, Kina Miyoshi, Toshiharu Matsuura, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Takako Yoshioka, Atsuko Nakazawa, Yoshinao Oda

Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma with distant metastasis to thorax and bone

Annikka Weissferdt, Neda Kalhor, Cesar A. Moran

Strong association of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor expression with histologic grade, subtype, and HPV status in penile squamous cell carcinomas: a tissue microarray study of 112 cases

Sheila F. Faraj, Nilda Gonzalez-Roibon, Enrico Munari, Rajni Sharma, Arthur L. Burnett, Antonio L. Cubilla, George J. Netto, Alcides Chaux

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Gladell Paner, Ana Blanca, Rodolfo Montironi, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Yoji Nagashima, Shi-Sung Chuang, Khin Than Win, Leo Madruga, Maria R. Raspollini, Liang Cheng

Interpathologist concordance in the histological diagnosis of focal prostatic atrophy lesions, acute and chronic prostatitis, PIN, and prostate cancer

Francesca Giunchi, Kristina Jordahl, Enrico Bollito, Maurizio Colecchia, Carlo Patriarca, Antonietta D’Errico, Francesco Vasuri, Deborah Malvi, Alessandro Fornari, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, Barbara Corti, Mauro Papotti, Paolo DeGiuli, Massimo Loda, Rodolfo Montironi, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Jennifer R. Rider

Protuberant fibro-osseous lesion of the skull: two cases with occipital lesions

Naoko Sato, Takatoshi Aoki, Nobuhiko Mukai, Shinji Yotsumoto, Koji Irie, Masanori Hisaoka