Virchows Archiv

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Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death: 2017 update from the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology

Cristina Basso, Beatriz Aguilera, Jytte Banner, Stephan Cohle, Giulia d’Amati, Rosa Henriques de Gouveia, Cira di Gioia, Aurelie Fabre, Patrick J. Gallagher, Ornella Leone, Joaquin Lucena, Lubov Mitrofanova, Pilar Molina, Sarah Parsons, Stefania Rizzo, Mary N. Sheppard, Maria Paz Suárez Mier, S. Kim Suvarna, Gaetano Thiene, Allard van der Wal, Aryan Vink, Katarzyna Michaud

Correlation between E-cadherin and p120 expression in invasive ductal breast cancer with a lobular component and MRI findings

Mary-Ann El Sharouni, Emily L. Postma, Paul J. van Diest

Distinctive pathological and clinical features of lung carcinoids with high proliferation index

Caterina Marchiò, Gaia Gatti, Federica Massa, Luca Bertero, Pierluigi Filosso, Giuseppe Pelosi, Paola Cassoni, Marco Volante, Mauro Papotti

RAS screening in colorectal cancer: a comprehensive analysis of the results from the UK NEQAS colorectal cancer external quality assurance schemes (2009–2016)

Susan D. Richman, Jennifer Fairley, Rachel Butler, Zandra C. Deans

Prognostic significance of CDX2 immunoexpression in poorly differentiated clusters of colorectal carcinoma

Luca Reggiani Bonetti, Simona Lionti, Enrica Vitarelli, Valeria Barresi

HCRP1 downregulation confers poor prognosis and induces chemoresistance through regulation of EGFR-AKT pathway in human gastric cancer

Hao Xu, Zhi-Feng Miao, Zhen-Ning Wang, Ting-Ting Zhao, Ying-Ying Xu, Yong-Xi Song, Jin-Yu Huang, Jun-Yan Zhang, Xing-Yu Liu, Jian-Hua Wu, Hui-Mian Xu

Prostate cancer in Jordanian-Arab population: ERG status and relationship with clinicopathologic characteristics

Najla Aldaoud, Nour Abdo, Samir Al Bashir, Mohammad Alqudah, Noor Marji, Hiba Alzou’bi, Rami Alazab, Kiril Trpkov

Spectrum of genetic mutations in de novo PUNLMP of the urinary bladder

Maria Del Carmen Rodriguez Pena, Aline C. Tregnago, Marie-Lisa Eich, Simeon Springer, Yuxuan Wang, Diana Taheri, Dilek Ertoy, Kazutoshi Fujita, Stephania M. Bezerra, Isabela W. Cunha, Maria Rosaria Raspollini, Lijia Yu, Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, George J. Netto

Low frequency of TERT promoter mutations in a series of well-differentiated follicular-patterned thyroid neoplasms

A. Proietti, C. Sartori, E. Macerola, N. Borrelli, G. Materazzi, P. Vitti, F. Basolo

Increased SOX2 expression in salivary gland carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma progression: an association with adverse outcome

Bruno Tavares Sedassari, Maria Fernanda Setúbal Destro Rodrigues, Thalita Santana Conceição, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Fábio Daumas Nunes, Albina Altemani, Suzana Cantanhede Orsini Machado de Sousa

Early stage minor salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma has favourable prognosis

Hanna Hämetoja, Karoliina Hirvonen, Jaana Hagström, Ilmo Leivo, Kauko Saarilahti, Satu Apajalahti, Caj Haglund, Antti Mäkitie, Leif Bäck

Nrf2-peroxiredoxin I axis in polymorphous adenocarcinoma is associated with low matrix metalloproteinase 2 level

J. M. Brod, Ana Paula Dias Demasi, V. A. Montalli, L. N. Teixeira, C. Furuse, M. C. Aguiar, A. B. Soares, M. Sperandio, V. C. Araujo

Synovial sarcoma showing loss of a green signal in SS18 fluorescence in situ hybridization: a clinicopathological and molecular study of 12 cases

Dan Jiang, Ran Peng, Xiaochu Yan, Min Chen, Ting Lan, Huijiao Chen, Zhang Zhang, Wenyi Jing, Lili Jiang, Limei Ma, Hongying Zhang

Review of the implementation of plasma ctDNA testing on behalf of IQN Path ASBL: a perspective from an EQA providers’ survey

Zandra C. Deans, Hannah Williams, Elisabeth M. C. Dequeker, Cleo Keppens, Nicola Normanno, Ed Schuuring, Simon J. Patton, Melanie Cheetham, Rachel Butler, Jacqueline A. Hall

Mixed papillary-sarcomatoid carcinoma of the penis: report of an aggressive subtype

Graziele Bovolim, Walter Henriques da Costa, Gustavo Cardoso Guimaraes, Fernando Augusto Soares, Isabela Werneck da Cunha

Book Review—Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach, 2nd Edition

Thomas Longerich