Scientific Publications
Recent abstracts and presentations
As part of fostering an academic environment, our pathologists present their research in peer-reviewed journals and at internationally attended conferences.
Incidence and clinicopathological characteristics of Gleason pattern 5 prostate cancer in contemporary needle biopsies series: a prospective study
Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Antibody based detection of ERG gene fusions in prostate cancer: An Immunohistochemical study comparing C- and N-terminus ERG antibodies
Given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
How often does ERG contribute to resolving an “Atypical Glands Suspicious for Cancer” diagnosis in prostate biopsies beyond that provided by basal cell and Alpha-Methylacyl-CoA-Racemase (AMACR) markers?
Presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Heterogeneity of PTEN and ERG biomarkers expression in prostate cancer needle biopsies with more than one core positive: Implications for biomarkers sampling strategy
Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Diagnosis of “poorly formed glands” Gleason pattern 4 prostatic adenocarcinoma on needle biopsy: an interobserver reproducibility study among urologic pathologists with recommendations
Zhou M, Tian W, Yang X, Shah RB, and others Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. For a copy, please…
Diagnosis of Gleason pattern 5 prostate adenocarcinoma on core needle biopsy: an interobserver reproducibility study among urologic pathologists
Shah RB, Li J, Cheng L, Tian W, Yang XJ, Zhou M, and others Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. For…
Fluorescence in-situ hybridization in urine samples: a study of 69 cases with emphasis on clinicopathological features and outcome
Tian W, Kroman E, Flejter WL, and Shah RB Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia with adjacent small atypical glands (PINATYP) on core needle biopsy: a clinicopathological analysis of 53 cases with emphasis on predictors of prostate cancer
Shah RB, Tian W, and Zhou M Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Urine cytology diagnostic patterns before and after implementing the Paris system for reporting urine cytology: a large single institutional study of over 27,000 cases
Tian W, Shore KT, and Shah RB Poster presentation give to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. For a copy, please contact Inform…
The utilization of the Prolaris® test and its correlation with AUA risk groups and pathological features for over 500 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in a community practice
Tian W, Shore KT, Jiyoon Yoon, and Shah RB Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2019 Annual Meeting in National Harbor, MD. For a copy, please contact Inform…
Morphological correlates of PTE tumor suppressor gene loss in prostate cancer
Shah RB, Shore KT, Yoon J, Tian W and Mendrinos S Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Diagnosis of limited prostate adenocarcinoma on core needle biopsy: an improvement of interobserver reproducibility using comprehensive morphological and molecular criteria
Shah RB, Tian W, and others Poster presentation given to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Urine cytology diagnostic patterns before and after implementing the Paris system for reporting urine cytology: a large single institutional study of over 27,000 cases
Tian W, Shore KT, and Shah RB Podium presentation given to the American Urological Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. For a copy, please contact Inform Diagnostics.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Monoclonal Antibody in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Laboratory Evidence to Predict Patient Responses
Authors are Yun Wang, PhD, Kevin Turner, DO, Ahmed Bedeir, MD, Parag Patel, DO, and James Gulizia, MD, PhD. This abstract was awarded “Outstanding Abstract” in the 2018 Therapeutic Drug…
Quantification of the duodenal eosinophil content in adults: anecessary step for an evidence-based diagnosis of duodenaleosinophilia
Genta RM, Sonnenberg A, Turner K. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018;00:1–8. The normal content of eosinophils in the adult duodenum remains undefined. Therefore, there is no foundation for evidence-based criteria to…
Dermal Melanocytosis (Nevus of Ito) and Concurrent Cellular Neurothekeoma
We report an interesting case of dermal melanocytosis (Nevus of Ito) and concurrent cellular neurothekeoma occurring on the right posterior shoulder of a 32-year-old woman. Although rare, several cases of…
A Case of Cocaine-induced Vasculopathy
Cocaine has been known to cause several cutaneous conditions including Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerosis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Most recently, cutaneous vasculopathy associated…
A Rare Case of Metastatic Cutaneous Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular neoplasm most commonly found in the soft tissue, lung, liver, bone and skin. While primary cutaneous EHE may demonstrate a more indolent course…
A Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation of a Rare ider(22q) in a Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
L. Dean, L. White, E. Hayes, K. Webber, T. Zeliadt, E. Kroman, W. L. Flejter, PhD – Inform Diagnostics, AZ Peripheral blood and bone marrow samples from a 70-year-old female…
A Rare (11;22)(q23;q11.2) Translocation in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
K. Horvath, K. Webber, E. Hayes, T. Zeliadt, W.L. Flejter PhD – Inform Diagnostics Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ We received bone marrow and peripheral blood samples from a 58-year-old year…
