Scientific Publications
Recent peer-reviewed publications
At Inform Diagnostics, we are proud of the peer-reviewed research our pathologists have published, including pioneering work in their areas of subspecialty expertise.
Association of Acute Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease With Esophageal Histologic Changes
Published in May 2016 by JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association. Authors: Kerry B. Dunbar, MD, PhD; Agoston T. Agoston, MD, PhD; Robert D. Odze, MD; Xiaofang Huo,…
Healthcare Cost of Over-Diagnosis of Low-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
Published online by Advances in Therapy, 2016. Authors: Richard H. Lash, Thomas M. Deas, Jr., Frank H. Wians, Jr. Published reports have demonstrated that many Barrett’s esophagus patients are over-diagnosed…
Geographic Distributions of Microscopic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States
Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are characterized by similar geographic distributions. We used a large database of pathology reports to analyze the geographic distribution of microscopic colitis (MC)…
Inverse Association of Esophageal Eosinophilia With Helicobacter pylori Based on Analysis of a US Pathology Database
Evan S. Dellon, Anne F. Peery, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Douglas R. Morgan, Jennifer M. Hurrell, Richard H. Lash, Robert M. Genta Published in Gastroenterology, 2011. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is of…
ERG overexpression and multifocality predict prostate cancer in subsequent biopsy for patients with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
Accepted to Urologic Oncology, 2015. Authors: Rajal B. Shah, M.D., Jianbo Li, Ph.D., Nadeem Dhanani, M.D., Savvas Mendrinos, M.D. The most important clinical significance of an isolated high-grade prostatic intraepithelial…
Lymphocytic oesophagitis: clinicopathological aspects of an emerging condition
Salima Haque, Robert M. Genta Published in Gut, 2012 Lymphocytic oesophagitis (LyE) has been reported in small series, but no consistent clinical correlations have emerged. The authors sought to determine…
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Prevalent Disease in the United States That Affects All Age Groups
Robert C. Kapel, Jocelyne K. Miller, Carlos Torres, Saime Aksoy, Richard Lash, And David A. Katzka Published in Gastroenterology, 2008 Most reports on eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) are limited to small…
Clinical Applications of Novel ERG Immunohistochemistry in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Management
Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for ERG is utilized as a surrogate for TMPRSS2: ERG gene fusions, a specific molecular event seen in ~50% of prostate carcinomas (PCas) and ~20% of high-grade…
Carcinoma of the Collecting Ducts of Bellini and Renal Medullary Carcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 52 Cases of Rare Aggressive Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma With a Focus on Their Interrelationship
Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini and renal medullary carcinoma are rare aggressive renal tumors. First described in 1949, case reports and review articles constitute a major source of…
Duodenal Adenomas Coincide with Colorectal Neoplasia
Published by Digestive Diseases and Sciences, April 6, 2014 Robert M. Genta, MD, Jennifer M. Hurrell, DO, Amnon Sonnenberg, MD, MSc Small case series have alluded to an association between…
Polyps with Advanced Neoplasia are Smaller in the Right than in the Left Colon: Implications for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, July 25, 2012 Samir Gupta, MD, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD, Tommy Fu, MD, MBA, Robert M. Genta, MD, Don C. Rockey, MD, and…
Gastric Cardiac Polyps: A Clinicopathologic Study of 330 Cases
Published by American Journal of Surgical Pathology, December 2010 Shelby D. Melton, MD, and Robert M. Genta, MD Clinically apparent cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis in adults is most frequently found in…
Eosinophilic Gastritis: A Histopathologic Diagnosis in Search of Clinical Correlates
Published in Modern Pathology, December 17, 2010 Thida Lwin, MD, Shelby D. Melton, MD, and Robert M. Genta, MD Eosinophilic gastritis remains a poorly characterized condition that pathologists may consider…
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