Are there barriers to the release of paraffin blocks for clinical research trials? A College of American Pathologists survey of 609 laboratoriesPatrick L Fitzgibbons
Department of Pathology, St Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California 92835, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 135:870-3. 2011
..The number of paraffin blocks submitted for patients enrolled in clinical research trials appears to be declining...
Recommendations for validating estrogen and progesterone receptor immunohistochemistry assaysPatrick L Fitzgibbons
Department of Pathology, St Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California 92835, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 134:930-5. 2010
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Interlaboratory comparison of immunohistochemical testing for HER2: results of the 2004 and 2005 College of American Pathologists HER2 Immunohistochemistry Tissue Microarray SurveyPatrick L Fitzgibbons
Department of Pathology, St Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, Calif, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:1440-5. 2006
..Cores found to be IHC-positive or IHC-negative by participant consensus can be used as validated benchmarks for interlaboratory comparison, allowing laboratories to assess their performance and determine if improvements are needed...
Laboratory compliance with the American Society of Clinical Oncology/college of American Pathologists guidelines for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing: a College of American Pathologists survey of 757 laboratoriesRaouf E Nakhleh
Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 134:728-34. 2010
..To ensure quality human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) testing in breast cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines were introduced with expected compliance by 2008...
Immunohistochemistry validation procedures and practices: a College of American Pathologists survey of 727 laboratoriesLindsay B Hardy
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 137:19-25. 2013
..The immunohistochemistry (IHC) laboratory represents a dynamic area of surgical pathology with limited practice guidelines. Studies have shown significant interlaboratory variability in results...
Genetic and phenotypic characteristics of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ of the breastYunn Yi Chen
Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 33:1683-94. 2009
..However, clinical follow-up studies will be required to define the natural history and most appropriate management of these lesions...
The CD117 immunohistochemistry tissue microarray survey for quality assurance and interlaboratory comparison: a College of American Pathologists Cell Markers Committee StudyDavid M Dorfman
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:779-82. 2006
..Consequently, correct identification of c-Kit expression is important for the diagnosis and treatment of GISTs...
Consensus statement on effective communication of urgent diagnoses and significant, unexpected diagnoses in surgical pathology and cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical PathologyRaouf E Nakhleh
Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, 32224, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 136:148-54. 2012
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Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with primary carcinomas of the colon and rectumMary Kay Washington
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2561, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 132:1182-93. 2008
Nodal stage classification for breast carcinoma: improving interobserver reproducibility through standardized histologic criteria and image-based trainingRoderick R Turner
Department of Pathology, Saint John s Health Center, 1328 Twenty Second St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:258-63. 2008
..We sought to determine whether a set of clearly defined histologic criteria could lead to reproducible nodal classification by pathologists...