Renal pathology in the tuberous sclerosis complexGuido Martignoni
Anatomia-Patologica, , Via G. Matteotti 58, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Pathology 35:505-12. 2003
- Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) in the genitourinary tract
Guido Martignoni
Anatomia Patologica, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Adv Anat Pathol 14:36-41. 2007
..PEComas have been described in different organs and are considered ubiquitous tumors. In this review we discuss recent informations related to PEComas in the genitourinary tract...
- Parvalbumin is constantly expressed in chromophobe renal carcinoma
G Martignoni
Dipartimento di Patologia Sezione Anatomia Patologica, Universita di Verona, Via delle Menegone, 10, Verona 37134, Italy
Mod Pathol 14:760-7. 2001
..Moreover, they suggest a relationship between chromophobe renal carcinoma and renal oncocytoma and indicate that chromophobe carcinoma exhibits differentiation toward the collecting-duct phenotype...
- CD10 is expressed in a subset of chromophobe renal cell carcinomas
Guido Martignoni
Anatomia Patologica, Universita di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Mod Pathol 17:1455-63. 2004
..04). Parvalbumin was strongly expressed in all primary and metastatic chromophobe renal cell carcinomas. Western blot analysis was utilized to confirm the expression of both CD10 and parvalbumin in chromophobe renal cell carcinomas...
- Role of molecular markers in diagnosis and prognosis of renal cell carcinoma
Guido Martignoni
Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Anal Quant Cytol Histol 29:41-9. 2007
..A wide variety of molecular markers have been examined, but further research is required to prove their value as prognostic tools...
Genotypic intratumoral heterogeneity in breast carcinoma with HER2/neu amplification: evaluation according to ASCO/CAP criteriaMatteo Brunelli
Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Am J Clin Pathol 131:678-82. 2009
..The clinical relevance and impact on treatment outcome of intratumoral heterogeneity in breast cancer with low-grade HER2/neu amplification or chromosome 17 polysomy need further investigation...
- Loss of chromosome 9p is an independent prognostic factor in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 21:1-6. 2008
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- Utility of tissue microarrays for assessment of chromosomal abnormalities in chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Anal Quant Cytol Histol 31:401-9. 2009
..To compare the results of numerical chromosomal changes in chromophobe renal cell carcinoma obtained from whole tissue sections with those of tissue microarrays...
- S-100A1 is a reliable marker in distinguishing nephrogenic adenoma from prostatic adenocarcinoma
Paolo Cossu-Rocca
Department of Pathology, University of Sassari, Via G Matteotti 58, Sassari, Italy
Am J Surg Pathol 33:1031-6. 2009
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- Utility of racemase and other immunomarkers in the detection of adenocarcinoma in prostatic tissue damaged by high intensity focused ultrasound therapy
Daniela Dalfior
Department of Pathology, Universita di Verona, Italy
Pathology 42:1-5. 2010
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- Her-2/neu evaluation in Sister Mary Joseph's nodule from breast carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Cutan Pathol 36:702-5. 2009
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- Diagnostic usefulness of fluorescent cytogenetics in differentiating chromophobe renal cell carcinoma from renal oncocytoma: a validation study combining metaphase and interphase analyses
Matteo Brunelli
1Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Am J Clin Pathol 133:116-26. 2010
..The study demonstrates that indeed FISH performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue can provide clinically useful information more reliably than karyotyping of most of these tumors...
- FISH scoring on paraffin sections versus single-cell suspension for chromophobe renal carcinoma and renal oncocytoma
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona, P le Ludovico Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
Anticancer Res 31:3137-42. 2011
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- Cathepsin K expression in the spectrum of perivascular epithelioid cell (PEC) lesions of the kidney
Guido Martignoni
Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 25:100-11. 2012
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- External validation of the Mayo Clinic Stage, Size, Grade and Necrosis (SSIGN) score to predict cancer specific survival using a European series of conventional renal cell carcinoma
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Urol 175:1235-9. 2006
..We validated the Mayo Clinic SSIGN score in an independent European sample of patients who were surgically treated for conventional RCC...
- Diagnostic utility of S100A1 expression in renal cell neoplasms: an immunohistochemical and quantitative RT-PCR study
Paolo Cossu Rocca
Department of Pathology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Mod Pathol 20:722-8. 2007
..Further, S100A1 protein expression is constantly detected in the normal parenchyma of the adult and fetal kidney...
PEComas: the past, the present and the futureGuido Martignoni
Department of Pathology, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Virchows Arch 452:119-32. 2008
..Its success could provide the rationale for the use of the same drug in other lesions composed of PECs, especially in the malignant ones...
- Chromosomal gains in the sarcomatoid transformation of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Matteo Brunelli
Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Patologia, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 20:303-9. 2007
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- Prognostic role of the histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma after slide revision
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico GB Rossi, Italy
Eur Urol 50:786-93; discussion 793-4. 2006
..To evaluate concordance, using the kappa statistic, between tumour histotypes assigned at initial diagnosis and those after slide revision, and to assess the independent predictive value of reviewed tumour histotype...
- Needle core length is a quality indicator of systematic transperineal prostate biopsy
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Italy
Eur Urol 50:266-71. 2006
..To analyse the length of needle cores sampled as a quality indicator in systematic transperineal prostate biopsy. We assessed the correlation of core length with the other clinical and topographic parameters...
- Differential expression of cathepsin K in neoplasms harboring TFE3 gene fusions
Guido Martignoni
Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 24:1313-9. 2011
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- Cathepsin-k expression in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Marco Chilosi
Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 22:161-6. 2009
..It is possible to speculate that mTOR inhibitors may exert part of their action by limiting the destructive remodelling of lung structure...
- Many facets of chromosome 3p cytogenetic findings in clear cell renal carcinoma: the need for agreement in assessment FISH analysis to avoid diagnostic errors
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona, Italy
Histol Histopathol 26:1207-13. 2011
..This harbours relevant diagnostic and therapeutic implications, at light also of targeted therapies recently available to clear cell renal carcinoma...
- Nomogram predictive of pathological inguinal lymph node involvement in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Urol 175:1700-4; discussion 1704-5. 2006
..We generated a nomogram estimating the risk of pathological inguinal lymph node involvement according to clinical lymph node stage and pathological findings of the primary tumor...
- Original and reviewed nuclear grading according to the Fuhrman system: a multivariate analysis of 388 patients with conventional renal cell carcinoma
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Cancer 103:68-75. 2005
..The objective of the current study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the Fuhrman nuclear grading system as well as its independent predictive value in a series of patients with conventional renal cell carcinoma (RCC)...
- Prognostic factors in a recent series of patients treated with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer
Giacomo Novara
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Italy
Urol Int 75:10-6. 2005
..Our multivariate analysis data identified pT3-4 and pN+ patients as those with the worst prognosis...
- The potential impact of prostate volume in the planning of optimal number of cores in the systematic transperineal prostate biopsy
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Italy
Eur Urol 48:932-7. 2005
..We compared the detection rates of different transperineal prostate biopsy protocols with the aim to optimize the number of cores to sample according to prostate volume...
- Molecular pathology of lymphangioleiomyomatosis and other perivascular epithelioid cell tumors
Guido Martignoni
Department of Pathology, Universita di Verona, Italy
Arch Pathol Lab Med 134:33-40. 2010
..3) genes with the regulation of the Rheb/m-TOR/p70S6K pathway. These data have opened a new era in the comprehension of the pathogenesis of LAM and have also suggested new therapeutic strategies for this potentially lethal disease...
- Classical lobular breast carcinoma consistently lacks topoisomerase-IIα gene amplification: implications for the tailored use of anthracycline-based chemotherapies
Eleonora Brunello
Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona, Italy
Histopathology 60:482-8. 2012
..There is consistent lack of data focusing the topoisomerase-IIα gene status in lobular breast carcinoma, a subtype that usually shows poor responsiveness to chemotherapies including those using anthracycline drugs...
- HER-2/neu assessment in breast cancer using the original FDA and new ASCO/CAP guideline recommendations: impact on selecting patients for herceptin therapy
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Am J Clin Pathol 129:907-11. 2008
..The ASCO/CAP scheme has a great concordance coefficient between strong 3+ immunohistochemical cases and cases with high-grade, granular HER-2/neu amplification...
- Eosinophilic and classic chromophobe renal cell carcinomas have similar frequent losses of multiple chromosomes from among chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 10, and 17, and this pattern of genetic abnormality is not present in renal oncocytoma
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, , Verona, Italy
Mod Pathol 18:161-9. 2005
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- Periorbital subcutaneous tumor-like lesion due to Dirofilaria repens
Albino Eccher
Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Patologia, Universita di Verona, Italy
Int J Surg Pathol 16:101-3. 2008
..The lesion did not recur for 5 months. Periorbital swelling can be rarely caused by Dirofilaria repens; therefore, this diagnosis should be considered in all cases of subcutaneous inflammatory or tumor-like lesion of unknown etiology...
- True 3q Chromosomal Amplification in Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma by FISH and aCGH Molecular Analysis: Impact on Targeted Drugs
Matteo Brunelli
ISH Molecular Lab, Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
PLoS ONE 7:e49689. 2012
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- Primary pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma of the kidney in an adult
Daniela Dalfior
Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Patologia, Universita di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Ann Diagn Pathol 12:301-3. 2008
..This is a very aggressive tumor with dismal prognosis. We report a new case of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma of the kidney in an adult patient...
- Subepithelial pelvic hematoma (Antopol--Goldman lesion) simulating renal neoplasm: report of a case and review of the literature
Albino Eccher
Department of Pathology, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona, Italy
Int J Surg Pathol 17:264-7. 2009
..Antopol-Goldman lesion should be kept in mind as a possible differential diagnosis of upper urinary tract lesion to avoid unnecessary nephrectomies. The anamnestic knowledge of amiloydosis may increase this diagnostic hypothesis...
- Short-term outcome after high-intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of patients with high-risk prostate cancer
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology and Pathology, University of Verona, Italy
BJU Int 98:1193-8. 2006
..To assess the short-term outcome in patients with high-risk prostate cancer treated by transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)...
- FGFR-1 amplification in metastatic lymph-nodal and haematogenous lobular breast carcinoma
Eleonora Brunello
Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona, P, le Ludovico Scuro n, 10, Verona, 37134, Italy
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 31:103. 2012
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- Lymphatic and vascular embolizations are independent predictive variables of inguinal lymph node involvement in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis: Gruppo Uro-Oncologico del Nord Est (Northeast Uro-Oncological Group) Penile Cancer data bas
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Cancer 103:2507-16. 2005
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- Oncocytoma-like angiomyolipoma. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 2 cases
Guido Martignoni
Dipartimento di Patologia-Sezione Anatomia Patologica, Universita' di Verona, Verona, Italy
Arch Pathol Lab Med 126:610-2. 2002
..Both patients are alive without recurrence 7 and 10 years after surgery, respectively. Based on clinical, morphologic, and immunophenotypic features, we conclude that these tumors are oncocytoma-like angiomyolipomas...
- Characterization of t(6;11)(p21;q12) in a renal-cell carcinoma of an adult patient
Lorenza Pecciarini
Department of Pathology, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 46:419-26. 2007
..Our data contribute to define better this rare RCC type, which is typical not only of childhood but can also be found in adulthood...
- [Small cell carcinoma of the bladder. Report of 3 cases and review of the literature]
Antonio Benito Porcaro
Cattedra e Divisione Clinicizzata di Urologia, Ospedale Policlinico, Verona, Italy
Arch Ital Urol Androl 74:142-5. 2002
..Herein we report on 3 cases of primary small cell carcinoma of the urinary biadder. We also review and update the literature concerning this topic...
- Tertiary Gleason pattern 5 on needle biopsy predicts greater tumour volume on radical prostatectomy
Matheesha Ranaweera
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Pathology 43:693-6. 2011
..However, limited literature exists on the validity of this practice and the significance of tertiary Gleason patterns in needle biopsy...
- Carcinoid tumors of the urinary bladder. Immunohistochemical study of 2 cases and review of the literature
Guido Martignoni
Dipartimento di Patologia-Sezione Anatomia Patologica, Universita' di Verona, Verona, Italy
Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:e22-4. 2003
..In 1 of the tumors, 20% of the cells were positive for the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin, and 20% were positive for thyroid transcription factor 1...
- Endocrine neoplasms of the pancreas: pathologic and genetic features
Paola Capelli
Department of Pathology, Section ofAnatomical Pathology, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
Arch Pathol Lab Med 133:350-64. 2009
..The latter include more than 90% of PENs whose clinical behavior varies from indolent to malignant and cannot be predicted by their morphology...
- Perivascular epithelioid cell (PEC) tumors of the uterus: a clinicopathologic study of two cases with aggressive features
Luisanna Bosincu
Anatomia Patologica, , Sassari, Italy
Mod Pathol 18:1336-42. 2005
..Follow-up has shown the death of one patient whereas the other is alive without disease 36 months after the surgery. The two patients were evaluated for signs of tuberous sclerosis complex, and findings were negative...
- Small cell carcinoma of the bladder: a case report and a literature review
Orietta Dalpiaz
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Italy
Arch Esp Urol 56:197-202. 2003
..The management that seems to give a better survival is the combination of radical cystectomy (or radiotherapy) and chemotherapy...
- Predictive pathological factors of lymph nodes involvement in the squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Urology, University of Verona, Italy
Int Urol Nephrol 34:245-50. 2002
..To evaluate the predictive role of primary tumor histopathological features in predicting inguinal lymph nodes involvement in patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma...
- An unusual case of Cushing's syndrome due to ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia
Sandra Rapetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Istituto di Medicina Interna, University of Verona, Verona
Chir Ital 55:235-41. 2003
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- Percutaneous and transureteral biopsies of renal papillae: safe and appropriate procedures for in vivo histologic analysis in stone formers
Lorenzo Ruggera
Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Endourol 25:25-30. 2011
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- Chondroid syringoma with extensive ossification
Albino Eccher
Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Patologia, , Strada Le Grazie No. 8, 37134 Verona
Int J Surg Pathol 15:385-7. 2007
- Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma: a distinct histopathologic and molecular genetic entity
Stefano Gobbo
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 32:1239-45. 2008
..This tumor has immunophenotypic and genetic profiles distinct from those of either classic papillary or clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and should be considered a distinct entity in the spectrum of renal cell neoplasia...
- Renal oncocytoma with and without intravascular extension into the branches of renal vein have the same morphological, immunohistochemical and genetic features
Ondrej Hes
Department of Pathology, Charles University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Virchows Arch 452:285-93. 2008
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- Interphase cytogenetic analysis with centromeric probes for chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 10, and 17 in 11 tumors from a patient with bilateral renal oncocytosis
Paolo Cossu-Rocca
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Mod Pathol 21:498-504. 2008
..These observations weigh against the concept that hybrid tumors of oncocytosis are closely related to chromophobe renal cell carcinoma...
- Renal mucinous tubular and spindle carcinoma lacks the gains of chromosomes 7 and 17 and losses of chromosome Y that are prevalent in papillary renal cell carcinoma
Paolo Cossu-Rocca
Department of Pathology, Indiana University Medical Center, University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Mod Pathol 19:488-93. 2006
..FISH analysis with centromeric probes for these chromosomes is potentially helpful in differentiating mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinomas from papillary renal cell carcinomas...
- Molecular genetic evidence for the independent origin of multifocal papillary tumors in patients with papillary renal cell carcinomas
Timothy D Jones
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Clin Cancer Res 11:7226-33. 2005
..Thus, intrarenal metastasis does not seem to play an important role in the spread of papillary renal cell carcinoma, a finding that has surgical, therapeutic, and prognostic implications...
- Oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and interphase cytogenetic study of 12 cases
Ondrej Hes
Department of Special Diagnostics SPAU, University Hospital Plzen, Czech Republic
Ann Diagn Pathol 10:133-9. 2006
..One patient died of metastases. Interphase cytogenetic analysis by fluorescent in situ hybridization can be a diagnostic tool in cases mimicking an oncocytoma...
- Gains of chromosomes 7, 17, 12, 16, and 20 and loss of Y occur early in the evolution of papillary renal cell neoplasia: a fluorescent in situ hybridization study
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5120, USA
Mod Pathol 16:1053-9. 2003
..Progressive gains of these chromosomes do not appear to correlate with the transition from adenoma to carcinoma...
- Acquired cystic disease-associated renal tumors: an immunohistochemical and fluorescence in situ hybridization study
Paolo Cossu-Rocca
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Mod Pathol 19:780-7. 2006
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- Renal oncocytoma with and without intravascular extension into the branches of renal vein have the same morphological, immunohistochemical, and genetic features
Ondrej Hes
Department of Pathology, Charles University Hospital Plzen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Virchows Arch 452:193-200. 2008
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- Metanephric adenoma lacks the gains of chromosomes 7 and 17 and loss of Y that are typical of papillary renal cell carcinoma and papillary adenoma
Matteo Brunelli
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5120, USA
Mod Pathol 16:1060-3. 2003
..Genetic analysis of chromosomes 7, 17, and Y may facilitate discrimination of metanephric adenoma from papillary renal cell carcinoma in difficult cases...
- Renal disease in adults with TSC2/PKD1 contiguous gene syndrome
Guido Martignoni
Dipartimento di Patologia-Sezione Anatomia Patologica, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Universita' di Verona, Via delle Menegone, 10 Verona, 37134 Italy
Am J Surg Pathol 26:198-205. 2002
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- Grading systems in renal cell carcinoma
Giacomo Novara
Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
J Urol 177:430-6. 2007
..We reviewed updated literature data concerning several issues of renal cell carcinoma grading systems...
- Primary lymphoma of the kidney. Report of a case and update of the literature
Antonio Benito Porcaro
Divisione Clinicizzata di Urologia, Ospedale Policlinico G. Rossi, Verona, Italia
Arch Ital Urol Androl 74:44-7. 2002
..Survival is extremely poor since 75% of patients die less than 1 year after operation. Prognosis may be improved by early detection of disease and by performing systemic chemotherapy...
- Vimentin reactivity in renal oncocytoma: immunohistochemical study of 234 cases
Ondrej Hes
Department of Pathology, Charles University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Arch Pathol Lab Med 131:1782-8. 2007
..Using different staining and analysis methods, we studied vimentin immunoreactivity in a large series of renal oncocytomas with a special emphasis on the immunoreactivity patterns...
- TNM staging system for renal-cell carcinoma: current status and future perspectives
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Lancet Oncol 8:554-8. 2007
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- Splitting and lumping adult renal epithelial tumours: is that what the urologists want?
Rodolfo Montironi
Eur Urol 53:673-5; discussion 676-80. 2008
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of chromosome 12p in paraffin-embedded tissue is useful for establishing germ cell origin of metastatic tumors
Kevin M Kernek
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Mod Pathol 17:1309-13. 2004
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- Editorial comment on: core biopsies of renal tumors: a study on diagnostic accuracy, interobserver, and intraobserver variability
Vincenzo Ficarra
Eur Urol 53:1226-7. 2008
- Expression of aromatase and estrogen receptors in human adrenocortical tumors
Luisa Barzon
Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Via A Gabelli 63, 35121, Padova, Italy
Virchows Arch 452:181-91. 2008
..This study opens new perspectives on the potential use of antiestrogens and aromatase inhibitors as therapeutic agents against ACC...
- Independent predictors of cancer-specific survival in transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: multi-institutional dataset from 3 European centers
Giacomo Novara
Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Cancer 110:1715-22. 2007
..The objective of the current study was to identify variables that were predictive of cancer-specific survival in patients with nonmetastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UUT-TCC)...
- Mathematical models for prognostic prediction in patients with renal cell carcinoma
Antonio Galfano
Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Urol Int 80:113-23. 2008
..The objectives of this study are to catalogue all models developed to predict survival of RCC patients and to identify the ones to be used in different situations...
- Schwannoma of the kidney
Stefano Gobbo
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Mod Pathol 21:779-83. 2008
..In conclusion, renal schwannoma is rare, usually arises centrally, impinging on the hilum or the pelvis, and is cured by resection. Sarcomatoid carcinoma and other spindle cell tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis...
- Risk stratification and prognostication of renal cell carcinoma
Vincenzo Ficarra
Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Monoblocco Ospedaliero IV Floor, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
World J Urol 26:115-25. 2008
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- Fuhrman grading is not appropriate for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Brett Delahunt
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand
Am J Surg Pathol 31:957-60. 2007
..It is concluded that neither Fuhrman grading, nor any of the components of the Fuhrman grading system, is useful as prognostic indicators for this tumor type...
