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Liquid-based cytology for cervical cancer screeningJoel S Bentz
University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Anatomic Pathology A557, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 5:857-71. 2005..Finally, SurePath slides can be placed on an automated cervical cytology screening device (FocalPoint), thus providing improved disease detection and enhanced laboratory productivity...
B-RAF V600E mutational analysis of fine needle aspirates correlates with diagnosis of thyroid nodulesBrandon G Bentz
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140:709-14. 2009..Fine needle aspiration (FNA) represents the most useful initial diagnostic tool of thyroid nodules. Molecular analysis of the mutation status of B-RAF in thyroid nodule FNAs may provide guidance for treatment planning...
Comparison of ThinPrep UroCyte and cytospin slide preparations for gastrointestinal specimens: evaluation and retrospective performance reviewG Denice Smith
ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 38:902-12. 2010..This is the first reported use of UroCyte filters for preparation of GI specimens...
A phase II study of erlotinib as initial treatment for patients with stage IIIB-IV non-small cell lung cancerWallace Akerley
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
J Thorac Oncol 4:214-9. 2009..The current trial was designed to evaluate erlotinib as a primary therapy before chemotherapy in patients with minimally restricted eligibility criteria...
Allele-Specific PCR with Competitive Probe Blocking for Sensitive and Specific Detection of BRAF V600E in Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration SpecimensG Denice Smith
ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Inc, and Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Acta Cytol 55:576-83. 2011..We report increased detection of BRAF V600E in FNA specimens using allele-specific/blocking probe PCR, which has an analytical sensitivity of 0.01%...
Osteoclastic and pleomorphic giant cell tumors of the pancreas: A review of clinical, endoscopic, and pathologic featuresJill C Moore
Jill C Moore, Kristen Hilden, Douglas G Adler, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, United States
World J Gastrointest Endosc 2:15-9. 2010..This manuscript will review the endoscopic, clinical, and pathologic features of these tumors...
A simple method to determine the need for glacial acetic acid treatment of bloody ThinPrep Pap tests before slide processingLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 31:321-5. 2004..This "preprocessing" was found to reduce the costs associated with reprocessing by 48%, while maintaining high preparation quality by improved sample adequacy...
Prevalence and typing of HPV DNA by hybrid capture II in women with ASCUS, ASC-H, LSIL, and AGC on ThinPrep Pap testsLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 30:426-32. 2004..6% of the study samples, including ASCUS-NOS 40.2% ASCUS-L 71.4%, ASC-H 37.5%, LSIL 88.6%, and AGC-NOS 0%. We conclude that reflex HPV DNA testing appears to not be useful for colposcopy triage for cytologic diagnoses of LSIL or AGC-NOS...
"FISHing" to detect urinary and other cancers: validation of an imaging system to aid in interpretationG Denice Smith
Associated Regional and University Pathologists ARUP Laboratories Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Cancer Cytopathol 118:56-64. 2010....
Parathyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology in the evaluation of parathyroid adenoma: cytologic findings from 53 patientsArchana M Agarwal
Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 37:407-10. 2009..In conclusion, US-guided FNAC has its limitations because of low sensitivity in primary localization of the parathyroid adenoma in cases of primary hyperparathyroidism and is not a useful mode of investigation in cases of PA...
Integrating a FISH imaging system into the cytology laboratoryG Denice Smith
ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists ARUP Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Cytojournal 7:3. 2010..The imaging system has resulted in increased productivity for pathologists, concomitant with an expanded role of cytotechnologists in multiple critical steps, including FISH, scan setup, reclassification, and initial interpretation...
Osteoclastic and pleomorphic giant cell tumors of the pancreas diagnosed via EUS-guided FNA: unique clinical, endoscopic, and pathologic findings in a series of 5 patientsJill C Moore
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 69:162-6. 2009..We report on our experience with a series of 5 patients with pancreatic giant cell tumors seen at our institution...
Summary of the 2006 College of American Pathologists Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing ProgramJoel S Bentz
Department of Pathology, Huntsman Cancer Hospital at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 1950 Circle of Hope Dr, Suite 3860, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 5500, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 132:788-94. 2008..The College of American Pathologists Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing Program (PAPPT) was approved to enroll participants in a nationwide PT program in 2006...
Detection of BRAF V600E activating mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma using PCR with allele-specific fluorescent probe melting curve analysisLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Clin Pathol 60:1211-5. 2007..A single hotspot mutation at nucleotide 1799 of the BRAF gene has been identified as the most common genetic event in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), with a prevalence of 29-83%...
Tumor cell nuclei extraction from paraffin-embedded lymphoid tissue for fluorescence in situ hybridizationLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 14:220-4. 2006..This approach may be particularly useful when the amount of diagnostic tissue is limited...
One hundred percent thorough quality control rescreening of liquid-based monolayers in cervicovaginal cytopathologyLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, LLC, Associated Regional and University Pathologists Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Cancer 96:325-9. 2002..The screening error rate determined by 100% thorough QC rescreening of TP is comparable to that reported for CP QC rescreening...
Rapid detection of the t(11;14) translocation in mantle cell lymphoma by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization on archival cytopathologic materialJoel S Bentz
Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
Cancer 102:124-31. 2004..The authors evaluated the utility of interphase FISH for the rapid detection of t(11;14) in archival cytologic material...
Accuracy of a slide profiler for endocervical cell detection in no-further-review conventional Pap smearsLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, LLC, Associated Regional and University Pathologists Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Acta Cytol 47:602-4. 2003..CONCLUSION: The reliability of a negative FocalPoint determination for endocervical cells is limited. Manual screening of NFR slides designated by the instrument as lacking endocervical cells appears to be necessary...
PREPmate automated processor: comparison of automated and manual methods of liquid-based gynecologic sample preparationLeslie R Rowe
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Associated Regional and University Pathologists Laboratories, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 27:312-5. 2002..3% more squamous cells. Exact diagnostic reproducibility between preparation types was 83.3%; when considering negative vs. abnormal (ASCUS+), in adequate samples, reproducibility was 100%...
A stiff bristled, spiral-shaped ectocervical brush: a device for transepithelial tissue biopsyBradley J Monk
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:1276-84. 2002..User training and guidelines for sampling are needed to assure that an adequate sample is collected...
The unsatisfactory ThinPrep Pap Test: missed opportunity for disease detection?Joel S Bentz
Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 117:457-63. 2002..The present study confirms that reprocessing of unsatisfactory ThinPrep slides is a beneficial laboratory procedure...
