Dengfeng Cao

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Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Serial analysis of gene expression of lobular carcinoma in situ identifies down regulation of claudin 4 and overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase 9
    Dengfeng Cao
    Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 10:R91. 2008
  2. ncbi The Gleason score of tumor at the margin in radical prostatectomy is predictive of biochemical recurrence
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 34:994-1001. 2010
  3. ncbi RNA-binding protein LIN28 is a marker for primary extragonadal germ cell tumors: an immunohistochemical study of 131 cases
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Mod Pathol 24:288-96. 2011
  4. ncbi RNA-binding protein LIN28 is a marker for testicular germ cell tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8118, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Hum Pathol 42:710-8. 2011
  5. ncbi Ability of linear length of positive margin in radical prostatectomy specimens to predict biochemical recurrence
    Dengfeng Cao
    Division of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Urology 77:1409-14. 2011
  6. ncbi SALL4 is a novel diagnostic marker for testicular germ cell tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis, 660 S Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 33:1065-77. 2009
  7. ncbi SALL4 is a novel sensitive and specific marker for metastatic germ cell tumors, with particular utility in detection of metastatic yolk sac tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Cancer 115:2640-51. 2009
  8. ncbi SALL4 is a novel sensitive and specific marker of ovarian primitive germ cell tumors and is particularly useful in distinguishing yolk sac tumor from clear cell carcinoma
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 33:894-904. 2009
  9. ncbi Foamy gland adenocarcinoma of the prostate: incidence, Gleason grade, and early clinical outcome
    Jena Hudson
    Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Hum Pathol 43:974-9. 2012
  10. ncbi Presence of a sarcomatous component outside the ovary is an adverse prognostic factor for primary ovarian malignant mixed mesodermal/mullerian tumors: a clinicopathologic study of 47 cases
    Julie Kunkel
    Department of Pathology and Immunology Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 36:831-7. 2012

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Serial analysis of gene expression of lobular carcinoma in situ identifies down regulation of claudin 4 and overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase 9
    Dengfeng Cao
    Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 10:R91. 2008
    ..Global gene expression profiling of LCIS has not been performed...
  2. ncbi The Gleason score of tumor at the margin in radical prostatectomy is predictive of biochemical recurrence
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 34:994-1001. 2010
    ..Reporting the Gleason score of the tumor at the margin can improve predictive accuracy of biochemical recurrence. We advocate reporting the Gleason score of tumor at the margin in radical prostatectomy...
  3. ncbi RNA-binding protein LIN28 is a marker for primary extragonadal germ cell tumors: an immunohistochemical study of 131 cases
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Mod Pathol 24:288-96. 2011
    ..03) and was therefore more sensitive. For primary extragonadal yolk sac tumors, combining LIN28 and SALL4 can achieve a higher diagnostic sensitivity than either alone...
  4. ncbi RNA-binding protein LIN28 is a marker for testicular germ cell tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8118, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Hum Pathol 42:710-8. 2011
    ..The major advantage of LIN28 over OCT4 is in diagnosing yolk sac tumors (yolk sac tumors negative for OCT4)...
  5. ncbi Ability of linear length of positive margin in radical prostatectomy specimens to predict biochemical recurrence
    Dengfeng Cao
    Division of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Urology 77:1409-14. 2011
    ..To determine whether the linear length of a positive margin (LLPM) in radical prostatectomy specimens is associated with the risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR)...
  6. ncbi SALL4 is a novel diagnostic marker for testicular germ cell tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis, 660 S Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 33:1065-77. 2009
    ..Our findings indicate that SALL4 is a novel sensitive and relatively specific marker for testicular GCTs. SALL4 is a more sensitive marker than AFP and glypican-3 for YST...
  7. ncbi SALL4 is a novel sensitive and specific marker for metastatic germ cell tumors, with particular utility in detection of metastatic yolk sac tumors
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Cancer 115:2640-51. 2009
    ..In the current study, the authors investigated the utility of SALL4 as a potential diagnostic marker for metastatic germ cell tumors...
  8. ncbi SALL4 is a novel sensitive and specific marker of ovarian primitive germ cell tumors and is particularly useful in distinguishing yolk sac tumor from clear cell carcinoma
    Dengfeng Cao
    The Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 33:894-904. 2009
    ..Our findings indicate that SALL4 is a novel sensitive and specific marker for ovarian primitive GCTs. SALL4 is particularly useful in distinguishing YST from CCC and better than AFP, glypican-3, CK7, and EMA...
  9. ncbi Foamy gland adenocarcinoma of the prostate: incidence, Gleason grade, and early clinical outcome
    Jena Hudson
    Lauren V Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Hum Pathol 43:974-9. 2012
    ..This variant does not appear to harbor a different prognosis compared with usual acinar adenocarcinoma, but diagnostic recognition of foamy gland carcinoma is important because there is a Gleason grade 4 element in the majority of cases...
  10. ncbi Presence of a sarcomatous component outside the ovary is an adverse prognostic factor for primary ovarian malignant mixed mesodermal/mullerian tumors: a clinicopathologic study of 47 cases
    Julie Kunkel
    Department of Pathology and Immunology Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 36:831-7. 2012
    ..We advocate listing the specific extraovarian tumor component (SC and/or CC) in the pathology report for primary ovarian malignant mixed mesodermal tumors...
  11. ncbi Microcystic adenocarcinoma of the prostate: a variant of pseudohyperplastic and atrophic patterns
    Oksana Yaskiv
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 34:556-61. 2010
    ..Diagnostic awareness of this growth pattern of prostatic carcinoma is important to avoid underdiagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate...
  12. ncbi Mammaglobin expression in gynecologic adenocarcinomas
    Ian S Hagemann
    Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Hum Pathol 44:628-35. 2013
    ..In conclusion, a diagnostically significant proportion of gynecologic carcinomas are immunoreactive for MGB. Gynecologic primaries should be considered in the differential diagnosis of MGB-positive malignancies of unknown origin...
  13. ncbi Comparison of WHO Classifications (2004, 2010), the Hochwald Grading System, and AJCC and ENETS Staging Systems in Predicting Prognosis in Locoregional Well-differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
    Ta Chiang Liu
    Departments of Pathology and Immunology Surgery Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO Department of Pathology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research Ministry of Education, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
    Am J Surg Pathol 37:853-9. 2013
    ..Further predictive power can be achieved by combining the Hochwald grading system and Ki-67 PI...
  14. ncbi Ki-67 predicts disease recurrence and poor prognosis in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
    Nicholas A Hamilton
    Department of Surgery, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
    Surgery 152:107-13. 2012
    ..We sought to test the predictive ability of Ki-67 staining for disease recurrence and overall survival (OS) in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms...
  15. ncbi Comparison of 2004 and 1973 World Health Organization grading systems and their relationship to pathologic staging for predicting long-term prognosis in patients with urothelial carcinoma
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Urology 76:593-9. 2010
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  16. ncbi Prospective study of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging of muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma
    Adam S Kibel
    Division of Urologic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 4960 Children s Place, Box 8242, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
    J Clin Oncol 27:4314-20. 2009
    ..Herein, we report a prospective study of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for cT2-3N0M0 urothelial carcinoma of the bladder...
  17. ncbi Expression of p16 in benign and malignant cystic squamous lesions of the neck
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology, The Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63100, USA
    Hum Pathol 41:535-9. 2010
    ..This observation limits the role of p16 staining as a surrogate marker of human papillomavirus 16 infection and as a diagnostic tool in separating benign from malignant cystic squamous lesions of the neck...
  18. ncbi The superficial margin of the skin-sparing mastectomy for breast carcinoma: factors predicting involvement and efficacy of additional margin sampling
    Dengfeng Cao
    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 15:1330-40. 2008
    ..No study has systematically evaluated the significance of involvement of the superficial specimen margin in skin-sparing mastectomies (SSMs)...