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using a commercially available assay for mutational assessment of 5 diagnostic microsatellite sequences; a pathology specimen is noted as MSI-H if at least 2 of 5 microsatellites harbor mutations. NGS or immunohistochemistry for MMR proteins may be also

transurethral resection (TUR) of the bladder tumor. After resection, the tumor base was cauterized and a mitomycin cocktail was left indwelling. Hematuria subsided with TUR. Based on pathology report, patient was started on neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a GC

. Risk of recurrence is determined by tumor size, location, mitotic rate, and tumor rupture. Prediction tools, such as the modified NIH method, 8 the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP; Miettinen criteria), 9 and the Memorial Sloan Kettering

Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, Association for Molecular Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology [published online ahead of print February 6, 2017] . J Clin Oncol , doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.71.9807 . 2

guidelines, at www.NCCN.org [ST-1]). 5 , 6 This revision differs from the 1997 edition of the AJCC staging by incorporating the increasing use of novel imaging and pathology techniques used at diagnosis (e.g., sentinel node biopsy and immunohistochemistry

C, and HIV. In LMCs, late-stage presentation and inaccessible diagnosis and treatment are common. Only 26% of LMCs have available pathology service, and fewer than one-third have treatment services available in the public sector. Other barriers to

subsequently underwent a dilation and curettage. Pathology results suggested leiomyosarcoma. A CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed a right uterine body peripherally enhancing partially calcified necrotic 5.8 × 5.0-cm mass, bilateral pulmonary

2013 ; 8 : 1558 – 1562 . 9. Taketa T Sudo K Correa AM . Post chemoradiation surgical pathology stage can customize the surveillance strategy in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma . J Natl Compr Canc Netw , in press . 10

(45 U/L). Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of a station 7 lymph node, and the pathology was read as poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) ( Figure 2 ). Immunostains were positive for p63 and negative

, we performed a Web-based survey among pathologists at the Institute of Pathology of the Charité Medical University Berlin. In the survey, we presented the clinical information of a 54-year-old female patient with abdominal pain and the cytological