2016
FNA biopsy of secondary nonlymphomatous malignancies in salivary glands: A multi‐institutional study of 184 cases
Wang H, Hoda R, Faquin W, Rossi E, Hotchandani N, Sun T, Pusztaszeri M, Bizzarro T, Bongiovanni M, Patel V, Jhala N, Fadda G, Gong Y. FNA biopsy of secondary nonlymphomatous malignancies in salivary glands: A multi‐institutional study of 184 cases. Cancer Cytopathology 2016, 125: 91-103. PMID: 28001329, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine-needle aspiration biopsySquamous cell carcinomaDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic challengeMetastatic squamous cell carcinomaDefinitive malignant diagnosisMean patient ageSalivary glandsCommon malignant neoplasmFalse-negative diagnosesPatient ageSecondary malignanciesMetastatic carcinomaCell carcinomaPathology databaseMalignant neoplasmsFNAB diagnosisFNAB casesMalignant diagnosisMetastatic chordomaAncillary studiesNasopharyngeal carcinomaAspiration biopsyAncillary testsOlder men
2014
Learning curve for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Experience of a community-based teaching hospital
WANG H, D’CRUZ C, YAM D, DILLA L, TSANG P. Learning curve for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Experience of a community-based teaching hospital. Molecular Medicine Reports 2014, 10: 2441-2446. PMID: 25189939, DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirationUltrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirationTransbronchial needle aspirationEBUS-TBNACell blocksTissue diagnosisNeedle aspirationHistological examinationTTF-1Community-based teaching hospitalAcid-fast bacilli stainMetastatic lung carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaThyroid transcription factor-1KRAS mutation analysisSubsequent tissue diagnosisSufficient diagnostic materialCell block preparationsLymph nodesMetastatic adenocarcinomaMediastinal lymphomaCell carcinomaNodal stagingLung cancerTranscription factor 1