2023
Grading system for medullary thyroid carcinoma; an institutional experience
Podany P, Meiklejohn K, Garritano J, Holt E, Barbieri A, Prasad M, Gilani S. Grading system for medullary thyroid carcinoma; an institutional experience. Annals Of Diagnostic Pathology 2023, 64: 152112. PMID: 36736129, DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2023.152112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedullary thyroid carcinomaTwo-tier grading systemDistant metastasisNuclear pleomorphismGrading systemNodal diseaseOverall survivalVascular invasionMTC casesThyroid carcinomaMedullary thyroid carcinoma casesMultivariate Cox regressionThyroid carcinoma casesCohort of casesRisk stratificationCox regressionTumor gradePathology reportsCarcinoma casesInstitutional experienceThyroid malignancyTumor fibrosisHG groupProminent nucleoliRare type
2017
Two Cases of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and a Review of the Current Literature
DeLuzio M, Barbieri A, Israel G, Emre S. Two Cases of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and a Review of the Current Literature. Annals Of Hepatology 2017, 16: 621-629. PMID: 28611270, DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.0313.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Comparison of PCR-based detection of chromogranin A mRNA with traditional histological lymph node staging of small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasia
Lawrence B, Kenney B, Svejda B, Schimmack S, Alaimo D, Barbieri A, Jedrych J, Kidd M, Modlin I. Comparison of PCR-based detection of chromogranin A mRNA with traditional histological lymph node staging of small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasia. BMC Research Notes 2012, 5: 318. PMID: 22720672, PMCID: PMC3441285, DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineChromogranin AFeasibility StudiesHumansImmunohistochemistryIntestinal NeoplasmsIntestine, SmallLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisNeoplasm MicrometastasisNeoplasm StagingObserver VariationParaffin EmbeddingPredictive Value of TestsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsRNA, MessengerTissue FixationConceptsLymph nodesCgA mRNALymph node metastasis detectionBenign gastrointestinal diseaseNon-neuroendocrine cancersSmall intestinal NENsDetection of chromograninGreater staging accuracyNode positivityGastrointestinal cancerNeuroendocrine differentiationHistological evidenceGastrointestinal diseasesImmunohistochemical stainingHistological examinationHistological lymphPathological analysisNeuroendocrine neoplasiaTherapeutic strategiesNormal epitheliumStaging accuracyTherapeutic interventionsMetastasis detectionTumor samplesAccurate therapeutic interventions