Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Associated Cancers in the United States: 2004-2008 I recently blogged about this on The GYN Pathologist, and thought there would be some useful information for those interested in cytopathology. Enjoy! The Populist Cytologist! Overview The MMWR for April 20, 2012, provides a nice summary of HPV related cancers in the United States, [...]
Another Top Pick- BRAF Mutations and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma-Follicular Variant
May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Correlation between BRAF mutation and the clinicopathological parameters in papillary thyroid carcinoma with particular reference to follicular variant • Article Human Pathology, Volume 42, Issue 4, 1 April 2011, Pages 500-506 Smith, R.A.; Salajegheh, A.; Weinstein, S.; Nassiri, M.; Lam, A.K.y. This article is on the Top 25 list of downloaded articles from the Human Pathology journal. I [...]
TGIF…finally!!
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
TGIF… What a week!! I’m not sure how your week went, but TGIF…what a week! I had two cases of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix (on the same day!) in young women (less than 35) that sadly, were the result of an individual failure in having regular screening exams. So, it would appear that [...]
Virtual microscopy in cytotechnology education: Application of knowledge from virtual to glass
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Amber D Donnelly, Maheswari S Mukherjee, Elizabeth R Lyden, Stanley J Radio CytoJournal 2012 9(1):12-12 Background: Virtual microscopy (VM) is a technology in which the glass slides are converted into digital images. The main objective of this study is to determine if cellular morphology, learned through virtual microscopy, can be applied to glass slide screening. [...]
National Cytotechnology Day-May 13th
May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
May 13th is National Cytotechnology Day. This year, National Cytotechnology Day falls coincidentally on Mother’s Day, which I think is so appropriate as it is a reminder of how important a role cytotechnology and cytotechnologists have played for all mothers worldwide. And for that reason alone, I THANK YOU!! I am very thankful for the [...]
6 Thyroid FNA Topics For Your Review
May 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
In 2008, Baloch et.al. published a summation on the NCI Thyroid FNA “state of the science” conference. This article is nice to have for your desktop references on thyroid FNA. (Are you getting the theme here…yup…I have been reviewing and studying this topic…again, so, I am just sharing the “love”). The authors provide an “abridged [...]
Orell and Sterrett’s Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: Expert Consult: Online and Print, 5e (Expert Consult Title: Online + Print)
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is an excellent text suitable for every cytologist’s desk reference library. It provides topic summaries with bullet points for “criteria for diagnosis”, “problems and differential diagnosis”, as well as discussion on clinical management and molecular and IHC methods. More Cytology Products
Teenage cervical screening in a high risk American population
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Songlin Zhang, Jaiyeola Thomas, Joel Thibodeaux, Ami Bhalodia, Fleurette Abreo CytoJournal 2011 8(1):9-9 Background: The new 2009 ACOG guideline for cervical cytology screening changed the starting age to 21 years regardless of the age of onset of sexual intercourse. However, many recent studies have shown a dramatic increase in the incidence of cervical epithelial abnormalities [...]
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