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Microcystic adenocarcinoma of the prostate-pseudobenign carcinomas by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Tue 13 Apr 2010 1:43pm Reference : Microcystic Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: A Variant of Pseudohyperplastic and Atrophic Patterns : Yaskiv, Oksana et al. The American Journal of Surgical... acini in a nodule I don't, at least not at this power, and yet this is an example of "microcystic" adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Higher power will show clear-cut cytologic Read on »
Microcystic adenocarcinoma of the prostate-pseudobenign carcinomas by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Sun 13 Apr 0010 12:00am Reference : Microcystic Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: A Variant of Pseudohyperplastic and Atrophic Patterns : Yaskiv, Oksana et al. The American Journal... not at this power, and yet this is an example of "microcystic" adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Higher power will show clear-cut cytologic features of malignancy. If this doesn't concern you Read on »
Uncommon Lung Adenocarcinoma Variants: a mini-review by Mark Pool, MD Posted Tue 24 Aug 2010 9:13pm There are five common types of adenocarcinoma (actually I would say four since "mixed" doesn't seem to me a specific 'type") recognized in the WHO classification of lung cancer.  But this classification also includes five rare but distinctive variants: fetal adenocarcinoma, mucin-producing adencarcinomas (mucinous "colloid" adenocarcinoma, mucinous Read on »
Cancer of the Esophagus (Esophageal Adenocarcinoma) by Dr. Kurt Barrett Doctor of Osteopathy Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 5:37pm Former Texas governor Ann Richards recently died of esophageal cancer (she had squamous cell type). Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) is: -The most RAPIDLY growing incidence... in recent years. -Esophageal adenocarcinoma is PRECEEDED by a change of the cell layer lining the inside surface (transformation of the epithelium) of the esophagus Read on »
Paget's disease of the vulva in a patient with scleroderma and underlying adenocarcinoma: case report. by Jan Posted Mon 21 Dec 2009 12:00am of the vulva. The diagnosis of Paget's disease of the vulva (PVD) was established. The patient underwent radical vulvectomy, but 18 months later died due to adenocarcinoma of unknown Read on »
Breast Carcinoma vs. Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Mon 29 Dec 0010 12:00am with the problem of trying to determine whether a particular lung carcinoma represents metastatic breast carcinoma or a new primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This month, we will briefly... are wellknown for their ability to serve as markers of pulmonary origin. Only nuclear reactivity with TTF-1 should be assessed, and TTF-1 stains roughly 75% of pulmonary adenocarcinomas Read on »
Breast Carcinoma vs. Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Wed 29 Dec 2010 10:51pm with the problem of trying to determine whether a particular lung carcinoma represents metastatic breast carcinoma or a new primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This month, we will briefly... are wellknown for their ability to serve as markers of pulmonary origin. Only nuclear reactivity with TTF-1 should be assessed, and TTF-1 stains roughly 75% of pulmonary adenocarcinomas Read on »
Relapse-related molecular signature for lung adenocarcinoma by Mark Pool, MD Posted Wed 15 Jul 2009 12:00am I came across an intriguing study in J Clin Oncol (link to abstract) where a group from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have developed a genetic signature to identify patients with lung adenocarcinoma with a high probability of relapse.  They analyzed whole-genome expression profiles in 117 lung adenocarcinoma Read on »
Digital Case Challenge: Adenocarcinoma with Non-mucinous Bronchioloalveolar Features by Mark Pool, MD Posted Tue 05 Oct 2010 7:58am and persistent infiltrate.  Bronchoscopy revealed a mass-like lesion but cytologic studies were negative.  He underwent CT-guided biopsy of the infiltrate which showed adenocarcinoma.  He... identified in any of the three gross areas of consolidation; however, given that none of these areas were submitted in their entirety, the most prudent diagnosis is adenocarcinoma Read on »
Methods of Determining the Prognosis of an Adenocarcinoma by nih.gov Posted Tue 30 Sep 2008 5:00pm Description of Invention: Available for licensing and commercial development is a novel method for determining the prognosis of a subject with adenocarcinoma in an organ, such as the lung, and to aid in the selection of a specific therapeutic regimen. Lung adenocarcinoma (AC) is the predominant histological subtype of lung cancer, which Read on »