Relationship Between Short‐Term Outcomes and PD‐L1 Expression Based on Combined Positive Score and Tumor Proportion Score in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers Treated W... by Akihiro Ohara, Taisuke Mori, Mai Itoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama, Shun Yamamoto, Ken Kato, Yoshitaka Honma

“…Methods R/M‐HNSCC patients receiving APA monotherapy from 2018 to 2021 with available samples were enrolled. An experienced pathologist evaluated CPS and TPS utilizing the PD‐L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay. …”
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Histomorphological Study of Rodenticide Poisoning: An Autopsy-based Crosssectional Study from a Tertiary Care Centre, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India by P Narmadha Priya, Jayalakshmy Pechimuthu, V Palaniappan, Teleflo Boopathy, Jeevanandham Anbazhagan, Jeevitha Muniraj

“…Autopsy specimens, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and brain, were preserved in formalin and subjected to gross and microscopic examination by a pathologist. Histopathological sections were stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin (H&E). …”
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Validation of the Polish version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale against flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initi... by Magdalena Milewska, Barbara Jamroz, Mariusz Panczyk, Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak, Tomasz Czernicki, Marta Dabrowska-Bender, Marcin Folwarski, Marcin Folwarski, Dorota Szostak-Wegierek

“…Inter-rater reliability between evaluations conducted by a dietitian (FOIS I) and a speech-language pathologist (FOIS II) demonstrated high consistency (tau = 0.995; p < 0.001). …”
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Protocol for a randomised phase 3 trial evaluating the role of Finasteride in Active Surveillance for men with low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: the FINESSE Study by Samuel Smith, Peter Sasieni, William Cross, Richard Bryant, Steven Kennish, James Catto, Rachel Hubbard, Simon Faulkner, Rohit Chahal, Mohantha Dooldeniya, Marcus Cumberbatch, Bernard North, Alastair D Lamb, Roseann Kealy, Selina Bhattrai

“…An external panel of experts blinded to allocation will review all AS cessation and progression events. Trial pathologist’s and radiologist’s, blinded to allocation, will review representative cases. …”
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Glioma Image-Level and Slide-Level Gene Predictor (GLISP) for Molecular Diagnosis and Predicting Genetic Events of Adult Diffuse Glioma by Minh-Khang Le, Masataka Kawai, Kenta Masui, Takashi Komori, Takakazu Kawamata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Ippei Tahara, Kazunari Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo

“…The accuracy in diagnosing IDH-mutant astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, and IDH-wild-type glioblastoma was 0.66, surpassing the human pathologist average of 0.62 (0.54–0.67). In conclusion, GLISP is a two-stage AI framework for histology-based prediction of genetic events in adult gliomas, which is helpful in providing essential information for WHO 2021 molecular diagnoses.…”
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High Ki67 expression, HER2 overexpression, and low progesterone receptor levels in high-grade DCIS: significant associations with clinical practice implications by Hossein Schandiz, Hossein Schandiz, Lorant Farkas, Lorant Farkas, Daehoon Park, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Solveig N. Andersen, Torill Sauer, Jürgen Geisler, Jürgen Geisler

“…Subtypes were classified, and the Ki67 interobserver diagnostic agreement between Counting Pathologist 1 (CP1) and CP2 was calculated using Cohen’s kappa coefficient at various cutoff values.ResultsThe Cohen’s kappa coefficient for interobserver agreement between CP1 and CP2 was κ = 0.586, indicating moderate agreement. …”
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Breast cancers with neuroendocrine differentiation: Retrospective case studies series from a single institution based on the 2019 WHO classification by Youngkyung Jeon, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck Im, Kyuehee Choi, Sun Young Jeong, Yeji Jung, Jaeyeon Jang, Dae-Ho Choi, Joohyun Hong, Hyo Jung Kim, Soo Youn Cho, Yeon Hee Park

“…Based on pathology slide findings, a pathologist reclassified the diagnoses. Clinical presentation, tumor characteristics, and clinical outcomes of breast ‘NENS’ were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Prognostic value of intraductal carcinoma subtypes and postoperative radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer by Fang Cao, Qing Li, Tianyu Xiong, Yingjie Zheng, Tian Zhang, Mulan Jin, Liming Song, Nianzeng Xing, Yinong Niu

“…Screening cases with pathological results of intraductal carcinoma, subtyping was completed by a pathologist, grouped by intraductal carcinoma (+/-; pattern 1/ 2) and treatment regimen (RP + PORT / RP only), Kaplan-Meier curves were plotted based on the time to biochemical recurrence-free and overall survival of the patients, and Cox regression analyses were performed. …”
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Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study by Marc Frenette, Tomasz Handler

“…From Appendix Table A.2, the female master’s graduates aged 25 to 34 in 2021 most highly concentrated in specific jobs were all from health and related fields: speech-language pathology/pathologist (audiologists and speech-language pathologists, 96.3%), audiology/audiologist (audiologists and speech-language pathologists, 95.2%), physical therapy/therapist (physiotherapists, 94.0%), occupational therapy/therapist (occupational therapists, 91.3%) and pharmacy (pharmacists, 90.5%). …”
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Case Reports: The core of practice-based evidence by Antonio Villa

“…In the NEJM, there is a section called ‘Clinical Problem Solving’ in which the case is presented by an experienced clinician, whereas in the section ‘Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital’ the case is shown and discussed with a pathologist. The Lancet, publishes case reports in the section ‘Clinical Picture’, in which case reports are described with a simple presentation. …”
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Deep learning based analysis of G3BP1 protein expression to predict the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. by Linshan Zhou, Mu Yang, Jiadi Luo, Hongjing Zang, Songqing Fan, Yuting Zhan

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Whole-slide images (WSIs) were meticulously collected and annotated by experienced pathologists. A model was intricately designed and rigorously tested to yield the quantitative data regarding staining intensity and extent. …”
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Post-transplant liver biopsies: a concise and practical approach for beginners by Mohamad Besher Ourfali, David Hirsch, Marianna Scranton, Tony El Jabbour

“…This article may be beneficial for residents interested in liver pathology, gastrointestinal and liver pathology fellows in the early stages of training, clinical gastroenterology and hepatology fellows, hepatologists and general pathologists who are curious about this niche.…”
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Obituary of Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Polák, DrSc. (1942-2024) by Ales Lebeda

“…With regret, we have to inform the community of plant pathologists, plant virologists, and plant protection scientists. …”
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Case report: Radiopaque mandibular lesions in three dogs by Senni Vesterinen, Hanna-Kaisa Sihvo, Niina Airas, Helena Kuntsi

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Metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma in prostate: A case report by Naru Shimizu, Bunya Kawamoto, Kuniyasu Muraoka

“…Because immunohistochemistry is also necessary, it is important to accurately share patient information with pathologists.…”
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Standardization Efforts of Digital Pathology in Europe by Marcial García Rojo, Christel Daniel, Thomas Schrader

“…Its main objectives are evaluating and validating the common technological framework and communication standards required to access, transmit, and manage digital medical records by pathologists and other medical specialties in a networked environment.…”
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Multi-institutional evaluation comparing guidance from International Ki67 Working Group vs National Health Commission of China on immunohistochemistry-based Ki67 assessment alongsi... by Yin Wang, Jiarui Zou, Qinghua Cao, Guihong Dai, Panhong Fan, Xue Gong, Jinyan Jiang, Yanqing Kong, Chao Liu, Chunhui Liu, Chenjia Lu, Meiren Li, Zhiqiang Lang, Yang Lin, Yan Peng, Haiyan Shi, Yuhuan Wang, Jiu Wang, Bichen Xie, Bing Yang, Guohua Yu, Cuiping Zhang, Hengming Zhang, Luting Zhou, Zilan Zhang, Zhenli Zhu, Junmei Hao

“…They were evaluated in this multi-institutional study alongside the results from the Quantitative Dot Blot (QDB) method.MethodsThree alternative adjacent sections from 40 primary ER+ breast cancer resection blocks were randomly assigned a number from 1 to 120 for Ki67 staining and reviewed by 21 pathologists, while the other three alternative sections were sent for QDB analysis of Ki67 protein levels. …”
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Problem of Foreign Body in GI Tract by Yahya Daneshbod, Abdolrasoul Talei, Shahrzad Negahban, Hossein Soleimanpour, Azita Aledavoud, Neda Bagheri, Mahsa Khanlari, Khosrow Daneshbod

“…This report emphasizes the importance of resemblance of foreign bodies with gastrointestinal neoplasm, and endoscopists, surgeons and pathologists should consider this entity in their daily practice.…”
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The Foot That Broke Both Hips: A Case Report and Literature Review of Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia by Sara Beygi, Alfred Denio, Tarun S. Sharma

“…Only discussed as case reports, there is still limited knowledge of this condition as a potentially curable cause of osteomalacia among clinicians and pathologists. In this article, we present a case of tumor-induced osteomalacia in a 59-year-old gentleman followed by an up-to-date review of the existing literature on TIO.…”
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Groping for Quantitative Digital 3-D Image Analysis: An Approach to Quantitative Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in Thick Tissue Sections of Prostate Carcinoma by Karsten Rodenacker, Michaela Aubele, Peter Hutzler, P. S. Umesh Adiga

“…A graphical user interface (GUI) to a software package for display, inspection, count and (semi‐)automatic analysis of 3‐D images for pathologists is outlined including the underlying methods of 3‐D image interaction and segmentation developed. …”
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