Cancer Cytopathology

Papers
(The TQCC of Cancer Cytopathology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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Retrospective analysis of HPV infection: Cotesting and HPV genotyping in cervical cancer screening within a large academic health care system30
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The negative outlook: Long‐term follow up of ThyroSeq negative and low‐risk nodules25
Detection of effusion tumor cells under different storage and processing conditions24
Homage to Georgios Papanikolaou: A pilgrimage to his birthplace24
HPV persistence after cervical surgical excision of high‐grade cervical lesions23
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Editorial in response to Thangaiah et al.21
“Other” high‐risk HPV: Challenges in anal cancer screening20
Cytology‐Radiology Correlation Series: Pancreatic cytopathology20
Impact of race, ethnicity, and human immunodeficiency virus status on anal high‐risk HPV subtypes: Preliminary insights from a diverse urban population20
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology20
Quantifying the hidden impact of COVID‐19 pandemic: The cytology perspective19
The clinical utility of extended high‐risk HPV genotyping in risk‐stratifying women with L‐SIL cytology: A retrospective study of 8726 cases18
Error rates in cytology clinical history are correlated with the number of “clicks“ needed to obtain it18
Generalists and specialists: Two sides of the same coin for cancer care?18
Thyroid nodules and cancer: The search for certainty17
Evaluation of programmed death ligand 1 immunohistochemistry in cytology specimens of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma17
Retrieving new clues about a dog breed’s “insane” cancer risk17
Impact of bacillus Calmette‐Guerin intravesical therapy on the diagnostic efficacy of The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology in patients with high‐grade bladder cancer17
Digital Examination of LYmph node CYtopathology Using the Sydney system (DELYCYUS): An international, multi‐institutional study16
Utilization of Oil Red O staining for assessing aspiration risk in lung transplant patients: A multidisciplinary prospective study with clinical practice insights16
Deep targeted sequencing of cytological tumor cells using whole genome amplification16
Malignant effusions secondary to metastatic thyroid carcinomas: A review of 15 cases15
Interventional cytology benefits patients undergoing thyroid FNA15
Evaluating local thyroid cytopathology practices by molecular quality metrics: A multi‐institutional study on 4651 FNAs with a focus on the role of the interventional cytopathologist15
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Cytopathology of acinic cell carcinoma: A study of 50 cases, including 9 with high‐grade transformation14
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Cytologic, histologic, and clinical correlation of minor mutations in pancreatic cysts13
Cytology of cystic lesions of the pancreas: Practical insights, pearls, and pitfalls12
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Spotlight: Rising Stars in Cytology12
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Nuclear membrane irregularity in high‐grade urothelial carcinoma cells can be measured by using circularity and solidity as morphometric shape definitions in digital image analysis of urinary tract cy11
Introducing Cancer Cytopathology Practice Essentials: A new series of practical and up‐to‐date reviews11
A frameshift error affecting multiple cytology cell blocks: Lessons from a near‐miss event11
The role of cytokeratin 7/20 coordination revisited—Machine learning identifies improved interpretative algorithms for cell block immunohistochemistry in aspirates of metastatic carcinoma11
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Subtype of atypia on cytology and risk of malignancy in pediatric thyroid nodules11
The discordant biomarker dilemma: What are the diagnostic implications of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas with discrepant p16 and HPV results?11
A growing link between antibiotics and colon cancer11
Parsing the thyroid cytopathology suspicious for malignancy diagnosis through molecular‐derived risk of malignancy and other related parameters: Insights into nodule characteristics and practice patte11
Tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast FNA biopsy cytology: A predictor of tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes in histologic evaluation11
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International collaboration: Support for the Milan System from Japan10
Artificial intelligence and medicine: Mounting risks amid the promise10
Patient‐facing communication for cytopathologists: A framework for disclosing diagnostic error10
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Unraveling Hürthle cell lesions of the thyroid using molecular findings10
Cytohistologic immunohistochemical correlation of epithelial tubo‐ovarian neoplasms: Can cell blocks substitute for tissue?9
Application of CytoMatrix for the diagnosis of melanoma metastases on FNA cytology samples: Performance of a novel cell block method9
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Correlation of immediate prevalence of cervical precancers and cancers with HPV genotype and age in women with atypical glandular cells cytology: A retrospective analysis of 369 cases9
Assessment of stained direct cytology smears of breast cancer for whole transcriptome and targeted messenger RNA sequencing9
Comparison of conventional and novel rotational FNA needles using conventional microscopy and image analysis to quantitatively assess yield9
Calibration of the Becton Dickinson FocalPoint GS slide profiler is essential for optimal performance: Avoiding the algorithm supersaturation cascade effect pitfall9
p53 expression in cytology samples may represent a marker of early‐stage cancer9
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Cytologic risk stratification of medullary thyroid carcinoma: Does it make the grade?8
Cytomorphologic and molecular characterization of spindle cell carcinoid tumors of the lung8
The diagnostic challenges of medullary thyroid carcinoma: A practical guide for cytopathologists8
Rapid On‐site Evaluation Practice Variability Appraisal (ROSE PETAL) survey8
Atypia of undetermined significance in thyroid cytology: Nuclear atypia and architectural atypia are associated with different molecular alterations and risks of malignancy8
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A simplified molecular method to detect high‐risk HPV using the Aptima HPV assay on head and neck FNA smears8
Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of anal cytology8
Cytologic diagnosis of fumarate hydratase‐deficient renal cell carcinoma: A single‐institutional experience8
Improving the Pap test with artificial intelligence7
Utility of high‐risk HPV RNA chromogenic in situ hybridization in cytology smears and liquid‐based preparations from metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma7
Prioritizing parotid gland surgery: A call for the implementation of the MSRSGC classification7
Atypia of undetermined significance and ThyroSeq v3–positive call rates as quality control metrics for cytology laboratory performance7
Cytology should create structured data sets without using synoptic reporting7
The new endocrine WHO classification: What does this mean for thyroid cytology?7
Lymph node FNA cytology: Diagnostic performance and clinical implications of proposed diagnostic categories7
Comprehensive epithelial biomarker analysis of malignant mesothelioma: EpCAM positivity is a potential diagnostic pitfall7
The digital expression profile of BMP7, CDKN2C, HIST1H3G, and PKMYT1 genes improves high‐grade cervical lesion detection in liquid‐based cytology7
Cytologic diagnosis of metastatic melanoma by FNA: A practical review7
Follicular neoplasms with nuclear atypia versus other types of atypia: Should follicular neoplasms be stratified according to the presence of nuclear atypia?6
A pilot study: Comparison of TRPS1 and GATA3 immunoperoxidase staining using cytologic smears in entities reportedly positive for GATA36
The Milan System classification of Warthin tumor: A large institutional study of 124 cases highlighting cytologic features that limit definitive interpretation6
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Adequacy evaluation and use of pancreatic adenocarcinoma specimens for next‐generation sequencing acquired by endoscopic ultrasound–guided FNA and FNB6
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Repurposed drugs may lend a new hand as add‐ons to existing cancer treatments6
Dual immunocytochemical staining of annexin A10 and p53 in low‐grade and papillary urothelial carcinoma contributes to improvement of diagnostic accuracy in urine cytology6
The rise of biopolitics as a growing force in medicine6
Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of non–small cell lung cancer with pericardial effusions6
New momentum in exploring marijuana's medical benefits6
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Thyroid FNA cytology: Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and vaccination in a Brazilian series6
The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review6
How an epidemic of untreated malnutrition is worsening cancer6
Approach to Malignant Effusions in Metastatic Sarcoma6
Examining longitudinal markers of bladder cancer recurrence through a semiautonomous machine learning system for quantifying specimen atypia from urine cytology6
Use of nongynecologic cytologic–histologic correlation to identify patterns of error: An institutional experience5
Digital image analysis of high‐grade urothelial carcinoma in urine cytology confirms chromasia heterogeneity and reveals a subset with hypochromatic nuclei and another with extremely dark or “India in5
Writing our way through academia: Our journey as young faculty and book authors5
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Implementation of The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology improves diagnostic accuracy of selective upper urinary tract cytology5
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) integrates molecular testing into its framework for managing patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC): Update on the 2021 ATA ATC guidelines5
Detection accuracy of the Cobas HPV assay for high‐risk HPV in head and neck FNA biopsy specimens5
Current role of cytopathology in the molecular and computational era: The perspective of young pathologists5
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New chances and challenges for preventing HPV‐associated throat cancer5
Defining quality in thyroid FNA5
Significance of KRAS mutation testing in biliary brushing cytology specimens: A 10‐year retrospective review4
Bridging the gap to the next generation of learners and column leadership4
Tracking the twists and turns of a tumor's evolution4
Interobserver agreement and risk of malignancy using the International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for reporting breast FNA biopsy in a liquid‐based exclusive cohort4
Urinary IL‐6 and IL‐8 as predictive markers in bladder urothelial carcinoma: A pilot study4
The power and pitfalls of using social media to study rare cancers4
Emerging role of blood‐based biomarker testing in HPV‐mediated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma4
Nondiagnostic category of Milan System for Reporting Pediatric Salivary Gland Cytopathology: outcomes and root cause analysis4
Fluorescence in situ hybridization for ETV6 gene rearrangements on destained cytological smears: Role in diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland4
Risk of malignancy and overall survival associated with the diagnostic categories in the World Health Organization Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology4
A shifting ethical and legal landscape for sperm donation4
Limitations and opportunities for tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in breast FNA4
Apprenticeship and the art of making meaning in cytopathology4
Diagnostic implication of extracellular mucin in pancreatic/biliary brushing and stent cytology4
Risk of malignancy associated with diagnostic categories of the proposed World Health Organization International System for Reporting Pancreatobiliary Cytopathology4
A more expansive approach to obstructive sleep apnea4
The role of cytology in densely populated territories: An experience from Hong Kong4
Cutoff values of PD‐L1 expression in urinary cytology samples for predicting response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma4
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