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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Homage to Georgios Papanikolaou: A pilgrimage to his birthplace42
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology37
Detection of effusion tumor cells under different storage and processing conditions35
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Spindle cell lesions in cytology: Risks of malignancy and application of the upcoming World Health Organization Reporting System for Soft Tissue Cytopathology26
The negative outlook: Long‐term follow up of ThyroSeq negative and low‐risk nodules25
HPV persistence after cervical surgical excision of high‐grade cervical lesions23
Retrospective analysis of HPV infection: Cotesting and HPV genotyping in cervical cancer screening within a large academic health care system23
Researchers confront a rising tide of cancer misinformation18
“Other” high‐risk HPV: Challenges in anal cancer screening18
Editorial in response to Thangaiah et al.17
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Cytology‐Radiology Correlation Series: Pancreatic cytopathology16
Impact of race, ethnicity, and human immunodeficiency virus status on anal high‐risk HPV subtypes: Preliminary insights from a diverse urban population16
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology16
Quantifying the hidden impact of COVID‐19 pandemic: The cytology perspective15
Validation of on‐slide immunocytochemistry controls prepared from long‐term preserved prefixed cell suspensions15
Beyond the microscope: Solving pathology challenges in low and middle income countries requires a multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach15
Cytologic, histologic, and clinical correlation of minor mutations in pancreatic cysts14
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Retrieving new clues about a dog breed’s “insane” cancer risk14
Thyroid nodules and cancer: The search for certainty14
Deep targeted sequencing of cytological tumor cells using whole genome amplification14
Generalists and specialists: Two sides of the same coin for cancer care?14
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Utilization of Oil Red O staining for assessing aspiration risk in lung transplant patients: A multidisciplinary prospective study with clinical practice insights14
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Cytology of cystic lesions of the pancreas: Practical insights, pearls, and pitfalls13
Interventional cytology benefits patients undergoing thyroid FNA13
High accuracy in detecting HER2‐low status in FNA of primary and metastatic breast cancer13
Malignant effusions secondary to metastatic thyroid carcinomas: A review of 15 cases13
The birth, life, and death of a cytopathology board examination question12
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 cytopathologist12
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Assessment of the efficiency and accuracy of an artificial intelligence assistive system in the diagnosis of Pap cervical atypical glandular cell cytology12
Neutrophil‐calibrated atypical squamous cells in ThinPrep urine cytology for detecting squamous differentiation in urothelial carcinoma12
Spotlight: Rising Stars in Cytology12
Digital Examination of LYmph node CYtopathology Using the Sydney system (DELYCYUS): An international, multi‐institutional study12
Parsing the thyroid cytopathology suspicious for malignancy diagnosis through molecular‐derived risk of malignancy and other related parameters: Insights into nodule characteristics and practice patte12
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DICER1 mutations in Bethesda category II, III, and IV thyroid nodules: A mutually exclusive relationship with BRAFV600E mutation11
Pulmonary cytology: Pearls and pitfalls of non‐neoplastic mimics of lung cancer11
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The discordant biomarker dilemma: What are the diagnostic implications of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas with discrepant p16 and HPV results?11
Introducing Cancer Cytopathology Practice Essentials: A new series of practical and up‐to‐date reviews11
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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
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Beyond the adult standard: Tailoring the WHO Reporting System for Lymph Node Cytopathology to pediatric diagnostics and management10
Application of CytoMatrix for the diagnosis of melanoma metastases on FNA cytology samples: Performance of a novel cell block method10
Cytohistologic immunohistochemical correlation of epithelial tubo‐ovarian neoplasms: Can cell blocks substitute for tissue?10
Artificial intelligence and medicine: Mounting risks amid the promise9
Calibration of the Becton Dickinson FocalPoint GS slide profiler is essential for optimal performance: Avoiding the algorithm supersaturation cascade effect pitfall9
Patient‐facing communication for cytopathologists: A framework for disclosing diagnostic error9
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p53 expression in cytology samples may represent a marker of early‐stage cancer8
Risk of malignancy in renal biopsy: A review8
Assessment of stained direct cytology smears of breast cancer for whole transcriptome and targeted messenger RNA sequencing8
Comparison of conventional and novel rotational FNA needles using conventional microscopy and image analysis to quantitatively assess yield8
A growing link between antibiotics and colon cancer8
Extended HPV genotyping and dual stain for the triage of primary HPV screen‐positive cases: Practical guidance for the cytopathology laboratory8
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 cases8
Utility of ACR TI‐RADS to determine need for repeat FNA in thyroid nodules with nondiagnostic cytology8
The hidden costs of clinical trials8
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Cytologic risk stratification of medullary thyroid carcinoma: Does it make the grade?7
FNA biopsy of breast specimens effectively harvests cells for patient‐derived organoids modeling ductal carcinoma in situ7
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Genotype profile of HPV in ASC‐H cytology and histologic follow‐up—prevalence, distribution, and risk: A retrospective study of 1414 cases7
A simplified molecular method to detect high‐risk HPV using the Aptima HPV assay on head and neck FNA smears7
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Rapid On‐site Evaluation Practice Variability Appraisal (ROSE PETAL) survey7
The diagnostic challenges of medullary thyroid carcinoma: A practical guide for cytopathologists7
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Thyroid nodules with DICER1 mutation or PTEN alteration: A comparative cytologic, clinical, and molecular study of 117 FNA cases7
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Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of anal cytology7
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The “preexisting condition” invention in American health care: The persistence of a potential insurance nightmare7
Revisiting the cytologic features of autoimmune pancreatitis: An institutional experience7
Crystals and crystalloids in cytopathology: Incidence and importance7
Prioritizing parotid gland surgery: A call for the implementation of the MSRSGC classification6
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Cytomorphologic and molecular characterization of spindle cell carcinoid tumors of the lung6
The digital expression profile of BMP7, CDKN2C, HIST1H3G, and PKMYT1 genes improves high‐grade cervical lesion detection in liquid‐based cytology6
Comprehensive epithelial biomarker analysis of malignant mesothelioma: EpCAM positivity is a potential diagnostic pitfall6
Ultrarapid BRAF mutation detection on supernatant cell‐free DNA obtained by FNA: An accurate and expedient method for BRAF 6
Cytologic diagnosis of fumarate hydratase‐deficient renal cell carcinoma: A single‐institutional experience6
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology5
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The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review5
Diagnostic challenges in urinary cytology: Practical insights from The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology5
Dual immunocytochemical staining of annexin A10 and p53 in low‐grade and papillary urothelial carcinoma contributes to improvement of diagnostic accuracy in urine cytology5
A pilot study: Comparison of TRPS1 and GATA3 immunoperoxidase staining using cytologic smears in entities reportedly positive for GATA35
Follicular neoplasms with nuclear atypia versus other types of atypia: Should follicular neoplasms be stratified according to the presence of nuclear atypia?5
Examining longitudinal markers of bladder cancer recurrence through a semiautonomous machine learning system for quantifying specimen atypia from urine cytology5
Implementation of The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology improves diagnostic accuracy of selective upper urinary tract cytology5
The rise of biopolitics as a growing force in medicine5
A growing brain drain: US policies are spurring medical researchers to pursue other options5
What quality‑assurance metrics best assess the diagnostic performance of pathologists in thyroid fine‑needle aspiration cytology?5
Thyroid FNA cytology: Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and vaccination in a Brazilian series5
Repurposed drugs may lend a new hand as add‐ons to existing cancer treatments5
The Milan System classification of Warthin tumor: A large institutional study of 124 cases highlighting cytologic features that limit definitive interpretation5
The new endocrine WHO classification: What does this mean for thyroid cytology?5
Use of nongynecologic cytologic–histologic correlation to identify patterns of error: An institutional experience5
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Artificial intelligence in nongynecologic cytology: A systematic review of current research and commercial tools5
How an epidemic of untreated malnutrition is worsening cancer5
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Utility of high‐risk HPV RNA chromogenic in situ hybridization in cytology smears and liquid‐based preparations from metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma5
Atypia of undetermined significance and ThyroSeq v3–positive call rates as quality control metrics for cytology laboratory performance5
Current role of cytopathology in the molecular and computational era: The perspective of young pathologists4
New chances and challenges for preventing HPV‐associated throat cancer4
Bridging the gap to the next generation of learners and column leadership4
Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of non–small cell lung cancer with pericardial effusions4
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Risk of malignancy and overall survival associated with the diagnostic categories in the World Health Organization Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology4
Urinary IL‐6 and IL‐8 as predictive markers in bladder urothelial carcinoma: A pilot study4
Molecular profiling of thyroid nodules on cytologic samples: Findings from an Italian multi‐institutional cohort4
Emerging role of blood‐based biomarker testing in HPV‐mediated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma4
Writing our way through academia: Our journey as young faculty and book authors4
Fluorescence in situ hybridization for ETV6 gene rearrangements on destained cytological smears: Role in diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland4
Diagnostic utility of p53, SMAD4, and the novel biomarker PON2 in FNA of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma4
Cutoff values of PD‐L1 expression in urinary cytology samples for predicting response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma4
Comment on reevaluation of malignancy risk in nondiagnostic thyroid nodules with long‐term follow‐up via surgical resection or core needle biopsy thyroidology4
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Diagnostic implication of extracellular mucin in pancreatic/biliary brushing and stent cytology4
Practical implications of the World Health Organization Reporting System for Lymph Node, Spleen, and Thymus Cytopathology: Categories and ancillary testing for subtyping of hematolymphoid tumors on FN4
The role of cytology in densely populated territories: An experience from Hong Kong4
A shifting ethical and legal landscape for sperm donation4
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
The power and pitfalls of using social media to study rare cancers4
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