OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Homage to Georgios Papanikolaou: A pilgrimage to his birthplace	54
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology	43
Detection of effusion tumor cells under different storage and processing conditions	37
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HPV persistence after cervical surgical excision of high‐grade cervical lesions	27
Researchers confront a rising tide of cancer misinformation	26
Retrospective analysis of HPV infection: Cotesting and HPV genotyping in cervical cancer screening within a large academic health care system	24
Spindle cell lesions in cytology: Risks of malignancy and application of the upcoming World Health Organization Reporting System for Soft Tissue Cytopathology	24
The negative outlook: Long‐term follow up of ThyroSeq negative and low‐risk nodules	20
Beyond the microscope: Solving pathology challenges in low and middle income countries requires a multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach	19
Validation of on‐slide immunocytochemistry controls prepared from long‐term preserved prefixed cell suspensions	18
Quantifying the hidden impact of COVID‐19 pandemic: The cytology perspective	17
“Other” high‐risk HPV: Challenges in anal cancer screening	17
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Impact of race, ethnicity, and human immunodeficiency virus status on anal high‐risk HPV subtypes: Preliminary insights from a diverse urban population	15
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Cytology‐Radiology Correlation Series: Pancreatic cytopathology	15
Editorial in response to Thangaiah et al.	15
Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology	15
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Thyroid nodules and cancer: The search for certainty	14
Deep targeted sequencing of cytological tumor cells using whole genome amplification	14
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Scrape versus imprint cytology in sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant therapy: Does combination add value?	14
Cytologic, histologic, and clinical correlation of minor mutations in pancreatic cysts	14
Malignant effusions secondary to metastatic thyroid carcinomas: A review of 15 cases	13
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Interventional cytology benefits patients undergoing thyroid FNA	13
Generalists and specialists: Two sides of the same coin for cancer care?	13
Retrieving new clues about a dog breed’s “insane” cancer risk	13
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 cytopathologist	12
The birth, life, and death of a cytopathology board examination question	12
Cytology of cystic lesions of the pancreas: Practical insights, pearls, and pitfalls	12
Assessment of the efficiency and accuracy of an artificial intelligence assistive system in the diagnosis of Pap cervical atypical glandular cell cytology	12
Digital Examination of LYmph node CYtopathology Using the Sydney system (DELYCYUS): An international, multi‐institutional study	12
High accuracy in detecting HER2‐low status in FNA of primary and metastatic breast cancer	12
Utilization of Oil Red O staining for assessing aspiration risk in lung transplant patients: A multidisciplinary prospective study with clinical practice insights	12
Parsing the thyroid cytopathology suspicious for malignancy diagnosis through molecular‐derived risk of malignancy and other related parameters: Insights into nodule characteristics and practice patte	11
Spotlight: Rising Stars in Cytology	11
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Introducing Cancer Cytopathology Practice Essentials: A new series of practical and up‐to‐date reviews	11
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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 cy	10
The discordant biomarker dilemma: What are the diagnostic implications of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas with discrepant p16 and HPV results?	10
Neutrophil‐calibrated atypical squamous cells in ThinPrep urine cytology for detecting squamous differentiation in urothelial carcinoma	10
Pulmonary cytology: Pearls and pitfalls of non‐neoplastic mimics of lung cancer	10
Beyond the adult standard: Tailoring the WHO Reporting System for Lymph Node Cytopathology to pediatric diagnostics and management	9
DICER1 mutations in Bethesda category II, III, and IV thyroid nodules: A mutually exclusive relationship with BRAF^V600E mutation	9
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Patient‐facing communication for cytopathologists: A framework for disclosing diagnostic error	8
Comparison of conventional and novel rotational FNA needles using conventional microscopy and image analysis to quantitatively assess yield	8
p53 expression in cytology samples may represent a marker of early‐stage cancer	8
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 cases	8
Calibration of the Becton Dickinson FocalPoint GS slide profiler is essential for optimal performance: Avoiding the algorithm supersaturation cascade effect pitfall	8
Artificial intelligence and medicine: Mounting risks amid the promise	8
Assessment of stained direct cytology smears of breast cancer for whole transcriptome and targeted messenger RNA sequencing	8
Application of CytoMatrix for the diagnosis of melanoma metastases on FNA cytology samples: Performance of a novel cell block method	8
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Cytohistologic immunohistochemical correlation of epithelial tubo‐ovarian neoplasms: Can cell blocks substitute for tissue?	8
Utility of ACR TI‐RADS to determine need for repeat FNA in thyroid nodules with nondiagnostic cytology	8
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Extended HPV genotyping and dual stain for the triage of primary HPV screen‐positive cases: Practical guidance for the cytopathology laboratory	7
The hidden costs of clinical trials	7
A simplified molecular method to detect high‐risk HPV using the Aptima HPV assay on head and neck FNA smears	7
Genotype profile of HPV in ASC‐H cytology and histologic follow‐up—prevalence, distribution, and risk: A retrospective study of 1414 cases	7
Risk of malignancy in renal biopsy: A review	7
The “preexisting condition” invention in American health care: The persistence of a potential insurance nightmare	7
Crystals and crystalloids in cytopathology: Incidence and importance	7

Rapid On‐site Evaluation Practice Variability Appraisal (ROSE PETAL) survey	7
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Revisiting the cytologic features of autoimmune pancreatitis: An institutional experience	7
Thyroid nodules with DICER1 mutation or PTEN alteration: A comparative cytologic, clinical, and molecular study of 117 FNA cases	7
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The diagnostic challenges of medullary thyroid carcinoma: A practical guide for cytopathologists	6
Prioritizing parotid gland surgery: A call for the implementation of the MSRSGC classification	6
Comprehensive epithelial biomarker analysis of malignant mesothelioma: EpCAM positivity is a potential diagnostic pitfall	6
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Cytologic risk stratification of medullary thyroid carcinoma: Does it make the grade?	6
Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of anal cytology	6
The digital expression profile of BMP7, CDKN2C, HIST1H3G, and PKMYT1 genes improves high‐grade cervical lesion detection in liquid‐based cytology	6
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FNA biopsy of breast specimens effectively harvests cells for patient‐derived organoids modeling ductal carcinoma in situ	6
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A growing brain drain: US policies are spurring medical researchers to pursue other options	5
Ultrarapid BRAF mutation detection on supernatant cell‐free DNA obtained by FNA: An accurate and expedient method for BRAF	5
Prediction of lymphocyte‐predominant breast cancer using microRNA expression in cytology specimens	5
Cytologic diagnosis of fumarate hydratase‐deficient renal cell carcinoma: A single‐institutional experience	5
Utility of high‐risk HPV RNA chromogenic in situ hybridization in cytology smears and liquid‐based preparations from metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	5
Thyroid FNA cytology: Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and vaccination in a Brazilian series	5
Implementation of The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology improves diagnostic accuracy of selective upper urinary tract cytology	5
Examining longitudinal markers of bladder cancer recurrence through a semiautonomous machine learning system for quantifying specimen atypia from urine cytology	5
Follicular neoplasms with nuclear atypia versus other types of atypia: Should follicular neoplasms be stratified according to the presence of nuclear atypia?	5
Atypia of undetermined significance and ThyroSeq v3–positive call rates as quality control metrics for cytology laboratory performance	5
The new endocrine WHO classification: What does this mean for thyroid cytology?	5
A pilot study: Comparison of TRPS1 and GATA3 immunoperoxidase staining using cytologic smears in entities reportedly positive for GATA3	5
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Spotlight: Rising stars in cytology	5
Dual immunocytochemical staining of annexin A10 and p53 in low‐grade and papillary urothelial carcinoma contributes to improvement of diagnostic accuracy in urine cytology	5
Artificial intelligence–assisted urine cytology based on the Paris System for Reporting Urothelial Carcinoma	5
Repurposed drugs may lend a new hand as add‐ons to existing cancer treatments	5
Cytomorphologic and molecular characterization of spindle cell carcinoid tumors of the lung	5
The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review	5
Artificial intelligence in nongynecologic cytology: A systematic review of current research and commercial tools	4
Molecular profiling of thyroid nodules on cytologic samples: Findings from an Italian multi‐institutional cohort	4
Emerging role of blood‐based biomarker testing in HPV‐mediated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	4
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The role of cytology in densely populated territories: An experience from Hong Kong	4
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 FN	4
Correction to “The fascinating history of papillary thyroid carcinoma nuclei: revelation of two nuclear morphologies—“Classical papillary” and “papillary‐like”, with different pathobiologic characteri	4
Use of nongynecologic cytologic–histologic correlation to identify patterns of error: An institutional experience	4
The rise of biopolitics as a growing force in medicine	4
Bridging the gap to the next generation of learners and column leadership	4
New chances and challenges for preventing HPV‐associated throat cancer	4
The power and pitfalls of using social media to study rare cancers	4
Disappearing act: The US retreat on research funding is dimming the future of international cancer research	4
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Writing our way through academia: Our journey as young faculty and book authors	4
Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of non–small cell lung cancer with pericardial effusions	4
Diagnostic challenges in urinary cytology: Practical insights from The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology	4
How an epidemic of untreated malnutrition is worsening cancer	4
Diagnostic implication of extracellular mucin in pancreatic/biliary brushing and stent cytology	4
Diagnostic utility of p53, SMAD4, and the novel biomarker PON2 in FNA of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	4
Fluorescence in situ hybridization for ETV6 gene rearrangements on destained cytological smears: Role in diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland	4
Current role of cytopathology in the molecular and computational era: The perspective of young pathologists	4
Interobserver agreement and risk of malignancy using the International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for reporting breast FNA biopsy in a liquid‐based exclusive cohort	4
Evaluating the role of metaplasia in the cytologic diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma: A multi‐institutional study of 253 cases	4
What quality‑assurance metrics best assess the diagnostic performance of pathologists in thyroid fine‑needle aspiration cytology?	4