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Laboratory Medicine

Submissions from 2013 2013

Thrombocytosis is associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and positive acid-fast stains in granulomas, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

The addition of RPMI significantly improves the cellularity of cerebrospinal fluid cytology specimens over time, Scott Renshaw, Suresh Gupta, Michael Campos, Lori Hodes, Andrew Renshaw, and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2012 2012

88172 is more than counting cells: ensuring the quality of immediate assessment of fine-needle aspiration material, Andrew Renshaw

Atypia of undetermined significance and nondiagnostic rates in The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology are inversely related, Andrew Renshaw

Histologic follow-up of nondiagnostic thyroid fine needle aspirations: implications for adequacy criteria, Andrew Renshaw

HSIL, epithelial cell abnormality-adjusted workload, and the Thinprep imaging system, Andrew Renshaw

Individual estimated sensitivity and workload for manual screening of SurePath gynecologic cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, epithelial cell abnormality-adjusted workload, and the ThinPrep imaging system, Andrew Renshaw

The atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance:malignant ratio: A proposed performance measure for reporting in The Bethesda System for thyroid cytopathology, Andrew Renshaw

Using the electronic medical record to better define "no products of conception" as a critical value in anatomic pathology, Andrew Renshaw

Quality assurance measures for critical diagnoses in anatomic pathology, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Submitting the entire gallbladder in cases of dysplasia is not justified, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2011 2011

Fine-needle aspirations of papillary carcinoma with oncocytic features: an expanded cytologic and histologic profile, Andrew Renshaw

Improved sensitivity over time with rapid prescreening in gynecologic cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Non-diagnostic rates for thyroid fine needle aspiration are negatively correlated with positive for malignancy rates, Andrew Renshaw

Predicting screening sensitivity from workload in gynecologic cytology: a review, Andrew Renshaw

Quality improvement in cytology: where do we go from here?, Andrew Renshaw

Sensitivity and workload for manual and automated gynecologic screening: best current estimates, Andrew Renshaw

Sensitivity of fine-needle aspiration for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid correlates with tumor size, Andrew Renshaw

Significance of repeatedly nondiagnostic thyroid fine-needle aspirations, Andrew Renshaw

Subclassification of atypical cells of undetermined significance in direct smears of fine-needle aspirations of the thyroid: distinct patterns and associated risk of malignancy, Andrew Renshaw

The multiple faces of carcinoid tumor: performance characteristics of low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma metastatic to the liver in an educational interlaboratory slide comparison program, Andrew Renshaw

Cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis: an underappreciated pattern strongly associated with gram-positive bacilli, Andrew Renshaw, Robert Derhagopian, and Edwin Gould

Unexpected expectations in critical values in anatomic pathology: improving agreement between pathologists and nonpathologists with the treatable immediately, life-threatening terminology, Scott Renshaw, Edwin Gould, and Andrew Renshaw

Submissions from 2010 2010

An estimate of risk of malignancy for a benign diagnosis in thyroid fine-needle aspirates, Andrew Renshaw

ASC/SIL ratio for cytotechnologists: A survey of its utility in clinical practice, Andrew Renshaw

Does a repeated benign aspirate change the risk of malignancy after an initial atypical thyroid fine-needle aspiration?, Andrew Renshaw

Does the time of day or weekday affect screening accuracy? A pilot correlation study with cytotechnologist workload and abnormal rate detection using the ThinPrep Imaging System, Andrew Renshaw

Increasing cytotechnologist workload above 100 slides per day using the ThinPrep imaging system leads to significant reductions in screening accuracy, Andrew Renshaw

Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with invasive carcinoma of renal tubular origin, Andrew Renshaw

Quantitative assessment of spray vs immersion fixation for thyroid fine-needle aspiration specimens, Andrew Renshaw

Should "atypical follicular cells" in thyroid fine-needle aspirates be subclassified?, Andrew Renshaw

UroVysion, urine cytology, and the College of American Pathologists: where should we go from here?, Andrew Renshaw

Increasing radiation from sentinel node specimens in pathology over time, Andrew Renshaw, Richard Kish, and Edwin Gould

Just say no to the use of no: alternative terminology for improving anatomic pathology reports, Megan Renshaw, Edwin Gould, and Andrew Renshaw

Submissions from 2009 2009

ASC/SIL Ratio for Cytotechnologists: A surrogate marker of screening sensitivity, Andrew Renshaw

Gleason Pattern 5 prostate cancer: further stratification of patients with high-risk disease and implications for future randomized trials, Andrew Renshaw

Quality in pathology: of Deming, the Edsel, and Henry Ford, Andrew Renshaw

Strategies for improving gynecologic cytology screening, Andrew Renshaw

Should pathologists send all or only selected slides for patient-requested interlaboratory second opinion?, Megan Renshaw, Andrew Renshaw, and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2008 2008

Seeking a silver lining: improving the performance of gynecologic cytology in a lower volume setting, Andrew Renshaw

Submissions from 2007 2007

Comparison of thyroid fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsy, Andrew Renshaw

Complaining about quality assurance in gynecologic cytology: a window that is now closing, Andrew Renshaw

Effect of definition of preradiotherapy prostate-specific antigen velocity on its association with prostate cancer-specific mortality and all-cause mortality, Andrew Renshaw

Reporting risk of malignancy/dysplasia in cytology: a potential way to improve communication, if not reputation, Andrew Renshaw

Measuring errors in surgical pathology in real-life practice: defining what does and does not matter, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-up, Andrew Renshaw, Richard Kish, and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2006 2006

Comparing methods to measure error in gynecologic cytology and surgical pathology, Andrew Renshaw

Comparison of ureteral washing and biopsy specimens in the community setting, Andrew Renshaw

Cytologic features of adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified, in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Distinguishing carcinoid tumor of the mediastinum from thymoma: correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytopathology, Andrew Renshaw

Fine-needle aspirates of hepatocellular carcinoma that are misclassified as adenocarcinoma: correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Nongynecologic Cytology Program, Andrew Renshaw

Fine-needle aspiration of papillary thyroid carcinoma: distinguishing between cases that performed well and those that performed poorly in the College of American Pathologists Nongynecologic Cytology Program, Andrew Renshaw

Hyperchromatic crowded groups in cervical cytology--differing appearances and interpretations in conventional and ThinPrep preparations: a study from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Interobserver agreement on microfollicles in thyroid fine-needle aspirates, Andrew Renshaw

Leukemia/lymphoma in cerebrospinal fluid: distinguishing between cases that performed well and poorly in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Non-gynecologic Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Papanicolaou tests with mixed high-grade and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion features: distinct performance in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytopathology, Andrew Renshaw

Robustness of validation criteria in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

The significance of certification in liquid-based cytology and performance in the college of american pathologists interlaboratory comparison program in cervicovaginal cytopathology, Andrew Renshaw

Updated protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with carcinomas of the prostate gland, Andrew Renshaw

Lobular neoplasia in breast core needle biopsy specimens is associated with a low risk of ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma on subsequent excision, Andrew Renshaw, Robert Derhagopian, Maria Pilar Martinez, and Edwin Gould

Comparison of disagreement and amendment rates by tissue type and diagnosis: identifying cases for directed blinded review, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Correlation of workload with disagreement and amendment rates in surgical pathology and nongynecologic cytology, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Measuring the value of review of pathology material by a second pathologist, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Sessile serrated adenoma is associated with acute appendicitis in patients 30 years or older, Andrew Renshaw, Richard Kish, and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2005 2005

Cytologic features of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in conventional slides: what is the difference between cases that perform well and those that perform poorly?, Andrew Renshaw

Cytologic features of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in thinprep papanicolaou test slides and conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Distinguishing carcinoid tumor from small cell carcinoma of the lung: correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Non-Gynecologic Cytology Program, Andrew Renshaw

Distinguishing small cell carcinoma from non-small cell carcinoma of the lung: correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Non-Gynecologic Cytology Program, Andrew Renshaw

Fine-needle aspirates of adenocarcinoma/metastatic carcinoma that resemble hepatocellular carcinoma: correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Nongynecologic Cytology Program, Andrew Renshaw

Measuring the significance of field validation in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology: how good are the experts?, Andrew Renshaw

Measuring the significance of participant evaluation of acceptability of cases in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid (less than or equal to) 1.0 cm: rarely incidental or occult any more, Andrew Renshaw

Proficiency testing: planning for the future, Andrew Renshaw

Results of multiple-slide, blinded review of Papanicolaou slides in the context of litigation. Determining what can be detected regularly and reliably, Andrew Renshaw

Comparison of disagreement and error rates for three types of interdepartmental consultations, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2004 2004

Blinded review of Papanicolaou smears in the context of litigation, Andrew Renshaw

Cytologic features of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in ThinPrep Papanicolaou test slides: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in ThinPrep slides: evaluation of cases that performed poorly versus those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Detection of adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix in Papanicolaou tests: comparison of diagnostic accuracy with other high-grade lesions, Andrew Renshaw

Minimal (< or =0.1 cm) invasive carcinoma in breast core needle biopsies. Incidence, sampling, associated findings, and follow-up, Andrew Renshaw

Quality assessment in the age of machine-aided cervical cytology screening, Andrew Renshaw

Papillomas and atypical papillomas in breast core needle biopsy specimens: risk of carcinoma in subsequent excision, Andrew Renshaw, Robert Derhagopian, Dolores Tizol-Blanco, and Edwin Gould

Concentrated smear technique for examining sentinel lymph nodes of the breast at the time of frozen section, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2003 2003

Accurate Gleason grading of prostatic adenocarcinoma in prostate needle biopsies by general pathologists, Andrew Renshaw

How many cases need to be reviewed to compare performance in surgical pathology?, Andrew Renshaw

Precision in gynecologic cytologic interpretation: a study from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, Andrew Renshaw

Rescreening in cervical cytology for quality control. When bad data is worse than no data or what works, what doesn't, and why, Andrew Renshaw

Agreement and error rates using blinded review to evaluate surgical pathology of biopsy material, Andrew Renshaw, Norberto Cartagena, and Edwin Gould

Submissions from 2002 2002

Can mucinous lesions of the breast be reliably diagnosed by core needle biopsy?, Andrew Renshaw

Evidence-based criteria for adequacy in thyroid fine-needle aspiration, Andrew Renshaw

Focal features of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid in fine-needle aspiration material are strongly associated with papillary carcinoma at resection, Andrew Renshaw

"Histiocytoid" cells in fine-needle aspirations of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: frequency and significance of an under-recognized cytologic pattern, Andrew Renshaw

How closely do thyroid fine-needle aspirates need to be screened?, Andrew Renshaw

Hürthle cell carcinoma is a better gold standard than Hürthle cell neoplasm for fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid: defining more consistent and specific cytologic criteria, Andrew Renshaw

Measuring sensitivity in gynecologic cytology: a review, Andrew Renshaw

Predicting invasion in the excision specimen from breast core needle biopsy specimens with only ductal carcinoma in situ, Andrew Renshaw

Subclassification of renal cell neoplasms: an update for the practising pathologist, Andrew Renshaw

Lobular neoplasia in breast core needle biopsy specimens is not associated with an increased risk of ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma, Andrew Renshaw, Norberto Cartagena, Robert Derhagopian, and Edwin Gould