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Aziza Nassar, M.D., M.P.H.

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  1. Lo Y, Lester SC, Ellis IO, Lanjewar S, Laurini J, Patel A, Bhattarai A, Ustun B, Harmon B, Kleer CG, Ross D, Amin A, Wang Y, Bradley R, Turashvili G, Zeng J, Baum J, Singh K, Hakima L, Harigopal M, Komforti M, Shin SJ, Abbott SE, Jaffer S, Badve SS, Khoury T, D'Alfonso TM, Ginter PS, Collins V, Towne W, Gan Y, Nassar A, Sahin AA, Flieder A, Aldrees R, Ngo MH, Edema U, Sapna F, Schnitt SJ, Fineberg SA. Identification of Glandular (Acinar)/Tubule Formation in Invasive Carcinoma of the Breast: A Study to Determine Concordance Using the World Health Organization Definition. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Oct 1; 148 (10):1119-1125
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  2. Nguyen LN, Crothers BA, Souers RJ, Barkan GA, Brainard J, Nassar A, Rollins S, Tabatabai ZL, Tabbara S, Witt B, Booth CN. Cytologic-Histologic Correlation Practices for Nongynecologic Cytology Specimens: A Survey by the College of American Pathologists Cytopathology Committee. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Aug 1; 148 (8):871-879
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  3. Raavi L, Garg P, Alomari M, Celik NB, Makey IA, Thomas M, Nassar A, Sareyyupoglu B, Jacob S, Pham SM, El-Sayed Ahmed MM. Outcome of lung transplantation in patients with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in the era of COVID-19 infection. J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Apr; 2024 (4):rjae211 Epub 2024 Apr 10
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  4. Ardor GD, Ahmed M, Hanna K, Ibanoglu O, Nassar A. Risk of malignancy assessment of the different cytologic categories in respiratory cytology samples according to the new guidelines of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology. Diagn Cytopathol. 2024 Jan; 52 (1):16-21 Epub 2023 Oct 09
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  5. Rahman MA, Yilmaz I, Albadri ST, Salem FE, Dangott BJ, Taner CB, Nassar A, Akkus Z. Artificial Intelligence Advances in Transplant Pathology. Bioengineering (Basel). 2023 Sep 04; 10(9).
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  6. Youssef B, Hanna K, Bowman A, Ardor GD, Alhaj AM, Nassar A. Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma to the Kidneys Presenting Initially as Bilateral Renal Masses: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Aug; 31 (5):795-800 Epub 2022 Nov 27
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  7. Majeed U, Li S, Seegobin K, Nassar A, Manochakian R, Zhao Y, Lou Y. First Report of Management of Sequential Small Cell Transformation and ALK I1171T Mutation as Resistance Mechanisms in a Patient With ALK-EML4 Fused Non-Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma With a Novel Combination of Temozolomide and Lorlatinib: A Case Report. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023 Jul; 4 (7):100536 Epub 2023 June 15
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  8. Ahmed M, Ardor GD, Hanna H, Alhaj AM, Nassar A. Two unique cases of metastatic malignant melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Feb; 103:107907 Epub 2023 Feb 03
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  9. Ardor GD, Komforti MK, Hanna H, Ibanoglu O, Lochala A, Nassar A. Evaluating Low HER2 Status in Invasive Breast Carcinoma via HER2 Immunohistochemistry, with HER2 FISH Correlation: A Cohort of 112 Patients. Breast J. 2023; 2023:9725647 Epub 2023 Aug 25
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  10. Ardor GD, Hanna H, Ozalp B, Nassar A. Molecular analysis with pancreaseq(R) in evaluation and management of pancreatic cysts: A cohort of 28 patients. Cytojournal. 2023; 20:23 Epub 2023 Sept 01
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  11. Rahman MA, Clinch M, Reynolds J, Dangott B, Meza Villegas DM, Nassar A, Hata DJ, Akkus Z. Classification of fungal genera from microscopic images using artificial intelligence. J Pathol Inform. 2023; 14:100314 Epub 2023 Apr 23
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  12. Abbott Marcia, Liuyan (Jennifer) Jiang , Youssef Bahaaeldin, Siddiqi Ahsan, Nassar Aziza. Reliability of lymphoma diagnosis using combined cytologic preparations and core needle biopsy: A single-center analysis Cytojournal. 2022; 19(57).
  13. Sogbesan K, Sogbesan T, Hata DJ, White EL, Daniel W, Gasson SL, Jones DS, Vicari BR, Van Siclen CP, Palmucci C, Marquez CP, Parkulo MA, Thielen KR, Nassar A. Use of Self-Collected Saliva Samples for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. Lab Med. 2022 Nov 3; 53 (6):580-584
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  14. David J, Baird BA, Nassar A, Geldmaker L, Broderick GA. A rare case of BK virus non-hemorrhagic cystitis following lung transplant. Urol Case Rep. 2022 Nov; 45:102263 Epub 2022 Oct 19
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  15. Geiger XJ, Nassar A. .Manual vs Digital Scoring of Ki67 in Breast Cancer using an Automated Image Analysis System: An Interobserver Variability Study. Ann Breast Cancer. 2022; 4(1):1017.
  16. Hata DJ, White EL Jr, Bridgeman MM, Gasson SL, Jones DS, Vicari BR, Van Siclen CP, Palmucci C, Marquez CP, Parkulo MA, Thielen KR, Nassar A. Performance Accuracy of a Laboratory-Developed Real-Time RT-PCR Method for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Self-Collected Saliva Specimens. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Nov; 51 (6):741-749
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  17. Geldmaker LE, Ericson CA, Baird BA, Haehn DA, Zhai QJ, Nassar A, Thiel DD. Fat Necrosis Mimicking Renal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence Following Cryotherapy, Partial Nephrectomy, and Nephrectomy. Urology. 2021 Oct; 156:181-184 Epub 2021 June 16
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  18. Carter RE, Theel ES, Breeher LE, Swift MD, Van Brunt NA, Smith WR, Blanchfield LL, Daugherty EA, Chapital AB, Matson KM, Bews KA, Johnson PW, Domnick RA, Joyce DE, Geyer HL, Granger D, Hilgart HR, Turgeon CT, Sanders KA, Matern D, Nassar A, Sampathkumar P, Hainy CM, Orford RR, Vachon CM, Didehban R, Morice WG, Ting HH, Williams AW, Gray RJ, Thielen KR, Farrugia G, Mayo Clinic Serology Screening Program Operations Team. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in a Multistate Academic Medical Center. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 May; 96(5):1165-1174. Epub 2021 Mar 26.
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  19. Kandel P, Nassar A, Gomez V, Raimondo M, Woodward TA, Crook JE, Fares NS, Wallace MB. Comparison of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy versus fine-needle aspiration for genomic profiling and DNA yield in pancreatic cancer: a randomized crossover trial. Endoscopy. 2021 Apr; 53 (4):376-382 Epub 2020 Aug 06
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  20. Abdelhakam DA, Mojica RE, Huenerberg KA, Nassar A. Impact of a genomic classifier on indeterminate thyroid nodules: an institutional experience. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2021 Mar-Apr; 10 (2):155-163 Epub 2020 Sept 18
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  21. Franco-Mesa C, Erben Y, Lin M, Huang JF, Sandhu SS, Siegel JL, Nassar A, Meschia JF. Carotid Artery Stenosis in a Young Asymptomatic Patient: The Value of Multimodal Cross-Sectional Imaging. Neurology. 2021 Feb 16; 96 (7):342 Epub 2020 Dec 22
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  22. Zorn CK, Pascual JM, Bosch W, Thiel DD, Francis D, Casler JD, Nassar A, Parkulo MA, Dunn AN, Waters TS, Hasse CH, Zargham B, Gross TL, Johnson CJ, Rigdon AW, Bruce CJ, Thielen KR. Addressing the Challenge of COVID-19: One Health Care Site's Leadership Response to the Pandemic. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Feb; 5(1):151-160. Epub 2020 Dec 14.
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  23. Pence LJ, Kourtidis A, Feathers RW, Haddad MT, Sotiriou S, Decker PA, Nassar A, Ocal IT, Shah SS, Anastasiadis PZ. PLEKHA7, an Apical Adherens Junction Protein, Suppresses Inflammatory Breast Cancer in the Context of High E-Cadherin and p120-Catenin Expression. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 28; 22 (3)
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  24. Abdelhakam DA, Hanna H, Nassar A. Oncotype DX and Prosigna in breast cancer patients: A comparison study. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021; 26:100306 Epub 2021 Jan 07
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  25. Abdelhakam DA, Huenerberg KA, Nassar A. Utility of p16 and HPV testing in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: An institutional review. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Jan; 49 (1):54-59 Epub 2020 Aug 26
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  26. Cao C, Jasim S, Cherian A, Nassar A, Chindris AM, Rivas AM, Bonnett S, Caserta M, Stan MN, Bernet VJ. Patient Discomfort in Relation to Thyroid Nodule Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) Performed with or without Parenteral and/or Topical Anesthetic. Endocr Pract. 2020 Dec; 26 (12):1497-1504
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  27. McCann MR, Schenk WB, Nassar A, Maimone S. Thoracic endometriosis presenting as a catamenial hemothorax with discordant video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Sep; 15 (9):1419-1422 Epub 2020 July 02
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  28. Nassar A, Pooja A, Chivukula M. HER2 testing across practices-Have we come to a consensus on the ideal method of testing? A systematic literature review. Breast J. 2020 Jun; 26 (6):1185-1188 Epub 2020 May 12
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  29. Chumsri S, Sokol ES, Soyano-Muller AE, Parrondo RD, Reynolds GA, Nassar A, Thompson EA. Durable Complete Response With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Breast Cancer With High Tumor Mutational Burden and APOBEC Signature. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 May; 18 (5):517-521
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  30. Abdelhakam D, Young PR, Jain MK, Nassar A, Copland JA, Tan W. Complete remission with immunotherapy: Case report of a patient with metastatic bladder cancer to the humerus. Urol Case Rep. 2020 May; 30:101130 Epub 2020 Feb 12
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  31. Norton N, Youssef B, Hillman DW, Nassar A, Geiger XJ, Necela BM, Liu H, Ruddy KJ, Polley MC, Ingle JN, Couch FJ, Perez EA, Liu MC, Carter JM, Leon-Ferre RA, Boughey JC, Somers EB, Kalari KR, Visscher DW, Goetz MP, Knutson KL. Folate receptor alpha expression associates with improved disease-free survival in triple negative breast cancer patients. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2020 Feb 4; 6 (1):4 Epub 2020 Feb 04
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  32. Norton N, Youssef B, Hillman DW, Nassar A, Geiger XJ, Necela BM, Liu H, Ruddy KJ, Polley MC, Ingle JN, Couch FJ, Perez EA, Liu MC, Carter JM, Leon-Ferre RA, Boughey JC, Somers EB, Kalari KR, Visscher DW, Goetz MP, Knutson KL. Folate receptor alpha expression associates with improved disease-free survival in triple negative breast cancer patients. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2020; 6:4 Epub 2020 Feb 04
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  33. Wilson GC, Lluis N, Nalesnik MA, Nassar A, Serrano T, Ramos E, Torbenson M, Asbun HJ, Geller DA. Hepatic Angiosarcoma: A Multi-institutional, International Experience with 44 Cases. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Feb; 26 (2):576-582 Epub 2018 Nov 19
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  34. Rivas AM, Nassar A, Zhang J, Casler JD, Chindris AM, Smallridge R, Bernet V. THYROSEQ((R))V2.0 MOLECULAR TESTING: A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR THE EVALUATION OF INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES. Endocr Pract. 2018 Sep; 24 (9):780-788 Epub 2018 Aug 07
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  35. Yasir S, Nassar A, Jimenez RE, Jenkins SM, Hartmann LC, Degnim AC, Frost M, Visscher DW. Cellular fibroepithelial lesions of the breast: A long term follow up study. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2018 Aug; 35:85-91 Epub 2018 Jan 10
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  36. Reynolds JP, Salih ZT, Smith AL, Dairi M, Kigen OJ, Nassar A. Cytologic parameters predicting neoplasia in Papanicolaou smears with atypical glandular cells and histologic follow-up: a single-institution experience. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2018 Jan - Feb; 7(1):7-15. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
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  37. Dhanani M, Nassar A, Charles MS, Dinh T. Cytology of the fallopian tube: A screening model for high-grade serous carcinoma. Cytojournal. 2018; 15:28 Epub 2018 Nov 12
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  38. Sung S, Tazelaar HD, Crapanzano JP, Nassar A, Saqi A. Adult exogenous lipoid pneumonia: A rare and underrecognized entity in cytology - A case series. Cytojournal. 2018; 15:17 Epub 2018 July 13
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  39. Yasir Saba, Nassar Aziza, Jimenez Rafael E., Jenkins M. Sarah, Frost Marlene, Hartmann Lynn C., Degnim Amy C., Visscher Daniel W.. Cellular fibroepithelial lesions of the breast: histologic evaluation and long term follow up. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology.2018;
  40. Rudin AV, Hoskin TL, Fahy A, Farrell AM, Nassar A, Ghosh K, Degnim AC. Flat Epithelial Atypia on Core Biopsy and Upgrade to Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Nov; 24 (12):3549-3558 Epub 2017 Aug 22
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  41. Stallings-Mann ML, Heinzen EP, Vierkant RA, Winham SJ, Hoskin TL, Denison LA, Nassar A, Hartmann LC, Visscher DW, Frost MH, Sherman ME, Degnim AC, Radisky DC. Postlactational involution biomarkers plasminogen and phospho-STAT3 are linked with active age-related lobular involution. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Nov; 166 (1):133-143 Epub 2017 July 27
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  42. Winham SJ, Mehner C, Heinzen EP, Broderick BT, Stallings-Mann M, Nassar A, Vierkant RA, Hoskin TL, Frank RD, Wang C, Denison LA, Vachon CM, Frost MH, Hartmann LC, Aubrey Thompson E, Sherman ME, Visscher DW, Degnim AC, Radisky DC. NanoString-based breast cancer risk prediction for women with sclerosing adenosis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Nov; 166 (2):641-650 Epub 2017 Aug 10
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  43. Mehner C, Oberg AL, Goergen KM, Kalli KR, Maurer MJ, Nassar A, Goode EL, Keeney GL, Jatoi A, Radisky DC, Radisky ES. EGFR as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in ovarian cancer: evaluation of patient cohort and literature review. Genes Cancer. 2017 May; 8 (5-6):589-599
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  44. Haugen BR, Sawka AM, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Caturegli P, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Morris JC, Nassar A, Pacini F, Schlumberger M, Schuff K, Sherman SI, Somerset H, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Wartofsky L, Williams MD. American Thyroid Association Guidelines on the Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Task Force Review and Recommendation on the Proposed Renaming of Encapsulated Follicular Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Without Invasion to Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features. Thyroid. 2017 Apr; 27 (4):481-483 Epub 2017 Feb 21
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  45. Abadeer K, Kaur JS, Ibrahim MEM, Nassar A. Rare Breast Myoepithlial Carcinoma with a Distinctive Genetic Profiling Study Clinic in Oncology.2017;2:1215.
  46. Ajaj Saieg M, Munson V, Colletti S, Nassar A. Impact of Pancreatic Cyst Fluid CEA Levels on the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts Using the Papanicolaou Society of Cytology Terminology System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytology. Diagn Cytopathol. 2017 Feb; 45 (2):101-106
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  47. Vinsard DG, Mejia Perez LK, Nassar A, Vazquez Roque MI. Collagenous Gastritis and Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Mere Coincidence? ACG Case Rep J. 2017; 4:e69 Epub 2017 May 24
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  48. Colletti SM, Tranesh GA, Nassar A. Significance of finding benign endometrial cells in women 40-45 versus 46 years or older on Papanicolaou tests and histologic follow-up. Cytojournal. 2017; 14:22 Epub 2017 Sept 25
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  49. Henle AM, Nassar A, Puglisi-Knutson D, Youssef B, Knutson KL. Downregulation of TAP1 and TAP2 in early stage breast cancer. PLoS One. 2017; 12 (11):e0187323 Epub 2017 Nov 01
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  50. Ibrahim ME, Abadeer K, Zhai QJ, Nassar A. Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Unusual Thyroid Follicular-Like Morphologic Characteristics. Case Rep Pathol. 2017; 2017:7931975 Epub 2017 Feb 20
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  51. Kandel P, Tranesh G, Nassar A, Bingham R, Raimondo M, Woodward TA, Gomez V, Wallace MB. EUS-guided fine needle biopsy sampling using a novel fork-tip needle: a case-control study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Dec; 84 (6):1034-1039 Epub 2016 Mar 24
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  52. Moris M, Dawson DW, Jiang J, Lewis J, Nassar A, Takeuchi KK, Lay AR, Zhai Q, Donahue TR, Kelly KA, Crawford HC, Wallace M. Plectin-1 as a Biomarker of Malignant Progression in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms: A Multicenter Study. Pancreas. 2016 Oct; 45 (9):1353-8
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  53. Tranesh G, Nassar A. Malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast with heterologous high-grade amgiosarcoma Human Pathology. case reports.2016;
  54. Chen WC, Nassar A, Wang MH. Adenocarcinoma Arising From the Tip of the J-Pouch With Medically Refractory Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Jun; 14 (6):A25-A26 Epub 2016 Feb 16
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  55. Rossi ED, Bizzarro T, Fadda G, Pontecorvi A, Bernet V, Nassar A. The cytological diagnosis of a 'benign thyroid lesion': is it a real safe diagnosis for the patient? Cytopathology. 2016 Jun; 27 (3):168-75 Epub 2015 Sept 20
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  56. Tranesh G, Kerr S, Nassar A. Metastatic Monophasic Synovial Sarcoma: A challenging Diagnosis on Fine Needle ASpiration with Broad Differential Diagnosis Diagn Pathol.2016;1:(2)
  57. Colletti SM, Tranesh GA, Whetsell CR, Chambers LN, Nassar A. High diagnostic accuracy of core needle biopsy of soft tissue tumors: An institutional experience. Diagn Cytopathol. 2016 Apr; 44 (4):291-8 Epub 2016 Jan 22
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  58. Radisky DC, Visscher DW, Frank RD, Vierkant RA, Winham S, Stallings-Mann M, Hoskin TL, Nassar A, Vachon CM, Denison LA, Hartmann LC, Frost MH, Degnim AC. Natural history of age-related lobular involution and impact on breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Feb; 155 (3):423-30 Epub 2016 Feb 04
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  59. Pannala R, Hallberg-Wallace KM, Smith AL, Nassar A, Zhang J, Zarka M, Reynolds JP, Chen L. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the pancreas: A multi-center experience. Cytojournal. 2016; 13:24. Epub 2016 Oct 13.
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  60. Tranesh G, Nassar A. Metastatic Chordoma: A Diagnostic Challenge on Fine Needle Aspiration. Case Rep Pathol. 2016; 2016:2187290 Epub 2016 Jan 03
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  61. Celik B, Whetsell CR, Nassar A. Afirma GEC and thyroid lesions: An institutional experience. Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Dec; 43 (12):966-70 Epub 2015 Oct 15
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  62. Mehner C, Oberg AL, Kalli KR, Nassar A, Hockla A, Pendlebury D, Cichon MA, Goergen KM, Maurer MJ, Goode EL, Keeney GL, Jatoi A, Sahin-Toth M, Copland JA, Radisky DC, Radisky ES. Serine protease inhibitor Kazal type 1 (SPINK1) drives proliferation and anoikis resistance in a subset of ovarian cancers. Oncotarget. 2015 Nov 3; 6 (34):35737-54
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  63. Mehner C, Miller E, Nassar A, Bamlet WR, Radisky ES, Radisky DC. Tumor cell expression of MMP3 as a prognostic factor for poor survival in pancreatic, pulmonary, and mammary carcinoma. Genes Cancer. 2015 Nov; 6 (11-12):480-9
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  64. Chen L, Nassar A, Kommineni VT, Zarka MA, Zhang J, Faigel D, Nguyen C, Halfdanarson TR, Pannala R. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of surgically confirmed cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a Mayo Clinic experience. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2015 Nov - Dec; 4 (6):335-343 Epub 2015 Apr 15
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  65. Nassar A, Visscher DW, Degnim AC, Frank RD, Vierkant RA, Frost M, Radisky DC, Vachon CM, Kraft RA, Hartmann LC, Ghosh K. Complex fibroadenoma and breast cancer risk: a Mayo Clinic Benign Breast Disease Cohort Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Sep; 153 (2):397-405 Epub 2015 Aug 12
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  66. Saieg MA, Munson V, Colletti S, Nassar A. The impact of the new proposed Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology terminology for pancreaticobiliary cytology in endoscopic US-FNA: A single-institutional experience. Cancer Cytopathol. 2015 Aug; 123 (8):488-94 Epub 2015 May 20
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  67. Degnim AC, Nassar A, Stallings-Mann M, Keith Anderson S, Oberg AL, Vierkant RA, Frank RD, Wang C, Winham SJ, Frost MH, Hartmann LC, Visscher DW, Radisky DC. Gene signature model for breast cancer risk prediction for women with sclerosing adenosis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Aug; 152 (3):687-94 Epub 2015 July 23
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  68. Dyhdalo KS, Booth CN, Brainard JA, Croyle MC, Kolosiwsky AM, Goyal A, Gildea TR, Almeida FA, Nassar A, Reynolds JP. Utility of GATA3, mammaglobin, GCDFP-15, and ER in the detection of intrathoracic metastatic breast carcinoma. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2015 Jul - Aug; 4(4):218-224. Epub 2015 Jan 29.
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  69. Said SM, Visscher DW, Nassar A, Frank RD, Vierkant RA, Frost MH, Ghosh K, Radisky DC, Hartmann LC, Degnim AC. Flat epithelial atypia and risk of breast cancer: A Mayo cohort study. Cancer. 2015 May 15; 121 (10):1548-55 Epub 2015 Jan 13
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  70. Nassar A, Hoskin TL, Stallings-Mann ML, Degnim AC, Radisky DC, Frost MH, Vierkant RA, Hartmann LC, Visscher DW. Ki-67 expression in sclerosing adenosis and adjacent normal breast terminal ductal lobular units: a nested case-control study from the Mayo Benign Breast Disease Cohort. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 May; 151 (1):89-97 Epub 2015 Apr 12
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  71. Narendra S, Jenkins SM, Khoor A, Nassar A. Clinical outcome in pleomorphic lobular carcinoma: a case-control study with comparison to classic invasive lobular carcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2015 Apr; 19 (2):64-9 Epub 2015 Jan 22
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  72. Goff R, Weindling S, Gupta V, Nassar A. Intraosseous Hemangioma of the Middle Turbinate: A Case Report of a Rare Entity and Literature Review. Neuroradiol J. 2015 Apr; 28 (2):148-51 Epub 2015 Apr 13
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  73. Nassar A, Conners AL, Celik B, Jenkins SM, Smith CY, Hieken TJ. Radial scar/complex sclerosing lesions: a clinicopathologic correlation study from a single institution. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2015 Feb; 19(1):24-8. Epub 2014 Dec 20.
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  74. Celik B, Khoor A, Bulut T, Nassar A. Rapid on-site evaluation has high diagnostic yield differentiating adenocarcinoma vs squamous cell carcinoma of non-small cell lung carcinoma, not otherwise specified subgroup. Pathol Oncol Res. 2015 Jan; 21 (1):167-72 Epub 2014 June 03
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  75. Nassar A, Reynolds JP, Kerr SE, Jenkins SM, Lackore KA, Bernet V. Survey of cytopathologists and cytotechnologists for the clinical impact of the use of atypia or follicular lesion of undetermined significance. Cytojournal. 2015; 12:14. Epub 2015 Jun 23.
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  76. Bulut T, Celik B, Nassar A, Yalcin AD. Nodular Mucinosis of Breast: A Case Report. J Med Cases. 2015; 6(10):457-9.
  77. Mehner C, Miller E, Khauv D, Nassar A, Oberg AL, Bamlet WR, Zhang L, Waldmann J, Radisky ES, Crawford HC, Radisky DC. Tumor cell-derived MMP3 orchestrates Rac1b and tissue alterations that promote pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Mol Cancer Res. 2014 Oct; 12 (10):1430-9 Epub 2014 May 21
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  78. Yasir S, Gamez R, Jenkins S, Visscher DW, Nassar A. Significant histologic features differentiating cellular fibroadenoma from phyllodes tumor on core needle biopsy specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Sep; 142 (3):362-9
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  79. Reynolds JP, Voss JS, Kipp BR, Karnes RJ, Nassar A, Clayton AC, Henry MR, Sebo TJ, Zhang J, Halling KC. Comparison of urine cytology and fluorescence in situ hybridization in upper urothelial tract samples. Cancer Cytopathol. 2014 Jun; 122(6):459-67. Epub 2014 Mar 06.
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  80. Visscher DW, Nassar A, Degnim AC, Frost MH, Vierkant RA, Frank RD, Tarabishy Y, Radisky DC, Hartmann LC. Sclerosing adenosis and risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Feb; 144 (1):205-12 Epub 2014 Feb 08
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  81. Reynolds JP, Voss JS, Brankley SM, Caudill JM, Henry MR, Clayton AC, Halling KC, Nassar A. Diagnostic accuracy of bronchial brush cytology and the added value of immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors. Cytojournal. 2014; 11:32. Epub 2014 Dec 03.
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  82. Nassar A, Khoor A, Radhakrishnan R, Radhakrishnan A, Cohen C. Correlation of HER2 overexpression with gene amplification and its relation to chromosome 17 aneuploidy: a 5-year experience with invasive ductal and lobular carcinomas. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014; 7 (9):6254-61 Epub 2014 Aug 15
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  83. Nassar A. Pancreatic cyst fluid analysis and molecular markers; Timely Topics - technology. Focus.2014;19:(1):4-6.
  84. Crapanzano JP, Heymann JJ, Monaco S, Nassar A, Saqi A. The state of cell block variation and satisfaction in the era of molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine. Cytojournal. 2014; 11:7 Epub 2014 Mar 20
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  85. Coleman C, Nassar A, McComb B. Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2014; 4:8 Epub 2014 Feb 25
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  86. Adhikari LJ, Sciallis AP, Reynolds J, Jenkins S, Smith C, Stan MN, Nassar A. Clinicopathologic predictors of thyroid bed recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer using ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Thyroid. 2013 Aug; 23(8):982-8.
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  87. Graham RP, Nassar A. Tophaceous gout: a case of destructive joint swelling of the fifth toe. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Mar; 41(3):232-3. Epub 2011 Nov 01.
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  88. Nassar A, Sussman ZM, Lawson D, Cohen C. Inference of the Basal epithelial phenotype in breast carcinoma from differential marker expression, using tissue microarrays in triple negative breast cancer and women younger than 35. Breast J. 2012 Sep; 18 (5):399-405 Epub 2012 Aug 10
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  89. McKnight R, Nassar A, Cohen C, Siddiqui MT. Arginase-1: a novel immunohistochemical marker of hepatocellular differentiation in fine needle aspiration cytology. Cancer Cytopathol. 2012 Aug 25; 120(4):223-9. Epub 2012 Feb 01.
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  90. Seningen JL, Nassar A, Henry MR. Correlation of thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration cytology with corresponding histology at Mayo Clinic, 2001-2007: an institutional experience of 1,945 cases. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 May; 40 Suppl 1:E27-32 Epub 2010 Dec 03
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  91. Erben Y, Ghosh K, Nassar A, Gimenez E, Jakub JW. Invasive lobular carcinoma of the nipple. Breast J. 2012 May-Jun; 18 (3):280-1 Epub 2012 Apr 05
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  92. Minot DM, Voss J, Rademacher S, Lwin T, Orsulak J, Caron B, Ketterling R, Nassar A, Chen B, Clayton A. Image analysis of HER2 immunohistochemical staining. Reproducibility and concordance with fluorescence in situ hybridization of a laboratory-validated scoring technique. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 Feb; 137 (2):270-6
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  93. Diaz R, Degnim AC, Boughey JC, Nassar A, Jakub JW. A positive intramammary lymph node does not mandate a complete axillary node dissection. Am J Surg. 2012 Feb; 203(2):151-5. Epub 2011 Jul 23.
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  94. Kinsella MD, Nassar A, Siddiqui MT, Cohen C. Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 expression pre- and post- neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast carcinoma: a single institutional experience. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2012; 5(6):530-6. Epub 2012 Jul 29.
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  95. Rodriguez EF, Reynolds JP, Jenkins SM, Winter SM, Henry MR, Nassar A. Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in patients with HPV positive DNA testing and correlation with disease progression by age group: an institutional experience. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2012; 5 (5):428-35 Epub 2012 May 23
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  96. Nassar A, Cohen C, Agersborg SS, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Albitar M, Barker EA, Vanderbilt BL, Thompson J, Heyman ER, Lange H, Olson A, Siddiqui MT. Trainable immunohistochemical HER2/neu image analysis: a multisite performance study using 260 breast tissue specimens. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Jul; 135(7):896-902.
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  97. Jin L, Lloyd RV, Nassar A, Lappinga PJ, Sebo TJ, Swartz K, Seys AR, Erickson-Johnson MR, Roth CW, Evers BR, Oliveira AM, Zhang J. HMGA2 expression analysis in cytological and paraffin-embedded tissue specimens of thyroid tumors by relative quantitative RT-PCR. Diagn Mol Pathol. 2011 Jun; 20(2):71-80.
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  98. Nassar A. Core needle biopsy versus fine needle aspiration biopsy in breast--a historical perspective and opportunities in the modern era. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 May; 39 (5):380-8 Epub 2010 Oct 14
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  99. Nassar A, Cohen C, Agersborg SS, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Heyman ER, Olson A, Lange H, Siddiqui MT. A new immunohistochemical ER/PR image analysis system: a multisite performance study. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2011 May; 19: (3)195-202.
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  100. Nassar A, Cohen C, Albitar M, Agersborg SS, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Heyman ER, Lange H, Siddiqui MT. Reading immunohistochemical slides on a computer monitor--a multisite performance study using 180 HER2-stained breast carcinomas. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2011 May; 19: (3)212-7.
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  101. Nassar A, Cohen C, Agersborg SS, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Barker EA, Vanderbilt BL, Thompson J, Heyman ER, Olson A, Lange H, Siddiqui MT. A multisite performance study comparing the reading of immunohistochemical slides on a computer monitor with conventional manual microscopy for estrogen and progesterone receptor analysis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011 Mar; 135(3):461-7.
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  102. Mateen FJ, Nassar A, Bardia A, Jatoi A, Haddock MG, Buckner JC, Lachance DH. Spinal intradural extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma. Rare Tumors. 2011; 3(1):e7. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
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  103. Nassar A, Sookhan N, Santisteban M, Bryant SC, Boughey JC, Giorgadze T, Degnim A. Diagnostic utility of snail in metaplastic breast carcinoma. Diagn Pathol. 2010 Nov 26; 5:76
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  104. Lappinga PJ, Kip NS, Jin L, Lloyd RV, Henry MR, Zhang J, Nassar A. HMGA2 gene expression analysis performed on cytologic smears to distinguish benign from malignant thyroid nodules. Cancer Cytopathol. 2010 Oct 25; 118(5):287-97.
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  105. Nassar A, Radhakrishnan A, Cabrero IA, Cotsonis GA, Cohen C. Intratumoral heterogeneity of immunohistochemical marker expression in breast carcinoma: a tissue microarray-based study. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2010 Oct; 18: (5)433-41.
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  106. Nassar A, Norton CM, Lawson D, Cohen C. Image cytometric validation of breast carcinoma markers (ER, HER2 and MIB-1) using tissue microarrays: rabbit monoclonal vs. FDA-approved antibodies. Anal Quant Cytol Histol. 2010 Aug; 32 (4):192-200
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  107. Neal L, Tortorelli CL, Nassar A. Clinician's guide to imaging and pathologic findings in benign breast disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Mar; 85 (3):274-9
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  108. Karyampudi L, Krco CJ, Kalli KR, Erskine CL, Hartmann LC, Goodman K, Ingle JN, Maurer MJ, Nassar A, Yu C, Disis ML, Wettstein PJ, Fikes JD, Beebe M, Ishioka G, Knutson KL. Identification of a broad coverage HLA-DR degenerate epitope pool derived from carcinoembryonic antigen. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2010 Jan; 59 (1):161-71 Epub 2009 July 21
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  109. McKian KP, Reynolds CA, Visscher DW, Nassar A, Radisky DC, Vierkant RA, Degnim AC, Boughey JC, Ghosh K, Anderson SS, Minot D, Caudill JL, Vachon CM, Frost MH, Pankratz VS, Hartmann LC. Novel breast tissue feature strongly associated with risk of breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec 10; 27 (35):5893-8 Epub 2009 Oct 05
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  110. Nassar A, Cohen C, Siddiqui M. Estimation of hormone receptor status and HER2 in cytologic cell blocks from breast cancer using the novel rabbit monoclonal antibodies (SP1, SP2, and SP3). Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Dec; 37(12):865-70.
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  111. Nassar A, Cohen C, Siddiqui MT. Utility of glypican-3 and survivin in differentiating hepatocellular carcinoma from benign and preneoplastic hepatic lesions and metastatic carcinomas in liver fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Sep; 37 (9):629-35
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  112. Williams DJ, Cohen C, To TV, Page AJ, Lawson D, Sussman ZM, Nassar A. Triple-negative breast carcinoma in women from Vietnam and the United States: characterization of differential marker expression by tissue microarray. Hum Pathol. 2009 Aug; 40(8):1176-81. Epub 2009 Apr 14.
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  113. Minot DM, Kipp BR, Root RM, Meyer RG, Reynolds CA, Nassar A, Henry MR, Clayton AC. Automated cellular imaging system III for assessing HER2 status in breast cancer specimens: development of a standardized scoring method that correlates with FISH. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Jul; 132(1):133-8.
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  114. Santisteban M, Reiman JM, Asiedu MK, Behrens MD, Nassar A, Kalli KR, Haluska P, Ingle JN, Hartmann LC, Manjili MH, Radisky DC, Ferrone S, Knutson KL. Immune-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition in vivo generates breast cancer stem cells. Cancer Res. 2009 Apr 1; 69 (7):2887-95 Epub 2009 Mar 10
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  115. Hanley KZ, Siddiqui MT, Lawson D, Cohen C, Nassar A. Evaluation of new monoclonal antibodies in detection of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and Her2 protein expression in breast carcinoma cell block sections using conventional microscopy and quantitative image analysis. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Apr; 37(4):251-7.
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  116. Alikhan MB, Nassar A, Mansoor I. Squamous Metaplasia on the Breast Implant Capsule. Int J Surg Pathol. 2009 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print]
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  117. El-Sibai MF, Cohen C, Nassar A, Bryant SC, Siddiqui MT. Predictive markers in primary breast cancer compared with lymph node and bloodspread metastases. International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology. 2009; 1(1):57-63.
  118. Lu DY, Nassar A, Siddiqui MT. High-grade urothelial carcinoma: comparison of SurePath liquid-based processing with cytospin processing. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Jan; 37(1):16-20.
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  119. Ali S, Nassar A, Siddiqui MT. Crush preparations of meningiomas: can grading be accomplished? Diagn Cytopathol. 2008 Nov; 36(11):827-31.
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  120. Siddiqui MT, Cohen C, Nassar A. Detecting high-grade cervical disease on ASC-H cytology: role of BD ProEx C and Digene Hybrid Capture II HPV DNA testing. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008 Nov; 130(5):765-70.
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  121. Siddiqui MT, Hornaman K, Cohen C, Nassar A. ProEx C immunocytochemistry and high-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing in papanicolaou tests with atypical squamous cell (ASC-US) cytology: correlation study with histologic biopsy. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008 Oct; 132(10):1648-52.
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  122. Nassar A, Sexton D, Cotsonis G, Cohen C. Survivin expression in breast carcinoma: correlation with apoptosis and prognosis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2008 May; 16(3):221-6.
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  123. Nassar A, Lawson D, Cotsonis G, Cohen C. Survivin and caspase-3 expression in breast cancer: correlation with prognostic parameters, proliferation, angiogenesis, and outcome. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2008 Mar; 16(2):113-20.
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  124. Nassar A, Cohen C, Cotsonis G, Carlson G. Significance of intramammary lymph nodes in the staging of breast cancer: correlation with tumor characteristics and outcome. Breast J. 2008 Mar-Apr; 14(2):147-52. Epub 2008 Jan 31.
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  125. Nassar A, O'Reilly K, Cohen C, Siddiqui MT. Comparison of p16INK4A and Hybrid Capture 2 human papillomavirus testing as adjunctive tests in liquid-based gynecologic SurePath preparations. Diagn Cytopathol. 2008 Mar; 36 (3):142-8
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  126. Nassar A, Radhakrishn A, Cabrero I, Cotsonis GA, Cohen C. COX-2 expression in invasive breast cancer: correlation with prognostic parameters and outcome. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2007 Sep 15; 3:255-9.
  127. Bhalla R, Popp A, Nassar A. Case report: metastatic renal carcinoid to the thyroid diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Sep; 35(9):597-600.
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  128. Bhalla R, Siddiqui MT, Mandich D, Cartun RW, Fiel-Gan MD, Nassar A, Mandavilli SR. Diagnostic utility of D2-40 and podoplanin in effusion cell blocks. Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Jun; 35(6):342-7.
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  129. Bhalla R, Nassar A. Cardiac angiosarcoma: report of a case diagnosed by echocardiographic-guided fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Mar; 35(3):164-6.
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  130. Nassar A, Cohen C, Siddiqui MT. Utility of millipore filter and cell block in thyroid needle aspirates: which method is superior? Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Jan; 35(1):34-8.
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  131. Nassar A, Zapata M, Little JV, Siddiqui MT. Utility of reflex Gomori methenamine silver staining for Pneumocystis jirovecii on bronchoalveolar lavage cytologic specimens: a review. Diagn Cytopathol. 2006 Nov; 34(11):719-23.
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  132. Harik L, Nassar A. Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease of the kidney and coexistent poorly differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006 Aug; 130(8):1223-6.
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  133. Zhong D, Morikawa A, Guo L, Colpaert C, Xiong L, Nassar A, Chen C, Lamb N, Dong JT, Zhou W. Homozygous deletion of SMAD4 in breast cancer cell lines and invasive ductal carcinomas. Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Jun; 5(6):601-7. Epub 2006 Jun 05.
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  134. Krishnan A, Nassar A, Nieh PT. Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as extranodal renal mass. Urology. 2005 Dec; 66(6):1319.
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  135. Nassar A, Amin MB, Sexton DG, Cohen C. Utility of alpha-methylacyl coenzyme A racemase (p504s antibody) as a diagnostic immunohistochemical marker for cancer. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2005 Sep; 13(3):252-5.
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  136. Adem K, Nassar A. Pathologic quiz case: fine-needle aspiration of lytic bone lesions in a 63-year-old woman. Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the bone in Gorlin syndrome. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Jul; 128(7):819-20.
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  137. Nassar A, Gupta P, LiVolsi VA, Baloch Z. Histiocytic aggregates in benign nodular goiters mimicking cytologic features of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Diagn Cytopathol. 2003 Nov; 29(5):243-5.
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  138. Nassar A, Fleisher SR, Nasuti JF. Value of histiocyte detection in Pap smears for predicting endometrial pathology. An institutional experience. Acta Cytol. 2003 Sep-Oct; 47(5):762-7.
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  139. Kearney PR, Nassar A. Extramedullary hematopoeisis of the paranasal sinuses in thalassemia major. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002; 28(1):76, 78-9.
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  140. Lasota J, Wozniak A, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Rys J, Kordek R, Nassar A, Sobin LH, Miettinen M. Mutations in exons 9 and 13 of KIT gene are rare events in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. A study of 200 cases. Am J Pathol. 2000 Oct; 157(4):1091-5.
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  141. Ruiz AR Jr, Nassar AJ, Fromm H. Multiple malignant gastric stromal tumors presenting with GI bleeding: a case report and a review of the literature. Gastrointest Endosc. 2000 Feb; 51(2):225-8.
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