Tumor budding in colorectal cancer: a morphological biomarker ready for routine

Abstract. Tumor budding, defined as single tumor cells or small clusters of tumor cells at the invasive front of solid tumors, has been demonstrated to be a robust ...

A brief introduction to the diagnostics and prediction of bronchial carcinoma

Abstract. Lung cancer is still one of the most frequent tumours and associated with high mortality, due to the fact that the patients are frequently diagnosed in the advanced ...

Prostatic carcinoma – from conventional to molecular diagnosis

Abstract. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men worldwide and due to increasing awareness and physical check-ups the incidence is further increasing. Besides a better clinical ...

New and promising molecular therapeutic options in different subtypes of renal cell carcinoma

Abstract. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) encompasses a heterogeneous group of carcinomas including different histologic subtypes. Most of the RCC in adults are ...

Ovarian carcinomas – new aspects of histopathology, molecular pathology, clinical findings, and therapy

Abstract. In this review, the authors outline recent advances in the histopathological subtyping of ovarian carcinomas, describe the histopathological ...

Pathology of neuroendocrine neoplasms: adapted classification, grading and TNM staging 2017: “Nomen est omen?”

Abstract. Since its first description as “carcinoid” more than100 years ago, neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) have had several name changes and ...

The surgical pathologist’s diagnostic approach to lymphoma – ranging from morphology, immunophenotype to genetic analysis

Abstract. Surgical pathology plays a major role in establishing lymphoma diagnosis. Due to the scientific advances achieved in the ...

Modern histopathologic classification and clinic of soft tissue tumours

Abstract. Soft tissue tumors are a clinical and histopathologic heterogeneous group of mesenchymal neoplasias. Some of the benign soft tissue tumors, such as lipomas, are quite ...