OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Diagnostic Pathology is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, current applications and future role with special emphasis on its potential and promise in pathology: present and future impact, obstacles including costs and	110
The many faces of solitary fibrous tumor; diversity of histological features, differential diagnosis and role of molecular studies and surrogate markers in avoiding misdiagnosis and predicting the beh	92
PD−L1 immunostaining: what pathologists need to know	49
Artificial intelligence in diagnostic pathology	43
Placental pathology of the third trimester pregnant women from COVID-19	42
Primary mucinous ovarian tumors vs. ovarian metastases from gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and biliary tree: a review of current problematics	31
Normalization of HE-stained histological images using cycle consistent generative adversarial networks	30
CircRNA NRIP1 promotes papillary thyroid carcinoma progression by sponging mir-195-5p and modulating the P38 MAPK and JAK/STAT pathways	29
Hypoproteinemia predicts disease severity and mortality in COVID-19: a call for action	27
Challenges and barriers of using large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT for diagnostic medicine with a focus on digital pathology – a recent scoping review	25
Non coding RNAs as the critical factors in chemo resistance of bladder tumor cells	22
Circ_0003998 enhances doxorubicin resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating miR-218-5p/EIF5A2 pathway	21
LncRNA GAS5 modulates the progression of non-small cell lung cancer through repressing miR-221-3p and up-regulating IRF2	20
RRM2 expression in different molecular subtypes of breast cancer and its prognostic significance	17
Immunohistochemical diagnosis of human infectious diseases: a review	16
miR-3113-5p, miR-223-3p, miR-133a-3p, and miR-499a-5p are sensitive biomarkers to diagnose sudden cardiac death	15
Clinicopathological features of tumor mutation burden, Epstein-Barr virus infection, microsatellite instability and PD-L1 status in Chinese patients with gastric cancer	15
COVID-19 in pregnancy: placental pathological patterns and effect on perinatal outcome in five cases	15
Morphologically, immunohistochemically and PCR proven lymphocytic viral peri-, endo-, myocarditis in patients with fatal COVID-19	15
p53 immunostaining pattern is a useful surrogate marker for TP53 gene mutations	15
Hyperplastic polyp or sessile serrated lesion? The contribution of serial sections to reclassification	14
Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma: clinicopathological characteristics of 8 cases of a rare vascular tumor and review of literature	14
STAT3 exerts pro-tumor and anti-autophagy roles in cervical cancer	14
A novel tumor suppressor ASMTL-AS1 regulates the miR-1228-3p/SOX17/β-catenin axis in triple‐negative breast cancer	14
Artificial intelligence-assisted interpretation of Ki-67 expression and repeatability in breast cancer	14

Primary lung hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge in biopsy	13
Undifferentiated colonic neoplasm with SMARCA4 germline gene mutation and loss of SMARCA4 protein expression: a case report and literature review	13
Let-7a-5p regulates the inflammatory response in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps	13
Long noncoding RNA TUG1 regulates the progression of colorectal cancer through miR-542-3p/TRIB2 axis and Wnt/β-catenin pathway	12
A comprehensive immunohistochemical analysis of 26 markers in 250 cases of serous ovarian tumors	12
Significance of mesothelin and CA125 expression in endometrial carcinoma: a retrospective analysis	12
Biased data, biased AI: deep networks predict the acquisition site of TCGA images	12
Sialadenoma papilliferum: clinicopathologic, Immunohistochemical, molecular analyses of new five cases and review of the literature	12
Mismatch repair deficiency is associated with specific morphologic features and frequent loss of ARID1A expression in ovarian clear cell carcinoma	12
Chronic cholestasis detection by a novel tool: automated analysis of cytokeratin 7-stained liver specimens	12
Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 29 cases of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas in patients under 20 years of age along with detailed review of literature	12
Whole-exome sequencing reveals the etiology of the rare primary hepatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma	12
Secretory carcinoma of the breast with multiple distant metastases in the brain and unfavorable prognosis: a case report and literature review	11
Tumor Area Positivity (TAP) score of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1): a novel visual estimation method for combined tumor cell and immune cell scoring	11
Immunohistochemical based molecular subtypes of muscle-invasive bladder cancer: association with HER2 and EGFR alterations, neoadjuvant chemotherapy response and survival	11
A retrospective analysis of serous effusions based on the newly proposed international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology: a report of 3633 cases in an oncological center	11
TP53 mutation in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome	11
Cyclin D1 and PRAME expression in distinguishing melanoma in situ from benign melanocytic proliferation of the nail unit	11
Novel TNC-PDGFD fusion in fibrosarcomatous dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a case report	11
Clinicopathological and molecular genomic features of monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma in the Chinese population: a study of 20 cases	11
P63-negative pulmonary NUT carcinoma arising in the elderly: a case report	10
Diagnostic utility of antigen detection rapid diagnostic tests for Covid-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Expressions of TWIST1 and CD105 markers in colorectal cancer patients and their association with metastatic potential and prognosis	10
Artificial intelligence’s impact on breast cancer pathology: a literature review	10
Genetic mutation profiles and immune microenvironment analysis of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma	10
Aspiration biopsy versus dilatation and curettage for endometrial hyperplasia prior to hysterectomy	10
PIK3CA mutation correlates with mTOR pathway expression but not clinical and pathological features in Fibro-adipose vascular anomaly (FAVA)	10
Association of PD-1/PD-L1 expression and Epstein-–Barr virus infection in patients with invasive breast cancer	9
Barium Sulfate Deposition in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Review of the literature	9
hsa_circ_001946 elevates HOXA10 expression and promotes the development of endometrial receptivity via sponging miR-135b	9
A suggested way forward for adoption of AI-Enabled digital pathology in low resource organizations in the developing world	9
T cell exhaustion is associated with the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma and can be a predictive and sensitive biomarker for diagnosis	9
WHO/ISUP grading of clear cell renal cell carcinoma and papillary renal cell carcinoma; validation of grading on the digital pathology platform and perspectives on reproducibility of grade	9
Key proteins of invadopodia are overexpressed in oral squamous cell carcinoma suggesting an important role of MT1-MMP in the tumoral progression	9
Clinicopathologic correlations of superficial esophageal adenocarcinoma in endoscopic submucosal dissection specimens	9
Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising directly from a glandular odontogenic cyst of the mandible: a case report	9
Characterization of an ETV6-NTRK3 rearrangement with unusual, but highly significant FISH signal pattern in a secretory carcinoma of the salivary gland: a case report	8
Characteristics of HER2-negative breast cancers with FISH-equivocal status according to 2018 ASCO/CAP guideline	8
Prognostic significance of the aberrant expression of neuroendocrine markers in melanomas	8
Quantitative assessment of H&E staining for pathology: development and clinical evaluation of a novel system	8
KPNA2 expression is a potential marker for differential diagnosis between osteosarcomas and other malignant bone tumor mimics	8
Identification of immune-infiltrating cell-related biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma based on gene co-expression network analysis	8
Accuracy of HPV E6/E7 mRNA examination using in situ hybridization in diagnosing cervical intraepithelial lesions	8
Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma: molecular characteristics and literature review	8
Gastric mucin phenotype indicates aggressive biological behaviour in early differentiated gastric adenocarcinomas following endoscopic treatment	8
Usefulness of SS18-SSX antibody as a diagnostic marker for pulmonary metastatic synovial sarcoma	8
Secretory breast carcinoma in a female adult with liver metastsis: a case report and literature review	7
Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity may be a novel renal cell tumor entity with low malignant potential	7
B7-H3 expression is associated with high PD-L1 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and predicts poor prognosis	7
Morphological predictors for microsatellite instability in urothelial carcinoma	7

Detection of BCOR gene rearrangement in Ewing-like sarcoma: an important diagnostic tool	7
Establishment of an antibody specific for AMIGO2 improves immunohistochemical evaluation of liver metastases and clinical outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer	7
Analytical validity of DecisionDx-SCC, a gene expression profile test to identify risk of metastasis in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) patients	7
Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: two case reports and literature review	7
Diagnosis prediction of tumours of unknown origin using ImmunoGenius, a machine learning-based expert system for immunohistochemistry profile interpretation	7
Clinicopathological study of hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma and undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: a single center study from Iran	7
Primary hemangioblastoma of the kidney with molecular analyses by next generation sequencing: a case report and review of the literature	7
Pulmonary large cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine morphology shows genetic similarity to large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma	7
The value of deep neural networks in the pathological classification of thyroid tumors	7
Metastases can occur in cirrhotic livers with patent portal veins	7
Visual and digital assessment of Ki-67 in breast cancer tissue - a comparison of methods	7
Danon disease: a case report and literature review	7
From SARS-CoV-2 hematogenous spreading to endothelial dysfunction: clinical-histopathological study of cutaneous signs of COVID-19	7
Consistent expression of PD-L1 in tumor microenvironment with peripheral PD-1/PD-L1 in circulating T lymphocytes of operable breast cancer: a diagnostic test	7
Next-generation sequencing facilitates differentiating between multiple primary lung cancer and intrapulmonary metastasis: a case series	7
Clinicopathological and molecular study of 10 salivary gland clear cell carcinomas, with emphasis on rare cases with high grade transformation and occurring in uncommon sites	6
Seminoma arising in splenogonadal fusion: a case report and literature review	6
NUT midline carcinoma as a primary lung tumor treated with anlotinib combined with palliative radiotherapy: a case report	6
SWI/SNF-deficient undifferentiated/rhabdoid carcinoma of the gallbladder carrying a POLE mutation in a 30-year-old woman: a case report	6
MCM6 versus Ki-67 in diagnosis of luminal molecular subtypes of breast cancers	6
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis secondary to severe acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis: a case report	6
Impact of DNA double-strand breaks on pancreaticobiliary maljunction carcinogenesis	6
A comparative study of next-generation sequencing and fragment analysis for the detection and allelic ratio determination of FLT3 internal tandem duplication	6
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of gastrointestinal tract with two emerging distinct subtypes: a case report and systemic review	6
Long non-coding RNA DUXAP8 elevates RCN2 expression and facilitates cell malignant behaviors and angiogenesis in cervical cancer via sponging miR-1297	6
A case of death of patient with ovarian fibroma combined with Meigs Syndrome and literature review	6
Congenital hepatic fibrosis and its mimics: a clinicopathologic study of 19 cases at a single institution	6
LGR5 expression and clinicopathological features of the invasive front in the fat infiltration area of pancreatic cancer	6
Breast implant associated EBV-positive Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma: an underrecognized entity?	6
Molecular profiling and prognostic biomarkers in chinese non-small cell lung cancer cohort	6
Identification of factors related to immunotherapy efficacy and prognosis in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	6
Machine learning-based model for predicting the esophagogastric variceal bleeding risk in liver cirrhosis patients	5
A case of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei of an unexpected origin	5
Mutation of KIT in cellular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: a case report and literature review	5
Expression of IL4Rα and IL13Rα1 are associated with poor prognosis of soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremities, superficial trunk, and retroperitoneum	5
Mammary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with long-term follow-up: molecular information and literature review	5
Optimized workflow for digitalized FISH analysis in pathology	5
ALK rearrangement-associated renal cell carcinoma morphologically mimicking mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma: a case report	5
Neuroendocrine differentiation distinguishes basaloid variant of lung squamous cell carcinoma	5
Clinicopathological study of pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma	5
Microscopic nuclei classification, segmentation, and detection with improved deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN)	5
What do we know about pathological mechanism and pattern of lung injury related to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant?	5
Needle tract seeding in renal tumor biopsies: experience from a single institution	5
Evaluation of prognostic histological parameters proposed for pleural mesothelioma in diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. A short report	5
Clinicopathologic features of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the prostate to the liver: a series of four cases	5
Primary mediastinal seminoma with florid follicular lymphoid hyperplasia: a case report and review of the literature	5
An “expressionistic” look at serrated precancerous colorectal lesions	5
A rare metastatic mesenteric malignant PEComa with TSC2 mutation treated with palliative surgical resection and nab-sirolimus: a case report	5
Clear cell endometrial carcinoma precursors: presentation of two cases and diagnostic issues	5
SOX11 is a sensitive and specific marker for pulmonary high-grade neuroendocrine tumors	5
The relationship between carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and patient survival in breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	5
CIN grades possessing different HPV RNA location patterns and RNAscope is helpful tool for distinguishing squamous intraepithelial lesions in difficult cervical cases	5
Assessment of H3K27me3 immunohistochemistry and combination of NF1 and p16 deletions by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the differential diagnosis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and	5
p53 aberration and TFE3 gene amplification may be predictors of adverse prognosis in epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney	5