Review:

What is quality in surgical pathology?

R E Nakhleh

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 669-672. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031385

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My approach:

My approach to performing a perinatal or neonatal autopsy

H C Wainwright

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 673-680. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.034504

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My approach to internal quality control in a clinical immunology laboratory

R J Lock

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 681-684. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.032292

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Echo:

More endoscopists improve outcome for upper GI cancer

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 680.

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Original articles:

Overexpression of cyclo-oxygenase-2 is an independent predictor of unfavourable outcome in node-negative breast cancer, but is not associated with protein kinase B (Akt) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK1/2, p38) activation or with Her-2/neu signalling pathways

K J Schmitz, R Callies, J Wohlschlaeger, R Kimmig, F Otterbach, J Bohr, H-S Lee, A Takeda, K W Schmid, and H A Baba

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 685-691.
Published Online First: 23 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030650

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Relationship of p53, Bcl-2, Ki-67 index and E-cadherin expression in early invasive breast cancers with comedonecrosis as an accelerated apoptosis

N Hosaka, T Ryu, W Cui, Q Li, A Nishida, T Miyake, T Takaki, M Inaba, and S Ikehara

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 692-698.
Published Online First: 10 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030296

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Prognostic relevance of P-cadherin expression in melanocytic skin tumours analysed by high-throughput tissue microarrays

R Bauer, P J Wild, S Meyer, F Bataille, A Pauer, M Klinkhammer-Schalke, F Hofstaedter, and A K Bosserhoff

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 699-705.
Published Online First: 24 March 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.034538

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Phosphohistone H3 labelling for histoprognostic grading of breast adenocarcinomas and computer-assisted determination of mitotic index

C Bossard, A Jarry, C Colombeix, K Bach-Ngohou, A Moreau, D Loussouarn, J-F Mosnier, and C L Laboisse

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 706-710.
Published Online First: 3 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030452

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Correlation of clinicopathological features with immunohistochemical expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins p16 and retinoblastoma: distinct association with keratinisation and differentiation in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

D M Muirhead, H T Hoffman, and R A Robinson

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 711-715.
Published Online First: 7 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030502

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Expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor ß ligand (RANKL) and tumour necrosis factor related, apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) in breast cancer, and their relations with osteoprotegerin, oestrogen receptor, and clinicopathological variables

S S Cross, R F Harrison, S P Balasubramanian, J M Lippitt, C A Evans, M W R Reed, and I Holen

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 716-720.
Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030031

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Topoisomerase II- expression increases with increasing Gleason score and with hormone insensitivity in prostate carcinoma

C Hughes, A Murphy, C Martin, E Fox, M Ring, O Sheils, B Loftus, and J O’Leary

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 721-724.
Published Online First: 23 March 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.029975

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Prognostic significance of CDC25B expression in gliomas

H Nakabayashi, M Hara, and K Shimizu

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 725-728. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.029546

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Basal-like breast carcinomas: clinical outcome and response to chemotherapy

S Banerjee, J S Reis-Filho, S Ashley, D Steele, A Ashworth, S R Lakhani, and I E Smith

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 729-735.
Published Online First: 23 March 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.033043

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Do we need to measure total serum IgA to exclude IgA deficiency in coeliac disease?

D Sinclair, M Saas, A Turk, M Goble, and D Kerr

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 736-739.
Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031864

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Diagnostic accuracy of core biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ and its implications for surgical practice

M F Dillon, C M Quinn, E W McDermott, A O’Doherty, N O’Higgins, and A D K Hill

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 740-743. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.034330

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External quality assurance of molecular analysis of haemochromatosis gene mutations

M Hertzberg, S Neville, and D McDonald

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 744-747.
Published Online First: 5 May 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.026005

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Bacteraemia caused by Anaerotruncus colihominis and emended description of the species

S K P Lau, P C Y Woo, G K S Woo, A M Y Fung, A H Y Ngan, Y Song, C Liu, P Summanen, S M Finegold, and K Yuen

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 748-752.
Published Online First: 7 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031773

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Weight correction of MoM values: which method?

T M Reynolds, G Vranken, and J Van Nueten

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 753-758.
Published Online First: 7 April 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.034280

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Audit of laboratory mycology services for the management of patients with fungal infections in the northwest of England

I A Hassan, P Critten, B Isalska, and D W Denning

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 759-763. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.034108

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Comparative genomic hybridisation in malignant deciduoid mesothelioma

A Scattone, A Pennella, M Gentile, M Musti, P Nazzaro, A L Buonadonna, A Marzullo, D Cavone, L Pollice, and G Serio

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 764-769.
Published Online First: 28 March 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.026435

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Case reports:

Malignant histiocytosis: a case report of a rare tumour presenting with spontaneous splenic rupture

S E Low and J S Stafford

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 770-772. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.027870

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Isolated haploinsufficiency of exon 1 of the SHOX gene in a patient with idiopathic short stature

Y-M Tan and K-Y Loke

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 773-774. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.028894

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Short reports:

Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the urinary bladder: a clinico-pathological study emphasising immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular analyses

A Lopez-Beltran, C Pérez-Seoane, R Montironi, T Hernández-Iglesias, C Mackintosh, and E de Alava

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 775-778. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.029199

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Correspondence:

Bilateral multiple axillary apocrine hidrocystomas associated with benign apocrine hyperplasia

N A Obaidat and D M Ghazarian

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 779. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.033670

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Striking male predominance of mantle cell lymphoma in Taiwan

S-S Chuang, W-T Huang, P-P Hsieh, H-H Tseng, and H-M Chang

J Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 780. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.035071

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