Commentary:

TMPRSS2-ETS fusion prostate cancer: biological and clinical implications

Francesca Demichelis and Mark A Rubin

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1185-1186. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.046557

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Reviews:

Clinical relevance of molecular genetics to paediatric sarcomas

Olga Slater and Janet Shipley

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1187-1194.
Published Online First: 27 April 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.040113

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Best practice in primary care pathology: review 10

W S A Smellie, N Shaw, R Bowley, M F Stewart, A M Kelly, P J Twomey, P R Chadwick, J B Houghton, J P Ng, and A J McCulloch

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1195-1204.
Published Online First: 11 May 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.048512

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Original articles:

Expression of HDAC1 and CBP/p300 in human colorectal carcinomas

Katsuyoshi Ishihama, Mitsunori Yamakawa, Shuho Semba, Hiroaki Takeda, Sumio Kawata, Seishi Kimura, and Wataru Kimura

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1205-1210.
Published Online First: 24 August 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.029165

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Detection of BRAF V600E activating mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma using PCR with allele-specific fluorescent probe melting curve analysis

Leslie R Rowe, Brandon G Bentz, and Joel S Bentz

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1211-1215.
Published Online First: 13 February 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.040105

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Protein kinase C isoform expression as a predictor of disease outcome on endocrine therapy in breast cancer

J W Assender, J M W Gee, I Lewis, I O Ellis, J F R Robertson, and R I Nicholson

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1216-1221. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.041616

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Histopathological assessment of lymph nodes in upper gastrointestinal cancer: does triple levelling detect significantly more metastases?

Stephen McGrath, Sarah Cross, and Susan Anne Pritchard

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1222-1225.
Published Online First: 13 February 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.045518

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c-KIT overexpression, without gene amplification and mutation, in paediatric renal tumours

Chris Jones, Maria Rodriguez-Pinilla, Maryou Lambros, Dorine Bax, Boo Messahel, Gordan M Vujanic, Jorge S Reis-Filho, and Kathy Pritchard-Jones

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1226-1231. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.046441

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Immunohistochemical study of nuclear factor-B activity and interleukin-8 abundance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma; a useful strategy for monitoring these biomarkers

G J S Jenkins, J Mikhail, A Alhamdani, T H Brown, S Caplin, J M Manson, R Bowden, N Toffazal, A P Griffiths, J M Parry, and J N Baxter

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1232-1237.
Published Online First: 12 January 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.043976

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Frequency of the TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion is increased in moderate to poorly differentiated prostate cancers

Ashish B Rajput, Melinda A Miller, Alessandro De Luca, Niki Boyd, Sam Leung, Antonio Hurtado-Coll, Ladan Fazli, Edward C Jones, Jodie B Palmer, Martin E Gleave, Michael E Cox, and David G Huntsman

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1238-1243.
Published Online First: 26 January 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.043810

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Heteroduplex analysis for the three common HFE variants: methodology, reliablity and analysis of over 5000 requests for testing

Jeanne Kingston, Derrick Bowen, Marion Sweeney, Susan Lawless, Helen Jackson, and Mark Worwood

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1244-1248.
Published Online First: 1 November 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.042010

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p300 expression repression by hypermethylation associated with tumour invasion and metastasis in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Changsong Zhang, Ke Li, Lixin Wei, Zhengyou Li, Ping Yu, Lijuan Teng, Kusheng Wu, and Jin Zhu

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1249-1253. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.044099

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Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration of non-pancreatic lesions: an institutional experience

Dipti Anand, Julieta E Barroeta, Prabodh K Gupta, Michael Kochman, and Zubair W Baloch

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1254-1262.
Published Online First: 12 January 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.045955

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Patient self management of oral anticoagulation in routine care in the UK

D McCahon, E T Murray, S Jowett, H S Sandhar, R L Holder, S Hussain, B O’Donoghue, and D A Fitzmaurice

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1263-1267.
Published Online First: 26 January 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.044008

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Frequency of epithelioid granulomas in colonoscopic biopsy specimens from paediatric and adult patients with Crohn’s colitis

C A Rubio, A Orrego, G Nesi, and Y Finkel

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1268-1272.
Published Online First: 9 February 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.045336

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Continuing education for pathology laboratory technologists: a needs analysis in a Singapore teaching hospital

Kong-Bing Tan, Thomas Paulraj Thamboo, and Yaw-Chyn Lim

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1273-1276.
Published Online First: 16 February 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.045195

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Frequency and reliability of oestrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2 in breast carcinoma determined by immunohistochemistry in Australasia: results of the RCPA Quality Assurance Program

Glenn D Francis, Margaret Dimech, Leanne Giles, and Alison Hopkins

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1277-1283.
Published Online First: 26 January 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.044701

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Mucosal endocrine cell micronests and single endocrine cells following neo-adjuvant therapy for adenocarcinoma of the distal oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction

Colin J R Stewart and Simon Hillery

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1284-1289.
Published Online First: 24 September 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.047449

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Problems of basing patient recruitment for primary care studies on routine laboratory submissions

Cliodna McNulty, Michael Thomas, Rhiannon John, Andrew Lovering, Deirdre Lewis, and Alasdair MacGowan

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1290-1293.
Published Online First: 2 March 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.046854

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PostScript:

Extraventricular unusual glioma in a child with extensive myxoid change resembling chordoid glioma

R Goyal, R K Vashishta, S Singhi, and M Gill

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1294-1295. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.033548

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Metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumour in the duodenum presenting with a gastrointestinal bleed

Sanjay A Pai, Dinesh Kini, Ravi P Deo, and Poonam U Patil

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1295-1296. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.047217

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Corrections

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1296. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.043083corr1

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Corrections

J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 1296. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.044644corr1

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