Table of contents

Original articles

• The NHS breast screening programme (pathology) EQA: experience in recent years relating to issues involved in individual performance appraisal (27 January, 2006)

  D M Parham, D Coleman, S Kodikara, S Moss, I O Ellis, S Al-sam, N Anderson, L Bobrow, I Buley, C E Connolly, N S Dallimore, S Hales, A Hanby, S Humphreys, F Knox, J Lowe, J Macartney, R Nash, J Patnick, S E Pinder, C M Quinn, A J Robertson, J Shrimankar, R A Walker, C Wells, R Winder, N Patel
• Impact of a national external quality assessment scheme for breast pathology in the UK (27 January, 2006)

  I O Ellis, D Coleman, C Wells, S Kodikara, E M Paish, S Moss, S Al-sam, N Anderson, L Bobrow, I Buley, C E Connolly, N S Dallimore, S Hales, A Hanby, S Humphreys, F Knox, J Lowe, J Macartney, R Nash, D Parham, J Patnick, S E Pinder, C M Quinn, A J Robertson, J Shrimankar, R A Walker, R Winder
• Platelet volume indices in patients with coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction: an Indian scenario (27 January, 2006)

  M M Khandekar, A S Khurana, S D Deshmukh, A L Kakrani, A D Katdare, A K Inamdar
• Prognostic value of stage IV neuroblastoma metastatic immunophenotype in the bone marrow: preliminary report (27 January, 2006)

  M Nowicki, D Ostalska-Nowicka, B Miskowiak
• Twenty year review of histopathological findings in enucleated/eviscerated eyes (27 January, 2006)

  M U Saeed, B Y P Chang, M Khandwala, A G Shivane, A Chakrabarty
• An audit of thrombophilia screens: results from the National Pathology Alliance benchmarking review (27 January, 2006)

  S Lyons, M J Galloway, J Osgerby, J Hanley
• cDNA microarray analysis of cancer associated gene expression profiles in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (27 January, 2006)

  K Karube, K Nabeshima, M Ishiguro, M Harada, H Iwasaki
• Tumour lymphangiogenesis is a possible predictor of sentinel lymph node status in cutaneous melanoma: a case–control study (27 January, 2006)

  D Massi, S Puig, A Franchi, J Malvehy, S Vidal-Sicart, M González-Cao, G Baroni, S Ketabchi, J Palou, M Santucci
• Immunohistochemical assessment of hepatitis C virus antigen in cholestatic hepatitis after liver transplantation (27 January, 2006)

  F Fenwick, M F Bassendine, K Agarwal, D Bevitt, W Pumeechockchai, A D Burt, G L Toms
• Caspase activity is downregulated in choriocarcinoma: a cDNA array differential expression study (27 January, 2006)

  P-Y Fong, W-C Xue, H Y S Ngan, P-M Chiu, K Y K Chan, S W Tsao, A N Y Cheung
• Interferon γ accelerates NF-κB activation of biliary epithelial cells induced by Toll-like receptor and ligand interaction (27 January, 2006)

  K Harada, K Isse, Y Nakanuma
• Lymphatic vessel density in the neoplastic progression of Barrett’s oesophagus to adenocarcinoma (27 January, 2006)

  M-A Brundler, J A Harrison, B de Saussure, M de Perrot, M S Pepper
• Colocalisation of intraplaque C reactive protein, complement, oxidised low density lipoprotein, and macrophages in stable and unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction (27 January, 2006)

  M Meuwissen, A C van der Wal, H W M Niessen, K T Koch, R J de Winter, C M van der Loos, S Z H Rittersma, S A J Chamuleau, J G P Tijssen, A E Becker, J J Piek
• Expression of IGF-I, IGF-II, and IGF-IR in gallbladder carcinoma. A systematic analysis including primary and corresponding metastatic tumours (27 January, 2006)

  P Kornprat, P Rehak, J Rüschoff, C Langner
• Detection of venous invasion in surgical specimens of colorectal carcinoma: the efficacy of various types of tissue blocks (27 January, 2006)

  A Sternberg, A Mizrahi, M Amar, G Groisman
• Analysis of G(-174)C IL-6 polymorphism and plasma concentrations of inflammatory markers in patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (27 January, 2006)

  M Libra, S S Signorelli, Y Bevelacqua, P M Navolanic, V Bevelacqua, J Polesel, R Talamini, F Stivala, M C Mazzarino, G Malaponte