2004 WHO classification of the renal tumors of the adults

A Lopez-Beltran, M Scarpelli, R Montironi, Z Kirkali - European urology, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The recently introduced 2004 World Health Organisation (WHO)
classification of the adult renal epithelial neoplasms is meant to replace the previous 1998 …

Understanding pathologic variants of renal cell carcinoma: distilling therapeutic opportunities from biologic complexity

B Shuch, A Amin, AJ Armstrong, JN Eble, V Ficarra… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Context Once believed to represent a uniform malignant phenotype, renal cell carcinoma
(RCC) is now viewed as a diverse group of cancers that arise from the nephron. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular testing for BRAF mutations to inform melanoma treatment decisions: a move toward precision medicine

L Cheng, A Lopez-Beltran, F Massari, GT MacLennan… - Modern Pathology, 2018 - Elsevier
Approximately one-half of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanomas harbor a
mutation in the BRAF gene, with V600E being the most common mutation. Targeted therapy …

Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a clinicopathologic analysis of 64 patients

L Cheng, CX Pan, XJ Yang, A Lopez‐Beltran… - Cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is an uncommon tumor that has
been described in case reports or small series. Herein, the authors report a series of 64 …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular pathology of lung cancer: key to personalized medicine

L Cheng, RE Alexander, GT MacLennan… - Modern Pathology, 2012 - Elsevier
The majority of lung adenocarcinoma patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-(EGFR)
mutated or EML4–ALK rearrangement-positive tumors are sensitive to tyrosine kinase …

[HTML][HTML] Immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of bladder cancer

A Lopez-Beltran, A Cimadamore, A Blanca, F Massari… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, we examined relevant clinical trial results with immune
checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. We also focused on the …

The 2004 WHO classification of bladder tumors: a summary and commentary

R Montironi, A Lopez-Beltran - International journal of …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The key points of the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification of noninvasive
urothelial tumors are the following: the description of the categories has been expanded to …

OCT4: biological functions and clinical applications as a marker of germ cell neoplasia

L Cheng, MT Sung, P Cossu‐Rocca… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Germ cell tumours (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, which develop in the
gonads as well as in extragonadal sites, that share morphological patterns and an overall …

Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: a report of 45 cases of a kidney tumor of low malignant potential

S Suzigan, A López-Beltrán, R Montironi… - American journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 2004 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of kidney tumors
recognizes multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma (MCRCC) as a rare variant of clear cell …

Non-invasive urothelial neoplasms: according to the most recent WHO classification

A Lopez-Beltran, R Montironi - European urology, 2004 - Elsevier
The key points of the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification of non-invasive
urothelial tumors are: the description of the categories has been expanded in the current …