Hospital-based recruitment may be an efficient way to prospectively identify donors of convalescent plasma. Learn more here: #bloodbank #transfusionmedicine #COVID19

The findings in this study highlight the need for standardized quality control protocols for ICS devices.

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These researchers identified highly sensitive and specific exonic markers to detect mismatch repair deficiency by next-generation sequencing.

In the June issue: Biomarkers of response to antibody-drug conjugates and the immune microenvironment in penile squamous cell carcinoma.

Burkitt lymphoma shows no significant CD47 expression in all 14 cases examined. Learn more here:

Primary lung salivary gland-type intraductal carcinoma (IC) is very rare; a diagnosis requires pathologic examination because of its nonspecific clinical manifestations.

On our sister publication #Lablogatory: the safety culture you've waited for.

In the June issue: Revision of interpretation criteria to define microsatellite instability in mismatch repair–deficient neoplasms with subtle electropherogram changes.

Compared with conventional high-grade HER2+ breast tumors, low-grade HER2+ breast carcinomas may represent a distinct subset that could benefit from therapeutic de-escalation strategies.

The pilot program outlined in this paper provides insight into the feasibility of a locally based and locally run PT program. Read it here:

Over 90% of HER2 FISH group 2 to 4 breast cancers with equivocal (2+) IHC followed by targeted, blinded second FISH rescoring and final HER2-positive status have less than 50% amplified population of tumor. Learn more here:

Open-access paper in the June issue: Coagulation abnormalities following brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) envenomation.

Journal CME: Histopathologic and genetic distinction of well-differentiated grade 3 neuroendocrine tumor versus poorly-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms.

On our sister publication #Lablogatory: the safety culture you've waited for.

Journal CME: Revision of interpretation criteria to define microsatellite instability in mismatch repair deficient neoplasms with subtle electropherogram changes.

On our sister publication #Lablogatory: the real scoop on formaldehyde safety.

In the June issue: Diagnostic utility of lymphocyte enhancer factor 1 in aggressive B-cell lymphoma with MYC rearrangement.

This review aims to assist pathologists in making an accurate diagnosis in high grade neuroendocrine neoplasms. Read it here:

This case highlights the importance of a re-biopsy when the initial biopsy fails to explain the clinical presentation. Read it here:

The necessity for haptoglobin trimester-specific RIs in the pregnant population needs to be assessed. Learn more here:

In the June issue: High-sensitivity KIT D816V variation analysis by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction.