Hodgkin lymphoma: flow me ?
Michael W Beaty, Kim R GeisingerCytoJournal 2005 2(1):13-13Combining fine needle aspirate cytology with flow cytometry immunophenotyping for the rapid diagnosis of lymphoproliferative lesions is commonplace practice in many institutions. Yet, a definitive diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma in many cases remains elusive, requiring subsequent tissue biopsy confirmation. In this issue of CytoJournal, Hernandez et al explore the potential role of using the increased CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio in lymph node fine needle aspiration specimens as a specific feature in diagnosing Hodgkin lymphoma. CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio comparisons are made with...
Source: CytoJournal - September 7, 2005 Category: Pathology Authors: Michael W Beaty Kim R Geisinger Source Type: research

Review of " Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Liver: Diagnostic algorithm a Southeast Asian Perspective " by A Wee and P Sampatankul
Isam A EltoumCytoJournal 2005 2(1):10-10 (Source: CytoJournal)
Source: CytoJournal - June 20, 2005 Category: Pathology Authors: Isam A Eltoum Source Type: research

CytoJournal's move to fund Open Access
Vinod B Shidham, Anthony F Cafaro, Barbara F AtkinsonCytoJournal 2005 2(1):3-3CytoJournal is published by an independent publisher BioMed Central, which is committed to ensuring that the peer-reviewed biomedical research is Open Access. Since its launch, BioMed Central has graciously supported the processing of all the articles published during CytoJournal' s first 6 months. However, for long term viability, CytoJournal has to achieve financial viability to support publication expenses. From 1st March, 2005, authors will be asked by the publisher to pay a flat article-processing charge. This editorial discusses ...
Source: CytoJournal - February 9, 2005 Category: Pathology Authors: Vinod B Shidham Anthony F Cafaro Barbara F Atkinson Source Type: research

Second edition of'The Bethesda System for reporting cervical cytology' - Atlas, website, and Bethesda interobserver reproducibility project
Ritu Nayar, Diane SolomonCytoJournal 2004 1(1):4-4A joint task force of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently completed a 2-year effort to revise the Bethesda System "blue book" atlas and develop a complementary web-based collection of cervical cytology images. The web-based collection of images is housed on the ASC website, which went live on November 5 th , 2003; it can be directly accessed at http://www.cytopathology.org/NIH/ . (Source: CytoJournal)
Source: CytoJournal - October 20, 2004 Category: Pathology Authors: Ritu Nayar Diane Solomon Source Type: research

CytoJournal joins'open access' philosophy
Vinod B Shidham, Anthony Cafaro, Barbara F AtkinsonCytoJournal 2004 1(1):1-1Welcome to CytoJournal ! We would like to introduce you to your journal, one that is run by and for the scientific cytopathology community with incontestable benefits of Open Access, and support from Cytopathology Foundation, Inc. http://www.cytopathology-foundation.org/index.html webcite CytoJournal is a peer-reviewed, PubMed indexed, online journal, publishing research in the field of cytopathology and related areas, with world wide free access. Authors submitting to CytoJournal retain the copyright to their hard earned work. (Source: CytoJournal)
Source: CytoJournal - July 28, 2004 Category: Pathology Authors: Vinod B Shidham Anthony Cafaro Barbara F Atkinson Source Type: research