Harry L Evans, MD
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-LabMedicine-Clinical
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1974 | University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA, MD, Pathology |
1970 | Stetson University, Deland, USA, BS, Pathology |
Postgraduate Training
1977-1978 | Clinical Fellowship, Dermatopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
1975-1977 | Clinical Fellowship, Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
1974-1975 | Resident in Pathology, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville |
Board Certifications
1978 | Dermatopathology |
1977 | Anatomic Pathology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1982 - 1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1978 - 1982
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director of Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2010
Honors & Awards
2004 | Harlan J. Spjut Award, Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists |
1977 | First Prize Annual Clinical Training Research Project Competition, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
1976 | Certificate of Merit Annual Clinical Training Research Project Competition, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
1970 | Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, Stetson University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Evans, HL. Anisometric cell lipoma. AJSP: Reviews & Reports 21:195-199, 2016.
- Estrella JS, Wang H, Bhosale PR, Evans HL, Abraham SC. Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pancreas. Pancreas 44(6):988-94, 2015. PMID: 26166470.
- Evans HL. Sporadic superficial diffuse neurofibromas with repeated local recurrence over many years and a tendency toward malignant change: a report of 3 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 37(7):987-94, 2013. PMID: 23648456.
- Wang WL, Evans HL, Meis JM, Liegl-Atzwanger B, Bovee JV, Goldblum JR, Billings SD, Rubin BP, López-Terrada D, Lazar AJ. FUS rearrangements are rare in 'pure' sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma. Mod Pathol 25(6):846-53, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22388756.
- Evans HL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 33 cases with long-term follow-up. Am J Surg Pathol 35(10):1450-62, 2011. PMID: 21921785.
- Swaby MG, Evans HL, Fletcher CD, Prieto VG, Patel KU, Lev DC, Lòpez-Terrada D, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with unusual sarcomatous transformation: a series of 4 cases with molecular confirmation. Am J Dermatopathol 33(4):354-60, 2011. PMID: 21478726.
- Plaza JA, Torres-Cabala, Evans HL, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. Immunohistochemical expression of S100A6 in cellular neurothekeoma: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 31 cases. Am J Dermatopathol 31:419-22, 2009.
- Hong DS, Reddy SB, Prieto VG, Wright JJ, Tannir NM, Cohen PR, Diwan AH, Evans HL, Kurzrock R. Multiple squamous cell carcinomas of the skin after therapy with sorafenib combined with tipifarnib. Arch Dermatol 144(6):779-782, 2008. PMID: 18559769.
- Evans HL. Atypical lipomatous tumor, its variants, and its combined forms: a study of 61 cases, with a minimum follow-up of 10 years. Am J Surg Pathol 31(1):1-14, 2007. PMID: 17197914.
- Evans HL, Raymond AK, Ayala AG. Vascular tumors of bone: A study of 17 cases other than ordinary hemangioma, with an evaluation of the relationship of hemangioendothelioma of bone to epithelioid hemangioma, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, and high-grade angiosarcoma. Hum Pathol 34(7):680-9, 2003. PMID: 12874764.
- Biddle DA, Evans HL, Kemp BL, El-Naggar AK, Harvell JD, White WL, Iskandar SS, Prieto VG. Intraparenchymal nevus cell aggregates in lymph nodes: a possible diagnostic pitfall with malignant melanoma and carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 27(5):673-81, 2003. PMID: 12717252.
- Zagars GK, Ballo MT, Pisters PW, Pollock RE, Patel SR, Benjamin RS, Evans HL. Prognostic factors for patients with localized soft-tissue sarcoma treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy: an analysis of 1225 patients. Cancer 97(10):2530-43, 2003. PMID: 12733153.
- Evans HL. Multinucleated giant cells in plantar fibromatosis. Am J Surg Pathol 26(2):244-8, 2002. PMID: 11812947.
- Evans HL, Luna MA. Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma: a study of 40 cases with long-term follow up and an evaluation of the importance of papillary areas. Am J Surg Pathol 24(10):1319-28, 2000. PMID: 11023093.
- Evans HL, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Follicular and Hurthle cell carcinomas of the thyroid: a comparative study. Am J Surg Pathol 22(12):1512-20, 1998. PMID: 9850177.
- Colome-Grimmer MI, Evans HL. Metastasizing cellular dermatofibroma. A report of two cases. Am J Surg Pathol 20(11):1361-7, 1996. PMID: 8898840.
- Evans HL. Encapsulated columnar-cell neoplasms of the thyroid. A report of four cases suggesting a favorable prognosis. Am J Surg Pathol 20(10):1205-11, 1996. PMID: 8827026.
- Evans HL, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Adrenal cortical neoplasms. A study of 56 cases. Am J Clin Pathol 105(1):76-86, 1996. PMID: 8561092.
- Evans HL. Desmoplastic fibroblastoma. A report of seven cases. Am J Surg Pathol 19(9):1077-81, 1995. PMID: 7661281.
- Morrison WH, Byers RM, Garden AS, Evans HL, Ang KK, Peters LJ. Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck. A therapeutic dilemma. Cancer 76(2):319-27, 1995. PMID: 8625109.
- Evans HL. Classification and grading of soft-tissue sarcomas. A comment. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 9(3):653-6, 1995. PMID: 7649947.
- Evans HL, Khurana KK, Kemp BL, Ayala AG. Heterologous elements in the dedifferentiated component of dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 18(11):1150-7, 1994. PMID: 7943536.
- Patel SR, Evans HL, Benjamin RS. Combination chemotherapy in adult desmoid tumors. Cancer 72(11):3244-7, 1993. PMID: 8242548.
- Evans HL, Baer SC. Epithelioid sarcoma: a clinicopathologic and prognostic study of 26 cases. Semin Diagn Pathol 10(4):286-91, 1993. PMID: 8140326.
- Mavligit GM, Pollock RE, Evans HL, Wallace S. Durable hepatic tumor regression after arterial chemoembolization-infusion in patients with islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas metastatic to the liver. Cancer 72(2):375-80, 1993. PMID: 8391377.
- Evans HL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. A report of 12 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 17(6):595-600, 1993. PMID: 8333558.
- Evans HL. The pathologic diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma. Int. J. Surg. Pathol 1:139-143, 1993.
- Saleh G, Evans HL, Ro JY, Ayala AG. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. A clinicopathologic study of ten patients with long-term follow-up. Cancer 70(12):2827-30, 1992. PMID: 1451062.
- Connelly JH, Evans HL. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. A clinicopathologic review with emphasis on fibrosarcomatous areas. Am J Surg Pathol 16(10):921-5, 1992. PMID: 1415902.
- Brown RW, Tornos C, Evans HL. Angiosarcoma arising from malignant schwannoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis. Cancer 70(5):1141-4, 1992. PMID: 1515988.
- Ang PT, Evans HL, Pazdur R. Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Therapeutic implications of a ten year disease free interval. Am J Clin. Oncol 14:175 178, 1991.
- Benjamin RS, Chawla AP, Carrasco CH, Raymond AK, Murray JA, Amen T, Wallace S, Ayala A, Papadopoulos N, Plager C, Pezzi CM, Pollock RE, Evans HL, Romsdahl MM, Martin RG. Primary chemotherapy of sarcomas. Semin in Ortho 6(4):233-236, 1991.
- Evans HL. Criteria for diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma. Surg. Pathol 4:244-265, 1991.
- Evans HL. Smooth muscle in atypical lipomatous tumors. A report of three cases. Am J Surg Pathol 14(8):714-8, 1990. PMID: 2378392.
- Bane BL, Evans HL, Ro JY, Carrasco CH, Grignon DJ, Benjamin RS, Ayala AG. Extraskeletal osteosarcoma. A clinicopathologic review of 26 cases. Cancer 65(12):2762-70, 1990. PMID: 2160317.
- Pezzi CM, Pollock RE, Evans HL, Lorigan JG, Pezzi TA, Benjamin RS, Romsdahl MM. Preoperative chemotherapy for soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities. Ann Surg 211(4):476-81, 1990. PMID: 2157378.
- Ellerbroek N, Holmes F, Singletary E, Evans HL, Oswald M, McNeese M. Treatment of patients with isolated axillary nodal metastases from an occult primary carcinoma consistent with breast origin. Cancer 66:1461-1467, 1990.
- Sara AS, Evans HL, Benjamin RS. Malignant melanoma of soft parts (clear cell sarcoma). A study of 17 cases, with emphasis on prognostic factors. Cancer 65(2):367-74, 1990. PMID: 2295060.
- Sherman N, Romsdahl MM, Evans HL, Zagars G, Oswald MJ. Desmoid tumors: A 20 year radiotherapy experience. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 19:37- 40, 1990.
- Lorigan JG, David CL, Evans HL, Wallace S. The clinical and radiologic manifestations of hemangiopericytoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 153(2):345-9, 1989. PMID: 2665453.
- Lorigan JG, O'Keeffe FN, Evans HL, Wallace S. The radiologic manifestations of alveolar soft-part sarcoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 153(2):335-9, 1989. PMID: 2750619.
- Mahajan H, Kim EE, Wallace S, Abello R, Benjamin R, Evans HL. Magnetic resonance imaging of malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Magn Reson Imaging 7(3):283-8, 1989. PMID: 2548051.
- London J, Kim EE, Wallace S, Shirkhoda A, Coan J, Evans HL. MR imaging of liposarcomas: Correlation of MR features and histology. J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr 13:832- 835, 1989.
- Evans HL, Chawla SP, Simpson C, Finn KP. Smooth muscle neoplasms of the uterus other than ordinary leiomyoma. A study of 46 cases, with emphasis on diagnostic criteria and prognostic factors. Cancer 62(10):2239-47, 1988. PMID: 3179938.
- Evans HL. Liposarcomas and atypical lipomatous tumors: A study of 66 cases followed for a minimum of 10 years. Surg Pathol 1:41 54, 1988.
- Wood WJ, Rawlings M, Evans HL, Lim CNH. Hepatocellular carcinoma: Importance of histologic classification as a prognostic factor. Am J Surg Pathol 155:663-666, 1988.
- Evans HL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. A report of two metastasizing neoplasms having a deceptively benign appearance. Am J Clin Pathol 88(5):615-9, 1987. PMID: 3673943.
- Evans HL. Encapsulated papillary neoplasms of the thyroid. A study of 14 cases followed for a minimum of 10 years. Am J Surg Pathol 11(8):592-7, 1987. PMID: 3618882.
- Meis JM, Raymond AK, Evans HL, Charles RE, Giraldo AA. "Dedifferentiated" chordoma. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of three cases. Am J Surg Pathol 11(7):516-25, 1987. PMID: 2440324.
- Ward RM, Evans HL. Cystosarcoma phyllodes. A clinicopathologic study of 26 cases. Cancer 58(10):2282-9, 1986. PMID: 3019505.
- Evans HL. Columnar-cell carcinoma of the thyroid. A report of two cases of an aggressive variant of thyroid carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol 85(1):77-80, 1986. PMID: 3940424.
- Evans HL. Smooth muscle tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. A study of 56 cases followed for a minimum of 10 years. Cancer 56(9):2242-50, 1985. PMID: 4052969.
- Chaitin BA, Gershenson DM, Evans HL. Mucinous tumors of the ovary. A clinicopathologic study of 70 cases. Cancer 55(9):1958-62, 1985. PMID: 2983869.
- Abdul-Karim FW, Evans HL, Silva EG. Giant cell fibroblastoma: a report of three cases. Am J Clin Pathol 83(2):165-70, 1985. PMID: 2982254.
- Dougherty BG, Evans HL. Carcinoma of the anal canal: a study of 79 cases. Am J Clin Pathol 83(2):159-64, 1985. PMID: 3969957.
- Evans HL. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma. A study of 13 typical examples and one with a histologically atypical component. Cancer 55(4):912-7, 1985. PMID: 3967185.
- Evans HL. Follicular neoplasms of the thyroid. A study of 44 cases followed for a minimum of 10 years, with emphasis on differential diagnosis. Cancer 54(3):535-40, 1984. PMID: 6733684.
- Evans HL. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands: a study of 69 cases with special attention to histologic grading. Am J Clin Pathol 81(6):696-701, 1984. PMID: 6731349.
- Evans HL, Batsakis JG. Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of minor salivary glands. A study of 14 cases of a distinctive neoplasm. Cancer 53(4):935-42, 1984. PMID: 6692293.
- Mackay B, Rashid RK, Evans HL. Diagnosis of human tumors. Case 9: Epithelioid sarcoma. Ultrastruct Pathol 5(4):329-33, 1983. PMID: 6675220.
- Evans HL. Endometrial stromal sarcoma and poorly differentiated endometrial sarcoma. Cancer 50(10):2170-82, 1982. PMID: 7127257.
- Evans HL. Extranodal small lymphocytic proliferation: a clinicopathologic and immunocytochemical study. Cancer 49(1):84-96, 1982. PMID: 6797720.
- Maddox JC, Evans HL. Angiosarcoma of skin and soft tissue: a study of forty-four cases. Cancer 48(8):1907-21, 1981. PMID: 7197190.
- Leventon GS, Evans HL. Sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma of the mucous membranes of the head and neck: a clinicopathologic study of 20 cases. Cancer 48(4):994-1003, 1981. PMID: 7272943.
- Wile AG, Evans HL, Romsdahl MM. Leiomyosarcoma of soft tissue: a clinicopathologic study. Cancer 48(4):1022-32, 1981. PMID: 7272926.
- Duncan SC, Evans HL, Winkelmann RK. Large cell lymphocytoma. Arch Dermatol 116(10):1142-6, 1980. PMID: 7000008.
- Evans HL, Smith JL. Spindle cell squamous carcinomas and sarcoma-like tumors of the skin: a comparative study of 38 cases. Cancer 45(10):2687-97, 1980. PMID: 7379002.
- Evans HL. Synovial sarcoma. A study of 23 biphasic and 17 probable monophasic examples. Pathol Annu 15(Pt 2):309-31, 1980. PMID: 6256705.
- Evans HL, Kletzel M, Lawson RD, Frankel LS, Hopfer RL. Systemic mycosis due to Trichosporon cutaneum: a report of two additional cases. Cancer 45(2):367-71, 1980. PMID: 6927961.
- Evans HL. Liposarcoma: a study of 55 cases with a reassessment of its classification. Am J Surg Pathol 3(6):507-23, 1979. PMID: 534388.
- Evans HL, Winkelmann RK, Banks PM. Differential diagnosis of malignant and benign cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates: a study of 57 cases in which malignant lymphoma had been diagnosed or suspected in the skin. Cancer 44(2):699-717, 1979. PMID: 582573.
- Evans HL, Su D, Smith JL, Winkelmann RK. Carcinoma arising in eccrine spiradenoma. Cancer 43(5):1881-4, 1979. PMID: 445374.
- Evans HL, Soule EH, Winkelmann RK. Atypical lipoma, atypical intramuscular lipoma, and well differentiated retroperitoneal liposarcoma: a reappraisal of 30 cases formerly classified as well differentiated liposarcoma. Cancer 43(2):574-84, 1979. PMID: 421182.
- Millns JL, Evans HL, Winkelmann RK. The association of islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas with subcutaneous fat necrosis. Am J Dermatopathol 1(3):273-809, 1979. PMID: 232377.
- Evans HL, Butler JJ, Youness EL. Malignant lymphoma, small lymphocytic type: a clinicopathologic study of 84 cases with suggested criteria for intermediate lymphocytic lymphoma. Cancer 41(4):1440-55, 1978. PMID: 76506.
- Evans HL, Ayala AG, Romsdahl MM. Prognostic factors in chondrosarcoma of bone: a clinicopathologic analysis with emphasis on histologic grading. Cancer 40(2):818-31, 1977. PMID: 890662.
- Evans HL, Glick AD. Unusual gonadal stromal tumor of the testis. Case report with ultrastructural observations. Arch Pathol Lab Med 101(6):317-20, 1977. PMID: 577131.
Book Chapters
- Evans HL (contributor). In: In: WHO Classification of Tumors of the Soft Tissue and Bone. IARC Press: Lyon, France, 2013.
- Evans HL (contributor). In: WHO Classification of Tumors of the Soft Tissue and Bone. IARC Press: Lyon, France, 2002.
- Benjamin RS, Terjanian TO, Fenoglio CJ , Barkley HT, Evans HL, Murphy WK, Martin RG. The importance of combination chemotherapy for adjuvant treatment of high risk patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. In: Adjuvant Therapy of Cancer V. Grune & Stratton, 735-744, 1987.
- Romsdahl MM, Evans HL, Ayala AG. Surgical treatment of chondrosarcoma. In: Management of Primary Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors (a collection of papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual Clinical Conference on Cancer. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc: Chicago, IL, 125-136, 1977.
Books (edited and written)
- Kempson RL, Evans HL, Fletcher CDM, Hendrickson MR, Sibley RK. AFIP Fascicle on Soft Tissue Tumors (Third Series). UAREP, 2001.
Patient Reviews
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