Nour Sneige, MD
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-LabMedicine-Clinical
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Clinical Specialist, Department of Pathology, Anatomical, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Clinical Specialist, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1972 | Damascus University School of Medicine, Damascus, SY, Medicine, MD |
| 1967 | Damascus University School of Science, Damascus, SY, Science, PCB |
Postgraduate Training
| 1980-1981 | Surgical Fellowship, Anatomic Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 1979-1980 | Resident in Surgical Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Barnes Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| 1975-1979 | Residency, Wilmington Medical Center, Wilmington, DE |
| 1974-1975 | Medical Internship, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey |
Licenses & Certifications
| 1981 | Texas Medical Board |
| 1979 | American Board of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology |
| 1977 | Flex |
| 1973 | ECFMG |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Staff Pathologist, The Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, 2012 - 2019
Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2010 - 2020
Chief, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1998 - 2007
Director of HER-2 Fish Lab, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1997 - 2010
Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1993 - 2010
Co-Chief, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1992 - 1998
Director of Clinical Operations, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1990 - 1998
Director of Quality Improvement, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1990 - 2007
Associate Pathologist and Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1988 - 1993
Associate Director, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1985 - 1990
Assistant Pathologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1985 - 1988
Chief of Aspiration Biopsy Service, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1985 - 1998
Assistant Pathologist and Instructor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1982 - 1985
Faculty Associate, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1981 - 1982
Other Professional Positions
Abstract Review Board, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2002 - 2005
Advisory Board Member, Medical Global, 2001 - Present
Co-Chair, NCI Breast Aspiration Subcommittee III (Diagnostic Terminology), 1998 - Present
Member, Radiotherapy Oncology Group (RTOG), 1998 - Present
Member, Cytopathology Board Testing Committee, Tampa, FL, 1996 - 2001
Member, 9th International Congress of Breast Diseases, 1996 - Present
Central Cytopathologist, Radiology Diagnostic Oncology Group 5 (NIH), Houston, Texas, 1994 - 1996
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, Cytopathology Search Committee, ?, 2000 - Present
Member, Search Committee Anesthesia, ?, 1999 - Present
Alternate, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff, ??, 1999 - 2007
Member, The Promotion and Tenure Committee, ??, 1999 - 2002
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee Medical Staff, ??, 1998 - 2001
Member, Promotions and Tenure Committee, ?, 1996 - 1999
Member, Executive Committee for Radiology Diagnostic Oncology Group V, ?, 1994 - 2004
Member, Patient Care Subcommittee, ?, 1986 - Present
Chair, Cytopathology Search Committee, ??
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board, Journal of the American society of Cytopathology, 2013 - 2020
Section Editor, Archives of Pathology and laboratory Medicine (Breast), 2012 - 2019
Section Editor, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2005 - 2010
Cytopathology Section Editor, Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, 2003 - Present
Editorial Advisory Board, CytoJournal, 2003 - 2011
Editorial Advisory Board, Cancer Cytopathology, 1996 - 2010
Editorial Advisory Board, The Breast, 1996 - 2005
Breast Section Editor, Advance in Anatomic Pathology, 1994 - 2010
Editorial Board, Journal of Breast Disease, 1993 - 1999
Honors & Awards
| 2011 - Present | Harian SPJUT Award, Houston Society of Clinical Pathology |
| 2011 - Present | The Kamal Ishak Award, IAP, Arab Chapter, Beirut Lebanon |
| 2003 - Present | International Health Professional of the Year |
| 2002 - Present | Best Doctors, America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals |
| 2002 - Present | Recognition Award, USCAP |
| 2002 - Present | Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare |
| 1998 - Present | Cytopathology Fellow - Savitri Krishnamurthy, M.D |
| 1998 - Present | Research Trainee Award, Cytopathology Fellow - Hadi Yaziji, M.D |
| 1997 - Present | Papanicolaou Society Fellowship Award, USCAP |
| 1991 - 1992 | Teacher of the Year, Cytopathology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1990 - 1991 | Pathologist of the Year, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2006 - 2010 |
| Title: | A phase I prevention study of Atorvastatin in women at increased risk of breast cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | NO1 CN-35159 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Mosaffa SL, Eapen G, Kalhor N, Sneige N. Non-small cell lung carcinoma with ectopic gonadotropin production: A case report and review of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol 52(7):397-399, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38576061.
- Gomez M, Yu W, Sneige N. The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology: the experience of a tertiary cancer center with emphasis on non-mucinous cysts and improving diagnostic results. J Am Soc Cytopathol 13(1):59-66, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37798167.
- Wang J, Chen H, Koenig J, Wu Y, Bedrosian I, Arun B, Ding Q, Khazai L, Resetkova E, Huo L, Sneige N, Albarracin C. Discordance of Oncotype DX scores in synchronous bilateral and unilateral multifocal breast cancers. Breast Cancer Res Treat 203(1):73-83, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37751078.
- Akkoc Mustafayev FN, Liu DD, Gutierrez AM, Lewis JE, Ibrahim NK, Valero V, Booser DJ, Litton JK, Koenig K, Yu D, Sneige N, Arun BK. Short-Term Biomarker Modulation Study of Dasatinib for Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer Chemoprevention. Eur J Breast Health 19(4):267-273, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37795002.
- Najjar S, Gan Q, Stewart J, Sneige N. The utility of claudin-4 versus MOC-31 and Ber-EP4 in the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma in cytology specimens. Cancer Cytopathol 131(4):245-253, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36522809.
- McCormick B, Winter KA, Woodward W, Kuerer HM, Sneige N, Rakovitch E, Smith BL, Germain I, Hartford AC, O'Rourke MA, Walker EM, Strom EA, Hopkins JO, Pierce LJ, Pu AT, Sumida KNM, Vesprini D, Moughan J, White JR. Randomized Phase III Trial Evaluating Radiation Following Surgical Excision for Good-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Long-Term Report From NRG Oncology/RTOG 9804. J Clin Oncol 39(32):3574-3582, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34406870.
- McLemore LE, Albarracin CT, Gruschkus SK, Bassett RL Jr, Wu Y, Dhamne S, Yim I, Lin K, Bedrosian I, Sneige N, Chen H. HER2 testing in breast cancers: comparison of assays and interpretation using ASCO/CAP 2013 and 2018 guidelines. Breast Cancer Res Treat 187(1):95-104, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33813685.
- Bayraktar S, Baghaki S, Wu J, Liu DD, Gutierrez-Barrera AM, Bevers TB, Valero V, Sneige N, Arun BK. Biomarker Modulation Study of Celecoxib for Chemoprevention in Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer: A Phase II Pilot Study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 13(9):795-802, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32513785.
- Moseley TW, Shah SS, Nguyen CV, Rosenblat J, Resetkova E, Sneige N, Brandt KR, Huo L. Clinical Management of Mucocele-Like Lesions of the Breast with Limited or no Epithelial Atypia on Core Biopsy: Experience from Two Institutions. Ann Surg Oncol 26(11):3478-3488, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31187364.
- Jung M, Maldonado J, Schwartz MR, Sneige N, Ayala AG, Ro JY. Clinical presentation of ductal carcinoma in situ of breast with intraluminal crystalloids: Radiologic-histologic correlation. Ann Diagn Pathol 37:42-46, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30241034.
- McCroskey Z, Sneige N, Herman CR, Miller RA, Venta LA, Ro JY, Schwartz MR, Ayala AG. Flat epithelial atypia in directional vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications: surgical excision may not be necessary. Mod Pathol 31(7):1097-1106, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29467479.
- Shimodaira Y, Slack RS, Harada K, Bhutani MS, Elimova E, Staerkel GA, Sneige N, Erasmus J, Shiozaki H, Charalampakis N, Planjery V, Kaya DM, Amlashi FG, Blum MA, Skinner HD, Minsky BD, Maru DM, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG, Mares JE, Rogers JE, Lin QD, Ross WA, Weston B, Lee JH, Ajani JA. Utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of regional lymph nodes that are proximal to and far from the primary distal esophageal carcinoma. Oncotarget 8(45):79356-79365, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29108314.
- Guo M, Khanna A, Wang J, Dawlett MA, Kologinczak TL, Lyons GR, Bassett RL Jr, Sneige N, Gong Y, Bevers TB. Three-year risk of high-grade CIN for women aged 30 years or older who undergo baseline Pap cytology and HPV co-screening. Cancer Cytopathol 125(8):644-651, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28498639.
- Sneige N, Hess KR, Multani AS, Gong Y, Ibrahim NK. Prognostic significance of equivocal human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 results and clinical utility of alternative chromosome 17 genes in patients with invasive breast cancer: A cohort study. Cancer 123(7):1115-1123, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27893937.
- Amy Chen YJ, Lin CY, Feng J, Cogdell D, Zhang W, Liu J, Sneige N, Gong Y, Guo M. Accuracy of EasyChip HPV blot genotyping assay to detect high-risk HPV genotypes in SurePath Papanicolaou specimens. J Am Soc Cytopathol 5(6):351-358, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 31042547.
- Arun BK, Gong Y, Liu D, Litton JK, Gutierrez-Barrera AM, Jack Lee J, Vornik L, Ibrahim NK, Cornelison T, Hortobagyi GN, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Koenig KB, Alvarez RR, Murray JL, Valero V, Lippman SM, Brown P, Sneige N. Phase I biomarker modulation study of atorvastatin in women at increased risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 158(1):67-77, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27287781.
- Shiozaki H, Elimova E, Slack RS, Chen HC, Staerkel GA, Sneige N, Shimodaira Y, Sagebiel T, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Das P, Mansfield PF, Estrella JS, Badgwell BD, Ajani JA. Prognosis of gastric adenocarcinoma patients with various burdens of peritoneal metastases. J Surg Oncol 113(1):29-35, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26603684.
- Crew KD, Ho KA, Brown P, Greenlee H, Bevers TB, Arun B, Sneige N, Hudis C, McArthur HL, Chang J, Rimawi M, Cornelison TL, Cardelli J, Santella RM, Wang A, Lippman SM, Hershman DL. Effects of a green tea extract, Polyphenon E, on systemic biomarkers of growth factor signalling in women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer. J Hum Nutr Diet 28(3):272-82, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 24646362.
- McCormick B, Winter K, Hudis C, Kuerer HM, Rakovitch E, Smith BL, Sneige N, Moughan J, Shah A, Germain I, Hartford AC, Rashtian A, Walker EM, Yuen A, Strom EA, Wilcox JL, Vallow LA, Small W Jr, Pu AT, Kerlin K, White J. RTOG 9804: a prospective randomized trial for good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ comparing radiotherapy with observation. J Clin Oncol 33(7):709-15, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25605856.
- Woodward WA, Sneige N, Winter K, Kuerer HM, Hudis C, Rakovitch E, Smith BL, Pierce LJ, Germano I, Pu AT, Walker EM, Grisell DL, White JR, McCormick B. Web based pathology assessment in RTOG 98-04. J Clin Pathol 67(9):777-80, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24989024.
- Waters L, Si Q, Caraway N, Mody D, Staerkel G, Sneige N. Secondary tumors of the pancreas diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration: a 10-year experience. Diagn Cytopathol 42(9):738-43, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24554612.
- Fornage BD, Dogan BE, Sneige N, Staerkel GA. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of internal mammary nodes: technique and preliminary results in breast cancer patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 203(2):W213-20, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25055296.
- Debeb BG, Gong Y, Atkinson RL, Sneige N, Huo L, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Hung MC, Valero V, Ueno NT, Woodward WA. EZH2 expression correlates with locoregional recurrence after radiation in inflammatory breast cancer. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 33(1):58, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25051981.
- Crumley S, Hull A, Cernoch P, Mody D, Sneige N. Comparison between cytologic examination of fungi in bronchial washings and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens and culture: a review of 100 cases with emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls. J Am Soc Cytopathol 3(4):211-217, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 31051688.
- Middleton LP, Sneige N, Coyne R, Shen Y, Dong W, Dempsey P, Bevers TB. Most lobular carcinoma in situ and atypical lobular hyperplasia diagnosed on core needle biopsy can be managed clinically with radiologic follow-up in a multidisciplinary setting. Cancer Med 3(3):492-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24639339.
- Pogue-Geile KL, Kim C, Jeong JH, Tanaka N, Bandos H, Gavin PG, Fumagalli D, Goldstein LC, Sneige N, Burandt E, Taniyama Y, Bohn OL, Lee A, Kim SI, Reilly ML, Remillard MY, Blackmon NL, Kim SR, Horne ZD, Rastogi P, Fehrenbacher L, Romond EH, Swain SM, Mamounas EP, Wickerham DL, Geyer CE Jr, Costantino JP, Wolmark N, Paik S. Predicting degree of benefit from adjuvant trastuzumab in NSABP trial B-31. J Natl Cancer Inst 105(23):1782-8, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24262440.
- Nayak A, Carkaci S, Gilcrease MZ, Liu P, Middleton LP, Bassett RL Jr, Zhang J, Zhang H, Coyne RL, Bevers TB, Sneige N, Huo L. Benign papillomas without atypia diagnosed on core needle biopsy: experience from a single institution and proposed criteria for excision. Clin Breast Cancer 13(6):439-49, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24119786.
- Sneige N, Dawlett MA, Kologinczak TL, Guo M. Endosalpingiosis in peritoneal washings in women with benign gynecologic conditions: thirty-eight cases confirmed with paired box-8 immunohistochemical staining and correlation with surgical biopsy findings. Cancer Cytopathol 121(10):582-90, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23674372.
- Guo M, Gong Y, Wang J, Dawlett M, Patel S, Liu P, Bevers TB, Sneige N. The role of human papillomavirus type 16/18 genotyping in predicting high-grade cervical/vaginal intraepithelial neoplasm in women with mildly abnormal Papanicolaou results. Cancer Cytopathol 121(2):79-85, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23225501.
- Duan X, Sneige N, Gullett AE, Prieto VG, Resetkova E, Andino LM, Wu Y, Gilcrease MZ, Bedrosian I, Dawood S, Arun B, Albarracin CT. Invasive paget disease of the breast: clinicopathologic study of an underrecognized entity in the breast. Am J Surg Pathol 36(9):1353-8, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22895267.
- Sneige N, Thomison JB, Malpica A, Gong Y, Ensor J, Silva EG. Peritoneal washing cytologic analysis of ovarian serous tumors of low malignant potential to detect peritoneal implants and predict clinical outcome. Cancer Cytopathol 120(4):238-44, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22826172.
- Kundu UR, Guo M, Landon G, Wu Y, Sneige N, Gong Y. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of sclerosing adenosis of the breast: a retrospective review of cytologic features in conjunction with corresponding histologic features and radiologic findings. Am J Clin Pathol 138(1):96-102, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22706864.
- Landon G, Stewart J, Deavers M, Lu K, Sneige N. Peritoneal washing cytology in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomies: a 10-year experience and reappraisal of its clinical utility. Gynecol Oncol 125(3):683-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22425664.
- Geyer FC, Lacroix-Triki M, Colombo PE, Patani N, Gauthier A, Natrajan R, Lambros MB, Khalifeh I, Albarracin C, Orru S, Marchio C, Sapino A, Mackay A, Weigelt B, Schmitt FC, Wesseling J, Sneige N, Reis-Filho JS. Molecular evidence in support of the neoplastic and precursor nature of microglandular adenosis. Histopathology 60(6B):E115-30, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22486256.
- Antic T, Gong Y, Sneige N. Tumor type and single-cell/mesothelial-like cell pattern of breast carcinoma metastases in pleural and peritoneal effusions. Diagn Cytopathol 40(4):311-5, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22431319.
- Zhao L, Guo M, Sneige N, Gong Y. Value of PAX8 and WT1 Immunostaining in Confirming the Ovarian Origin of Metastatic Carcinoma in Serous Effusion Specimens. Am J Clin Pathol 137(2):304-9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22261458.
- Arun B, Valero V, Liu D, Brewster A, Green M, Gutierrez-Barrera A, Akar U, Rivera E, Esteva FJ, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Sneige N. Short-term biomarker modulation prevention study of anastrozole in women at increased risk for second primary breast cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 5(2):276-82, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22102688.
- Gong Y, Huo L, Liu P, Sneige N, Sun X, Ueno NT, Lucci A, Buchholz TA, Valero V, Cristofanilli M. Polycomb group protein EZH2 is frequently expressed in inflammatory breast cancer and is predictive of worse clinical outcome. Cancer 117(24):5476-84, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21713757.
- Guo M, Warriage I, Mutyala B, Patel S, Lin E, Gong Y, Sneige N. Evaluation of p16 immunostaining to predict high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in women with Pap results of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Diagn Cytopathol 39(7):482-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20607682.
- Xiao C, Gong Y, Han EY, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Sneige N. Stability of HER2-positive status in breast carcinoma: a comparison between primary and paired metastatic tumors with regard to the possible impact of intervening trastuzumab treatment. Ann Oncol 22(7):1547-1553, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21239403.
- Downs-Kelly E, Bell D, Perkins GH, Sneige N, Middleton LP. Clinical implications of margin involvement by pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ. Arch Pathol Lab Med 135(6):737-43, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21631266.
- Marshall CB, Jacob B, Patel S, Sneige N, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Caraway N. The utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphoproliferative disorders. Cancer Cytopathol 119(2):118-26, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21308997.
- Huo L, Bell D, Qiu H, Sahin A, Wu Y, Sneige N. Paneth cell-like eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules in breast carcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 15(2):84-92, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21163678.
- Nguyen CV, Albarracin CT, Whitman GJ, Lopez A, Sneige N. Atypical ductal hyperplasia in directional vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications: considerations for surgical excision. Ann Surg Oncol 18(3):752-61, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20972636.
- Gong Y, Han EY, Guo M, Pusztai L, Sneige N. Stability of estrogen receptor status in breast carcinoma: a comparison between primary and metastatic tumors with regard to disease course and intervening systemic therapy. Cancer 117(4):705-13, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20939012.
- Guo M, Baruch AC, Silva EG, Jan YJ, Lin E, Sneige N, Deavers MT. Efficacy of p16 and ProExC immunostaining in the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol 135(2):212-20, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21228361.
- Arun BK, Dhinghra K, Valero V, Kau SW, Broglio K, Booser D, Guerra L, Yin G, Walters R, Sahin A, Ibrahim N, Buzdar AU, Frye D, Sneige N, Strom E, Ross M, Theriault RL, Vadhan-Raj S, Hortobagyi GN. Phase III randomized trial of dose intensive neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without G-CSF in locally advanced breast cancer: long-term results. Oncologist 16(11):1527-34, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22042783.
- Khazai L, Kundu UR, Jacob B, Patel S, Sneige N, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Caraway NP. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy is useful evaluating mediastinal lymphadenopathy in a cancer center. Cytojournal 8:10, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21712956.
- Mazouni C, Sneige N, Rouzier R, Balleyguier C, Bevers T, Andre F, Vielh P, Delaloge S. A nomogram to predict for malignant diagnosis of BI-RADS Category 4 breast lesions. J Surg Oncol 102(3):220-4, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20740578.
- Mehta R, Jain RK, Sneige N, Badve S, Resetkova E. Expression of high-molecular-weight cytokeratin (34betaE12) is an independent predictor of disease-free survival in patients with triple-negative tumours of the breast. J Clin Pathol 63(8):744-7, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20702478.
- Gong Y, Sweet W, Duh YJ, Greenfield L, Tarco E, Trivedi S, Symmans WF, Isola J, Sneige N. Performance of chromogenic in situ hybridization on testing HER2 Status in breast carcinomas with chromosome 17 polysomy and equivocal (2+) herceptest results: a study of two institutions using the conventional and new ASCO/CAP scoring criteria. Am J Clin Pathol 132(2):228-36, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19605817.
- Middleton LP, Price KM, Puig P, Heydon LJ, Tarco E, Sneige N, Barr K, Deavers MT. Implementation of American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists HER2 Guideline Recommendations in a tertiary care facility increases HER2 immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization concordance and decreases the number of inconclusive cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 133(5):775-80, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19415952.
- Gong Y, Sweet W, Duh YJ, Greenfield L, Fang Y, Zhao J, Tarco E, Symmans WF, Isola J, Sneige N. Chromogenic in situ hybridization is a reliable method for detecting HER2 gene status in breast cancer: a multicenter study using conventional scoring criteria and the new ASCO/CAP recommendations. Am J Clin Pathol 131(4):490-7, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19289584.
- Ge Y, Sneige N, Eltorky MA, Wang Z, Lin E, Gong Y, Guo M. Immunohistochemical characterization of subtypes of male breast carcinoma. Breast Cancer Res 11(3):R28, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19442295.
- Gadre SA, Perkins GH, Sahin AA, Sneige N, Deavers MT, Middleton LP. Neovascularization in mucinous ductal carcinoma in situ suggests an alternative pathway for invasion. Histopathology 53(5):545-53, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18983463.
- Guo M, Lin CY, Gong Y, Cogdell DE, Zhang W, Lin E, Sneige N. Human papillomavirus genotyping for the eight oncogenic types can improve specificity of HPV testing in women with mildly abnormal Pap results. Mod Pathol 21(8):1037-43, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18500260.
- Edeiken-Monroe BS, Monroe DP, Monroe BJ, Arnljot K, Giaccomazza M, Sneige N, Fornage BD. Metastases to intramammary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer: sonographic findings. J Clin Ultrasound 36(5):279-85, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18366093.
- Khalifeh IM, Albarracin C, Diaz LK, Symmans FW, Edgerton ME, Hwang RF, Sneige N. Clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features of microglandular adenosis and transition into in situ and invasive carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 32(4):544-52, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18300793.
- Guo M, Gong Y, Deavers M, Silva EG, Jan YJ, Cogdell DE, Luthra R, Lin E, Lai HC, Zhang W, Sneige N. Evaluation of a commercialized in situ hybridization assay for detecting human papillomavirus DNA in tissue specimens from patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma. J Clin Microbiol 46(1):274-80, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 17977987.
- Yang WT, Hennessy B, Broglio K, Mills C, Sneige N, Davis WG, Valero V, Hunt KK, Gilcrease MZ. Imaging differences in metaplastic and invasive ductal carcinomas of the breast. AJR Am J Roentgenol 189(6):1288-93, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18029860.
- Gokhale S, Rosen D, Sneige N, Diaz LK, Resetkova E, Sahin A, Liu J, Albarracin CT. Assessment of two automated imaging systems in evaluating estrogen receptor status in breast carcinoma. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 15(4):451-5, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18091390.
- Siami K, McCluggage WG, Ordonez NG, Euscher ED, Malpica A, Sneige N, Silva EG, Deavers MT. Thyroid transcription factor-1 expression in endometrial and endocervical adenocarcinomas. Am J Surg Pathol 31(11):1759-63, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18059234.
- Cristofanilli M, Valero V, Buzdar AU, Kau SW, Broglio KR, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Sneige N, Islam R, Ueno NT, Buchholz TA, Singletary SE, Hortobagyi GN. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and patterns of recurrence: understanding the biology of a unique disease. Cancer 110(7):1436-44, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17694554.
- Guo M, Patel SJ, Chovanec M, Jan YJ, Tarco E, Bevers TB, Anderson K, Sneige N. A human papillomavirus testing system in women with abnormal Pap results: a comparison study with follow-up biopsies. Acta Cytol 51(5):749-54, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17910345.
- Arun B, Valero V, Logan C, Broglio K, Rivera E, Brewster A, Yin G, Green M, Kuerer H, Gong Y, Browne D, Hortobagyi GN, Sneige N. Comparison of ductal lavage and random periareolar fine needle aspiration as tissue acquisition methods in early breast cancer prevention trials. Clin Cancer Res 13(16):4943-8, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17699874.
- Cabioglu N, Gong Y, Islam R, Broglio KR, Sneige N, Sahin A, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Morandi P, Bucana C, Hortobagyi GN, Cristofanilli M. Expression of growth factor and chemokine receptors: new insights in the biology of inflammatory breast cancer. Ann Oncol 18(6):1021-9, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17351259.
- Gong Y, Yan K, Lin F, Anderson K, Sotiriou C, Andre F, Holmes FA, Valero V, Booser D, Pippen JE Jr, Vukelja S, Gomez H, Mejia J, Barajas LJ, Hess KR, Sneige N, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L, Symmans WF. Determination of oestrogen-receptor status and ERBB2 status of breast carcinoma: a gene-expression profiling study. Lancet Oncol 8(3):203-11, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17329190.
- Guo M, Sneige N, Silva EG, Jan YJ, Cogdell DE, Lin E, Luthra R, Zhang W. Distribution and viral load of eight oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV 16 integration status in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and carcinoma. Mod Pathol 20(2):256-66, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17192787.
- Nash JW, Barrett TL, Kies M, Ross MI, Sneige N, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ. Metastatic hidradenocarcinoma with demonstration of Her-2/neu gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization: potential treatment implications. J Cutan Pathol 34(1):49-54, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17214855.
- Itamochi H, Kigawa J, Kanamori Y, Oishi T, Bartholomeusz C, Nahta R, Esteva FJ, Sneige N, Terakawa N, Ueno NT. Adenovirus type 5 E1A gene therapy for ovarian clear cell carcinoma: a potential treatment strategy. Mol Cancer Ther 6(1):227-35, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17218636.
- Huo L, Sneige N, Hunt KK, Albarracin CT, Lopez A, Resetkova E. Predictors of invasion in patients with core-needle biopsy-diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ and recommendations for a selective approach to sentinel lymph node biopsy in ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer 107(8):1760-8, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16977650.
- Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Guarneri V, Gong Y, Cristofanilli M, Morales-Vasquez F, Sneige N, Hortobagyi GN, Esteva FJ. Downregulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 might correlate with poor disease-free and overall survival in inflammatory breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer 7(4):326-30, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17092400.
- Hess KR, Anderson K, Symmans WF, Valero V, Ibrahim N, Mejia JA, Booser D, Theriault RL, Buzdar AU, Dempsey PJ, Rouzier R, Sneige N, Ross JS, Vidaurre T, Gomez HL, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Pharmacogenomic predictor of sensitivity to preoperative chemotherapy with paclitaxel and fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 24(26):4236-44, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16896004.
- Ren R, Guo M, Sneige N, Moran CA, Gong Y. Fine-needle aspiration of adrenal cortical carcinoma: cytologic spectrum and diagnostic challenges. Am J Clin Pathol 126(3):389-98, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16880150.
- Huang P, Staerkel G, Sneige N, Gong Y. Fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic serous cystadenoma: cytologic features and diagnostic pitfalls. Cancer 108(4):239-49, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16691573.
- Sneige N, Liu B, Yin G, Gong Y, Arun BK. Correlation of cytologic findings and chromosomal instability detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in breast fine-needle aspiration specimens from women at high risk for breast cancer. Mod Pathol 19(5):622-9, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16528376.
- Yang WT, Edeiken-Monroe B, Sneige N, Fornage BD. Sonographic and mammographic appearances of granular cell tumors of the breast with pathological correlation. J Clin Ultrasound 34(4):153-60, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16615051.
- Gong Y, Sneige N, Guo M, Hicks ME, Moran CA. Transthoracic fine-needle aspiration vs concurrent core needle biopsy in diagnosis of intrathoracic lesions: a retrospective comparison of diagnostic accuracy. Am J Clin Pathol 125(3):438-44, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16613349.
- Goy A, Stewart J, Barkoh BA, Remache YK, Katz R, Sneige N, Gilles F. The feasibility of gene expression profiling generated in fine-needle aspiration specimens from patients with follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Cancer 108(1):10-20, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16329118.
- Adepoju LJ, Symmans WF, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Arun B, Sneige N, Pusztai L, Buchholz TA, Sahin A, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Impact of concurrent proliferative high-risk lesions on the risk of ipsilateral breast carcinoma recurrence and contralateral breast carcinoma development in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with breast-conserving therapy. Cancer 106(1):42-50, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16333852.
- Resetkova E, Albarracin C, Sneige N. Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol 30(1):20-7, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16330938.
- Hennessy BT, Hortobagyi GN, Rouzier R, Kuerer H, Sneige N, Buzdar AU, Kau SW, Fornage B, Sahin A, Broglio K, Singletary SE, Valero V. Outcome after pathologic complete eradication of cytologically proven breast cancer axillary node metastases following primary chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 23(36):9304-11, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16361629.
- Symmans WF, Fiterman DJ, Anderson SK, Ayers M, Rouzier R, Dunmire V, Stec J, Valero V, Sneige N, Albarracin C, Wu Y, Ross JS, Wagner P, Theriault RL, Arun B, Kuerer H, Hess KR, Zhang W, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. A single-gene biomarker identifies breast cancers associated with immature cell type and short duration of prior breastfeeding. Endocr Relat Cancer 12(4):1059-69, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16322343.
- Davis WG, Hennessy B, Babiera G, Hunt K, Valero V, Buchholz TA, Sneige N, Gilcrease MZ. Metaplastic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the breast with absent or minimal overt invasive carcinomatous component: a misnomer. Am J Surg Pathol 29(11):1456-63, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16224212.
- Gong Y, Ren R, Ordonez NG, Sun X, Sneige N. Fine needle aspiration cytology of well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma: a case report. Acta Cytol 49(5):537-42, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16334033.
- Diaz LK, Cristofanilli M, Zhou X, Welch KL, Smith TL, Yang Y, Sneige N, Sahin AA, Gilcrease MZ. Beta4 integrin subunit gene expression correlates with tumor size and nuclear grade in early breast cancer. Mod Pathol 18(9):1165-75, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15920552.
- Gong Y, Gilcrease M, Sneige N. Reliability of chromogenic in situ hybridization for detecting HER-2 gene status in breast cancer: comparison with fluorescence in situ hybridization and assessment of interobserver reproducibility. Mod Pathol 18(8):1015-21, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15861212.
- Gong Y, Joseph T, Sneige N. Validation of commonly used immunostains on cell-transferred cytologic specimens. Cancer 105(3):158-64, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15852338.
- Diaz LK, Zhou X, Wright ET, Cristofanilli M, Smith T, Yang Y, Sneige N, Sahin A, Gilcrease MZ. CD44 expression is associated with increased survival in node-negative invasive breast carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 11(9):3309-14, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15867228.
- Gong Y, Booser DJ, Sneige N. Comparison of HER-2 status determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization in primary and metastatic breast carcinoma. Cancer 103(9):1763-9, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15786420.
- Resetkova E, Padula A, Albarraccin CT, Sneige N. Pathologic quiz case: a large, ill-defined cystic breast mass. Invasive cystic hypersecretory duct carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 129(3):e79-80, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15737055.
- Cristofanilli M, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Sneige N, Kau SW, Broglio K, Theriault RL, Valero V, Buzdar AU, Kuerer H, Buchholz TA, Hortobagyi GN. Invasive lobular carcinoma classic type: response to primary chemotherapy and survival outcomes. J Clin Oncol 23(1):41-8, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15625359.
- Ren R, Sun X, Staerkel G, Sneige N, Gong Y. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a liver metastasis of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma. Diagn Cytopathol 32(1):38-43, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15584048.
- Krishnamurthy S, Zhao L, Hayes K, Glassman AB, Cristofanilli M, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Sneige N. Feasibility and utility of using chromosomal aneusomy to further define the cytologic categories in nipple aspirate fluid specimens: a preliminary study. Cancer 102(5):322-7, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15376199.
- Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Sneige N, Buzdar AU, Valero V, Kau SW, Broglio K, Yamamura Y, Hortobagyi GN, Cristofanilli M. p53 expression as a prognostic marker in inflammatory breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 10(18 Pt 1):6215-21, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15448010.
- Resetkova E, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Sneige N, Mcdonnell TJ, Buzdar AU, Kau SW, Yamamura Y, Reuben JM, Hortobagyi GN, Cristofanilli M. Prognostic value of P53, MDM-2, and MUC-1 for patients with inflammatory breast carcinoma. Cancer 101(5):913-7, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15329897.
- Slomovitz BM, Broaddus RR, Burke TW, Sneige N, Soliman PT, Wu W, Sun CC, Munsell MF, Gershenson DM, Lu KH. Her-2/neu overexpression and amplification in uterine papillary serous carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 22(15):3126-32, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15284264.
- Ayers M, Symmans WF, Stec J, Damokosh AI, Clark E, Hess K, Lecocke M, Metivier J, Booser D, Ibrahim N, Valero V, Royce M, Arun B, Whitman G, Ross J, Sneige N, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Gene expression profiles predict complete pathologic response to neoadjuvant paclitaxel and fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy in breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 22(12):2284-93, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15136595.
- Gornstein B, Jacobs T, Bedard Y, Biscotti C, Ducatman B, Layfield L, McKee G, Sneige N, Wang H. Interobserver agreement of a probabilistic approach to reporting breast fine-needle aspirations on ThinPrep. Diagn Cytopathol 30(6):389-95, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15176025.
- Resetkova E, Sahin A, Ayala AG, Sneige N. Breast carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous features. Ann Diagn Pathol 8(2):74-9, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15060884.
- Fornage BD, Sneige N, Ross MI, Mirza AN, Kuerer HM, Edeiken BS, Ames FC, Newman LA, Babiera GV, Singletary SE. Small (< or = 2-cm) breast cancer treated with US-guided radiofrequency ablation: feasibility study. Radiology 231(1):215-24, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14990810.
- Diaz LK, Gupta R, Kidwai N, Sneige N, Wiley EL. The use of TMA for interlaboratory validation of FISH testing for detection of HER2 gene amplification in breast cancer. J Histochem Cytochem 52(4):501-7, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15034001.
- Gong Y, Symmans WF, Krishnamurthy S, Patel S, Sneige N. Optimal fixation conditions for immunocytochemical analysis of estrogen receptor in cytologic specimens of breast carcinoma. Cancer 102(1):34-40, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14968416.
- Ivan D, Selinko V, Sahin AA, Sneige N, Middleton LP. Accuracy of core needle biopsy diagnosis in assessing papillary breast lesions: histologic predictors of malignancy. Mod Pathol 17(2):165-71, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14631369.
- Diaz LK, Sahin A, Sneige N. Interobserver agreement for estrogen receptor immunohistochemical analysis in breast cancer: a comparison of manual and computer-assisted scoring methods. Ann Diagn Pathol 8(1):23-7, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15129906.
- Pusztai L, Krishnamurti S, Perez Cardona J, Sneige N, Esteva FJ, Volchenok M, Breitenfelder P, Kau SW, Takayama S, Krajewski S, Reed JC, Bast RC Jr, Hortobagyi GN. Expression of BAG-1 and BcL-2 proteins before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy of locally advanced breast cancer. Cancer Invest 22(2):248-56, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15199607.
- Krishnamurthy S, Dimashkieh H, Patel S, Sneige N. Immunocytochemical evaluation of estrogen receptor on archival Papanicolaou-stained fine-needle aspirate smears. Diagn Cytopathol 29(6):309-14, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14648786.
- Woodward WA, Strom EA, Tucker SL, Katz A, McNeese MD, Perkins GH, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK, Sahin A, Meric F, Sneige N, Buchholz TA. Locoregional recurrence after doxorubicin-based chemotherapy and postmastectomy: Implications for breast cancer patients with early-stage disease and predictors for recurrence after postmastectomy radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 57(2):336-44, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12957243.
- Shin HJ, Shin DM, Tarco E, Sneige N. Detection of numerical aberrations of chromosomes 7 and 9 in cytologic specimens of pleural malignant mesothelioma. Cancer 99(4):233-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12925985.
- Pusztai L, Ayers M, Stec J, Clark E, Hess K, Stivers D, Damokosh A, Sneige N, Buchholz TA, Esteva FJ, Arun B, Cristofanilli M, Booser D, Rosales M, Valero V, Adams C, Hortobagyi GN, Symmans WF. Gene expression profiles obtained from fine-needle aspirations of breast cancer reliably identify routine prognostic markers and reveal large-scale molecular differences between estrogen-negative and estrogen-positive tumors. Clin Cancer Res 9(7):2406-15, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12855612.
- Symmans WF, Ayers M, Clark EA, Stec J, Hess KR, Sneige N, Buchholz TA, Krishnamurthy S, Ibrahim NK, Buzdar AU, Theriault RL, Rosales MF, Thomas ES, Gwyn KM, Green MC, Syed AR, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Total RNA yield and microarray gene expression profiles from fine-needle aspiration biopsy and core-needle biopsy samples of breast carcinoma. Cancer 97(12):2960-71, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12784330.
- Edeiken BS, Fornage BD, Bedi DG, Sneige N, Parulekar SG, Pleasure J. Recurrence in autogenous myocutaneous flap reconstruction after mastectomy for primary breast cancer: US diagnosis. Radiology 227(2):542-8, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12732703.
- Krishnamurthy S, Sneige N, Thompson PA, Marcy SM, Singletary SE, Cristofanilli M, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Nipple aspirate fluid cytology in breast carcinoma. Cancer 99(2):97-104, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12704689.
- Diaz LK, Hunt K, Ames F, Meric F, Kuerer H, Babiera G, Ross M, Singletary E, Middleton LP, Symmans WF, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin A, Sneige N, Gilcrease MZ. Histologic localization of sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer. Am J Surg Pathol 27(3):385-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12604895.
- Kushwaha AC, O'Toole M, Sneige N, Stelling CB, Dryden MJ. Mammographic-pathologic correlation of apocrine metaplasia diagnosed using vacuum-assisted stereotactic core-needle biopsy: our 4-year experience. AJR Am J Roentgenol 180(3):795-8, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12591698.
- Sneige N, Lim SC, Whitman GJ, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin AA, Smith TL, Stelling CB. Atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosis by directional vacuum-assisted stereotactic biopsy of breast microcalcifications. Considerations for surgical excision. Am J Clin Pathol 119(2):248-53, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12579995.
- Middleton LP, Grant S, Stephens T, Stelling CB, Sneige N, Sahin AA. Lobular carcinoma in situ diagnosed by core needle biopsy: when should it be excised?. Mod Pathol 16(2):120-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12591964.
- Kuerer HM, Thompson PA, Krishnamurthy S, Fritsche HA, Marcy SM, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Cristofanilli M, Sneige N, Hunt KK. High and differential expression of HER-2/neu extracellular domain in bilateral ductal fluids from women with unilateral invasive breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 9(2):601-5, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12576424.
- Jhingran A, Kim JS, Buchholz TA, Katz A, Strom EA, Hunt KK, Sneige N, McNeese MD. Age as a predictor of outcome for women with DCIS treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 54(3):804-9, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12377332.
- Krishnamurthy S, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Characterization of foam cells in nipple aspirate fluid. Diagn Cytopathol 27(5):261-4; discussion 265, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12411988.
- Sneige N, Wang J, Baker BA, Krishnamurthy S, Middleton LP. Clinical, histopathologic, and biologic features of pleomorphic lobular (ductal-lobular) carcinoma in situ of the breast: a report of 24 cases. Mod Pathol 15(10):1044-50, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12379750.
- Krishnamurthy S, Sneige N, Bedi DG, Edieken BS, Fornage BD, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Hunt KK. Role of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of indeterminate and suspicious axillary lymph nodes in the initial staging of breast carcinoma. Cancer 95(5):982-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12209680.
- Singletary SE, Atkinson EN, Hoque A, Sneige N, Sahin AA, Fritsche HA Jr, Lotan R, Lu T, Hittelman WN, Bevers TB, Stelling CB, Lippman SM. Phase II clinical trial of N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)retinamide and tamoxifen administration before definitive surgery for breast neoplasia. Clin Cancer Res 8(9):2835-42, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12231524.
- Lee A, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin A, Symmans WF, Hunt K, Sneige N. Intraoperative touch imprint of sentinel lymph nodes in breast carcinoma patients. Cancer 96(4):225-31, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12209664.
- Buchholz TA, Katz A, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Perkins GH, Hortobagyi GN, Thames HD, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Sahin AA, Hunt KK, Buzdar AU, Valero V, Sneige N, Tucker SL. Pathologic tumor size and lymph node status predict for different rates of locoregional recurrence after mastectomy for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 53(4):880-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12095553.
- Shin HJ, Lahoti S, Sneige N. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in 179 cases: the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Cancer 96(3):174-80, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12115306.
- Hoque A, Sneige N, Sahin AA, Menter DG, Bacus JW, Hortobagyi GN, Lippman SM. Her-2/neu gene amplification in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11(6):587-90, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12050101.
- Esteva FJ, Valero V, Booser D, Guerra LT, Murray JL, Pusztai L, Cristofanilli M, Arun B, Esmaeli B, Fritsche HA, Sneige N, Smith TL, Hortobagyi GN. Phase II study of weekly docetaxel and trastuzumab for patients with HER-2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 20(7):1800-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11919237.
- Sneige N, Kemp B, Pusztai L, Asmar L, Hortobagyi GN. Chemotherapy-induced histologic changes in mastectomy specimens and their potential significance. Breast 10(6):492-500, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 14965629.
- Cristofanilli M, Buzdar AU, Sneige N, Smith T, Wasaff B, Ibrahim N, Booser D, Rivera E, Murray JL, Valero V, Ueno N, Singletary ES, Hunt K, Strom E, McNeese M, Stelling C, Hortobagyi GN. Paclitaxel in the multimodality treatment for inflammatory breast carcinoma. Cancer 92(7):1775-82, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11745249.
- Hoang MP, Callender DL, Sola Gallego JJ, Huang Z, Sneige N, Luna MA, Batsakis JG, El-Naggar AK. Molecular and biomarker analyses of salivary duct carcinomas: comparison with mammary duct carcinoma. Int J Oncol 19(4):865-71, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11562768.
- Sneige N, Yaziji H, Mandavilli SR, Perez ER, Ordonez NG, Gown AM, Ayala A. Low-grade (fibromatosis-like) spindle cell carcinoma of the breast. Am J Surg Pathol 25(8):1009-16, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11474284.
- Hortobagyi GN, Ueno NT, Xia W, Zhang S, Wolf JK, Putnam JB, Weiden PL, Willey JS, Carey M, Branham DL, Payne JY, Tucker SD, Bartholomeusz C, Kilbourn RG, De Jager RL, Sneige N, Katz RL, Anklesaria P, Ibrahim NK, Murray JL, Theriault RL, Valero V, Gershenson DM, Bevers MW, Huang L, Lopez-Berestein G, Hung MC. Cationic liposome-mediated E1A gene transfer to human breast and ovarian cancer cells and its biologic effects: a phase I clinical trial. J Clin Oncol 19(14):3422-33, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11454891.
- Pisano ED, Fajardo LL, Caudry DJ, Sneige N, Frable WJ, Berg WA, Tocino I, Schnitt SJ, Connolly JL, Gatsonis CA, McNeil BJ. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions in a multicenter clinical trial: results from the radiologic diagnostic oncology group V. Radiology 219(3):785-92, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11376270.
- Menter DG, Hoque A, Motiwala N, Sahin AA, Sneige N, Lieberman R, Lippman SM. Computerized image analysis of Ki-67 in ductal breast carcinoma in situ. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 23(3):218-28, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11444192.
- Hoque A, Lippman SM, Boiko IV, Atkinson EN, Sneige N, Sahin A, Weber DM, Risin S, Lagios MD, Schwarting R, Colburn WJ, Dhingra K, Follen M, Kelloff GJ, Boone CW, Hittelman WN. Quantitative nuclear morphometry by image analysis for prediction of recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10(3):249-59, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11303595.
- Hoque A, Menter DG, Sahin AA, Sneige N, Lippman SM. No increased Ki67 expression in ductal carcinoma in situ associated with invasive breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10(2):153-4, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11219775.
- Grignon D, Amin M, Brat D, El-Nagaar A, Hammond E, Lucas D, Nelson J, Petito C, Scott C, Sheahan DG, Sneige N, True L, Yesner R. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Research Plan 2002-2006. Pathology Committee. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3 Suppl 2):110-2, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11641025.
- Okunieff P, Hammond E, Grignon D, Langer C, Pajak TF, Ang K, Bruner DW, Travis E, Greven K, Guha A, Moulder J, Pollack A, Scarantino C, Sneige N, Watson J, Amin M, Bondy M, Chakravarti A, Chapman JD, Dicker A, Harris J, Koch W, Komaki R, Lange C, McBride W, Mitchell J, Milas L, Movsas B, Pandya K, Pienta K, Regine W, Ritter M, Rubin P, Safran H, Sauter E, Schell M, Stevens C, Trotti A, Vikram B. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Research Plan 2002-2006. Translational Research Program. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3 Suppl 2):75-87, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11641020.
- McCormick B, Strom E, Craighead PS, Kuske R, Hudis C, Ley J, Margolis L, Meyerwitz B, Morris E, Petrek J, Pierce L, Pisansky T, Rabinovitch R, Sneige N, Vicini F, Unger D, Winter K. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Research Plan 2002-2006. Breast Cancer Working Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3 Suppl 2):56-7, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11641016.
- Krishnamurthy S, Ashfaq R, Shin HJ, Sneige N. Distinction of phyllodes tumor from fibroadenoma: a reappraisal of an old problem. Cancer 90(6):342-9, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11156517.
- Moore JG, To V, Patel SJ, Sneige N. HER-2/neu gene amplification in breast imprint cytology analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization: direct comparison with companion tissue sections. Diagn Cytopathol 23(5):299-302, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11074621.
- Singletary E, Lieberman R, Atkinson N, Sneige N, Sahin A, Tolley S, Colchin M, Bevers T, Stelling C, Fornage B, Fritsche H, Hittelman W, Kelloff G, Lippman SM. Novel translational model for breast cancer chemoprevention study: accrual to a presurgical intervention with tamoxifen and N-[4-hydroxyphenyl] retinamide. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9(10):1087-90, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11045792.
- Sneige N, Tulbah A. Accuracy of cytologic diagnoses made from touch imprints of image-guided needle biopsy specimens of nonpalpable breast abnormalities. Diagn Cytopathol 23(1):29-34, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10907929.
- Hoang MP, Sahin AA, Ordonez NG, Sneige N. HER-2/neu gene amplification compared with HER-2/neu protein overexpression and interobserver reproducibility in invasive breast carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol 113(6):852-9, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10874886.
- Krishnamurthy S, Ordonez NG, Shelton TO, Ayala AG, Sneige N. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a case of oncocytic adrenocortical carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 22(5):299-303, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10790237.
- Shin HJ, Sneige N. Epithelial cells and other cytologic features of pseudomyxoma peritonei in patients with ovarian and/or appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: a study of 12 patients including 5 men. Cancer 90(1):17-23, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10692212.
- Hortobagyi GN, Buzdar AU, Theriault RL, Valero V, Frye D, Booser DJ, Holmes FA, Giralt S, Khouri I, Andersson B, Gajewski JL, Rondon G, Smith TL, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Sneige N, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Deisseroth AB, Champlin RE. Randomized trial of high-dose chemotherapy and blood cell autografts for high-risk primary breast carcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 92(3):225-33, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10655439.
- Tabbara SO, Frost AR, Stoler MH, Sneige N, Sidawy MK. Changing trends in breast fine-needle aspiration: results of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Survey. Diagn Cytopathol 22(2):126-30, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10649527.
- Shin HJ, Sneige N, Staerkel GA. Utility of punch biopsy for lesions that are hard to aspirate by conventional fine-needle aspiration. Cancer 87(3):149-54, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10385446.
- Martin R, Sneige N, Vasquez M, Aragon-Flores M, Martin G, Marron C, Santamaria L. Stereologic estimates of volume-weighted mean nuclear volume in aspiration smears of ductal breast carcinoma. Correlation with cytologic grade, tumor size and lymph node status. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 21(3):185-93, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10560490.
- Sneige N, Lagios MD, Schwarting R, Colburn W, Atkinson E, Weber D, Sahin A, Kemp B, Hoque A, Risin S, Sabichi A, Boone C, Dhingra K, Kelloff G, Lippman S. Interobserver reproducibility of the Lagios nuclear grading system for ductal carcinoma in situ. Hum Pathol 30(3):257-62, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10088542.
- Boerner S, Fornage BD, Singletary E, Sneige N. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of nonpalpable breast lesions: a review of 1885 FNA cases using the National Cancer Institute-supported recommendations on the uniform approach to breast FNA. Cancer 87(1):19-24, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10096355.
- Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Smith TL, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Dhingra K, Theriault RL, Singh G, Binkley SM, Sneige N, Buchholz TA, Ross MI, McNeese MD, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Clinical course of breast cancer patients with complete pathologic primary tumor and axillary lymph node response to doxorubicin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 17(2):460-9, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10080586.
- Boerner S, Sneige N. Specimen adequacy and false-negative diagnosis rate in fine-needle aspirates of palpable breast masses. Cancer 84(6):344-8, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9915135.
- Robinson EK, Sneige N, Grimm EA. Correlation of interleukin 6 with interleukin 1alpha in human mammary tumours, but not with oestrogen receptor expression. Cytokine 10(12):970-6, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 10049521.
- Whitman GJ, Kopans DB, McCarthy KA, Stelling CB, Sneige N, Sunku K, Weiss MK. Coaxial core needle biopsy under mammographic guidance: indications and applications. AJR Am J Roentgenol 171(1):67-70, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9648766.
- Shin HJ, Sneige N. Is a diagnosis of infiltrating versus in situ ductal carcinoma of the breast possible in fine-needle aspiration specimens?. Cancer 84(3):186-91, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9678734.
- Pisano ED, Fajardo LL, Tsimikas J, Sneige N, Frable WJ, Gatsonis CA, Evans WP, Tocino I, McNeil BJ. Rate of insufficient samples for fine-needle aspiration for nonpalpable breast lesions in a multicenter clinical trial: The Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group 5 Study. The RDOG5 investigators. Cancer 82(4):679-88, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9477100.
- Sidawy MK, Stoler MH, Frable WJ, Frost AR, Masood S, Miller TR, Silverberg SG, Sneige N, Wang HH. Interobserver variability in the classification of proliferative breast lesions by fine-needle aspiration: results of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Study. Diagn Cytopathol 18(2):150-65, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9484645.
- Xu XC, Sneige N, Liu X, Nandagiri R, Lee JJ, Lukmanji F, Hortobagyi G, Lippman SM, Dhingra K, Lotan R. Progressive decrease in nuclear retinoic acid receptor beta messenger RNA level during breast carcinogenesis. Cancer Res 57(22):4992-6, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9371489.
- Herrada J, Iyer RB, Atkinson EN, Sneige N, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN. Relative value of physical examination, mammography, and breast sonography in evaluating the size of the primary tumor and regional lymph node metastases in women receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 3(9):1565-9, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9815844.
- Ballo MS, Shin HJ, Sneige N. Sources of diagnostic error in the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of Warthin's tumor and clues to a correct diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol 17(3):230-4, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9285198.
- Rubenchik I, Sneige N, Edeiken B, Samuels B, Fornage B. In search of specimen adequacy in fine-needle aspirates of nonpalpable breast lesions. Am J Clin Pathol 108(1):13-8, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9208973.
- Ro JY, Ngadiman S, Sahin A, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Cartwright J Jr, Ayala AG. Intraluminal crystalloids in breast carcinoma. Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and energy-dispersive x-ray element analysis in four cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 121(6):593-8, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9199624.
- Hurd TC, Sneige N, Allen PK, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Babiera GV, Singletary SE. Impact of extensive intraductal component on recurrence and survival in patients with stage I or II breast cancer treated with breast conservation therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 4(2):119-24, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9084847.
- Sirgi KE, Sneige N, Fanning TV, Fornage BD, Ordonez NG, Swanson PE. Fine-needle aspirates of granular cell lesions of the breast: report of three cases, with emphasis on differential diagnosis and utility of immunostaining for CD68 (KP1). Diagn Cytopathol 15(5):403-8, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8989543.
- Ballo MS, Sneige N. Can core needle biopsy replace fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of palpable breast carcinoma. A comparative study of 124 women. Cancer 78(4):773-7, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8756371.
- Steck K, McDonnell T, Sneige N, el-Naggar A. Flow cytometric analysis of apoptosis and bcl-2 in primary breast carcinomas: clinical and biological implications. Cytometry 24(2):116-22, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8725660.
- Sneige N, Sahin A, Dinh M, El-Naggar A. Interphase cytogenetics in mammographically detected breast lesions. Hum Pathol 27(4):330-5, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8617474.
- El-Naggar AK, Kemp BL, Sneige N, Hurr KG, Steck K, Tu ZN, Fritsche HA, Singletary SE, Balch CM. Bivariate RNA and DNA content analysis in breast carcinoma: biological significance of RNA content. Clin Cancer Res 2(2):419-26, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 9816186.
- Chen T, Dhingra K, Sahin A, Sneige N, Hortobagyi G, Aldaz CM. Technical approach for the study of the genetic evolution of breast cancer from paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Breast Cancer Res Treat 39(2):177-85, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8872326.
- Bueso-Ramos CE, Manshouri T, Haidar MA, Yang Y, McCown P, Ordonez N, Glassman A, Sneige N, Albitar M. Abnormal expression of MDM-2 in breast carcinomas. Breast Cancer Res Treat 37(2):179-88, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8750585.
- Mourad WA, Sneige N, Huh YO, Katz RL, Caraway NP, Corck A, Wojcik E. Fine needle aspiration cytology of extramedullary chronic myelogenous leukemia. Acta Cytol 39(4):706-12, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7631544.
- Caraway NP, Fanning CV, Amato RJ, Sneige N. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of seminoma: a review of 16 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 12(4):327-33, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7544720.
- Yu GH, Sneige N, Kidd LD, Johnston DA, Katz RL. Image analysis--derived morphometric differences in fine needle aspirates of ductal and lobular breast carcinoma. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 17(2):88-92, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7612135.
- Mourad WA, Sneige N, Katz RL, Caraway NP, Fanning TV. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of recurrent and metastatic mixed mesodermal tumors. Diagn Cytopathol 11(4):328-32, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7895570.
- Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Sneige N. Pleural effusion in patients with differentiated papillary thyroid cancer. South Med J 87(11):1111-6, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7973894.
- Sneige N, Staerkel GA, Caraway NP, Fanning TV, Katz RL. A plea for uniform terminology and reporting of breast fine needle aspirates. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center proposal. Acta Cytol 38(6):971-2, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7992590.
- Sneige N, Fornage BD, Saleh G. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of nonpalpable breast lesions. Cytologic and histologic findings. Am J Clin Pathol 102(1):98-101, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8037174.
- Dhingra K, Sneige N, Pandita TK, Johnston DA, Lee JS, Emami K, Hortobagyi GN, Hittelman WN. Quantitative analysis of chromosome in situ hybridization signal in paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Cytometry 16(2):100-12, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7924678.
- Sneige N, Staerkel GA. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of ductal hyperplasia with and without atypia and ductal carcinoma in situ. Hum Pathol 25(5):485-92, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8200642.
- Fornage BD, Sneige N, Singletary SE. Masses in breasts with implants: diagnosis with US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Radiology 191(2):339-42, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8153303.
- Carrillo R, Sneige N, el-Naggar AK. Interphase nucleolar organizer regions in the evaluation of serosal cavity effusions. Acta Cytol 38(3):367-72, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8191825.
- Sneige N, Singletary SE. Fine-needle aspiration of the breast: diagnostic problems and approaches to surgical management. Pathol Annu 29 Pt 1:281-301, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8127626.
- Fischler DF, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Fornage BD. Tubular carcinoma of the breast: cytologic features in fine-needle aspirations and application of monoclonal anti-alpha-smooth muscle actin in diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol 10(2):120-5, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8187589.
- Mourad WA, Sneige N, Katz RL, Ordonez NG. Correlation of two AgNOR counts with Ki-67 labeling index: a study in fine-needle aspirates of lymphoproliferative disorders and breast carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 10(2):113-9, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8187588.
- Sneige N, Holder PD, Katz RL, Fanning CV, Dekmezian RH, Shabb NS, Singletary SE. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the male breast in a cancer center. Diagn Cytopathol 9(6):691-7, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8143548.
- Silverman JF, Masood S, Ducatman BS, Wang HH, Sneige N. Can FNA biopsy separate atypical hyperplasia, carcinoma in situ, and invasive carcinoma of the breast?: Cytomorphologic criteria and limitations in diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol 9(6):713-28, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8143551.
- Dodd LG, Sneige N, Reece GP, Fornage B. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of silicone granulomas in the augmented breast. Diagn Cytopathol 9(5):498-502, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8287755.
- Auger M, Katz RL, Johnston DA, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Fritsche H. Quantitation of immunocytochemical estrogen and progesterone receptor content in fine needle aspirates of breast carcinoma using the SAMBA 4000 image analysis system. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 15(4):274-80, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8397648.
- Fanning CV, Staerkel GA, Sneige N, Thomsen S, Myhre MJ, Von Eschenbach AC. Spindling artifact of urothelial cells in post-laser treatment urinary cytology. Diagn Cytopathol 9(3):279-81, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 7632179.
- Cajulis RS, Sneige N. Objective comparison of cellular yield in fine-needle biopsy of lymph nodes with and without aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol 9(1):43-5, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8458281.
- Caraway NP, Sneige N, Samaan NA. Diagnostic pitfalls in thyroid fine-needle aspiration: a review of 394 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 9(3):345-50, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8519202.
- Wojcik EM, Sneige N, Lawrence DD, Ordonez NG. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung: case report with immunohistochemical study. Diagn Cytopathol 9(3):304-9, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8519196.
- Dodd LG, Sneige N, Villarreal Y, Fanning CV, Staerkel GA, Caraway NP, Silva EG, Katz RL. Quality-assurance study of simultaneously sampled, non-correlating cervical cytology and biopsies. Diagn Cytopathol 9(2):138-44, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8513706.
- Sneige N. Fine-needle aspiration of the breast: a review of 1,995 cases with emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls. Diagn Cytopathol 9(1):106-12, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8458274.
- Batsakis JG, Sneige N. Choanal and angiomatous polyps of the sinonasal tract. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 101(7):623-5, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1626913.
- Leicht E, Schmidt-Gayk H, Langer HJ, Sneige N, Biro G. Hypomagnesaemia-induced hypocalcaemia: concentrations of parathyroid hormone, prolactin and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D during magnesium replenishment. Magnes Res 5(1):33-6, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1591141.
- Batsakis JG, Sneige N, el-Naggar AK. Fine-needle aspiration of salivary glands: its utility and tissue effects. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 101(2 Pt 1):185-8, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1739267.
- Sneige N, Fanning CV. Peritoneal washing cytology in women: diagnostic pitfalls and clues for correct diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol 8(6):632-40; discussion 640-2, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1468343.
- Katz RL, Hirsch-Ginsberg C, Childs C, Dekmezian R, Fanning T, Ordonez N, Cabanillis F, Sneige N. The role of gene rearrangements for antigen receptors in the diagnosis of lymphoma obtained by fine-needle aspiration. A study of 63 cases with concomitant immunophenotyping. Am J Clin Pathol 96(4):479-90, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1892123.
- Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Primary tumors of the facial (extracranial) nerve. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 100(7):604-6, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 2064278.
- Sahin AA, Myhre M, Ro JY, Sneige N, Dekmezian RH, Ayala AG. Plasmacytoid transitional cell carcinoma. Report of a case with initial presentation mimicking multiple myeloma. Acta Cytol 35(3):277-80, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1710402.
- Shabb N, Sneige N, Dekmezian RH. Myospherulosis. Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings in 19 cases. Acta Cytol 35(2):225-8, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 2028698.
- Sneige N, Dekmezian R, el-Naggar A, Manning J. Cytomorphologic, immunocytochemical, and nucleic acid flow cytometric study of 50 lymph nodes by fine-needle aspiration. Comparison with results obtained by subsequent excisional biopsy. Cancer 67(4):1003-7, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1991247.
- Ro JY, Sneige N, Sahin AA, Silva EG, del Junco GW, Ayala AG. Mucocelelike tumor of the breast associated with atypical ductal hyperplasia or mucinous carcinoma. A clinicopathologic study of seven cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 115(2):137-40, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1847035.
- Shabb N, Sneige N, Fanning CV, Dekmezian R. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of alveolar soft-part sarcoma. Diagn Cytopathol 7(3):293-8, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1879268.
- Dekmezian R, Sneige N, Shabb N. Papillary renal-cell carcinoma: fine-needle aspiration of 15 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 7(2):198-203, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 2065577.
- Corkill ME, Sneige N, Fanning T, el-Naggar A. Fine-needle aspiration cytology and flow cytometry of intracystic papillary carcinoma of breast. Am J Clin Pathol 94(6):673-80, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2244588.
- Fornage BD, Sneige N, Faroux MJ, Andry E. Sonographic appearance and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of breast carcinomas smaller than 1 cm3. J Ultrasound Med 9(10):559-68, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2231854.
- Tassin GB, Fornage BD, Sneige N. Primary multifocal angiosarcoma of the breast. Sonographic evaluation with pathologic correlation. J Ultrasound Med 9(8):481-3, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2168955.
- El-Naggar AK, Mackay B, Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Stromal neoplasms of the breast: a comparative flow cytometric study. J Surg Oncol 44(3):151-6, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2164618.
- Katz RL, Patel S, Sneige N, Fritsche HA Jr, Hortobagyi GN, Ames FC, Brooks T, Ordonez NG. Comparison of immunocytochemical and biochemical assays for estrogen receptor in fine needle aspirates and histologic sections from breast carcinomas. Breast Cancer Res Treat 15(3):191-203, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 1695528.
- Sneige N, Dekmezian RH, Katz RL, Fanning TV, Lukeman JL, Ordonez NF, Cabanillas FF. Morphologic and immunocytochemical evaluation of 220 fine needle aspirates of malignant lymphoma and lymphoid hyperplasia. Acta Cytol 34(3):311-22, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2111624.
- Fanning CV, Sneige NS, Carrasco CH, Ayala AG, Murray JA, Raymond AK. Fine needle aspiration cytology of chondroblastoma of bone. Cancer 65(8):1847-63, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2317764.
- Sneige N. Diagnosis of lymphoma and reactive lymphoid hyperplasia by immunocytochemical analysis of fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol 6(1):39-43, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2323295.
- Turner DA, Gershenson DM, Atkinson N, Sneige N, Wharton AT. The prognostic significance of peritoneal cytology for stage I endometrial cancer. Obstet Gynecol 74(5):775-80, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2812655.
- Sneige N, Zachariah S, Fanning TV, Dekmezian RH, Ordonez NG. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of metastatic neoplasms in the breast. Am J Clin Pathol 92(1):27-35, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2750705.
- Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 98(3):241-2, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2923401.
- Sneige N, White VA, Katz RL, Troncoso P, Libshitz HI, Hortobagyi GN. Ductal carcinoma-in-situ of the breast: fine-needle aspiration cytology of 12 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 5(4):371-7, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2558863.
- Ordonez NG, Sneige N, Hickey RC, Brooks TE. Use of monoclonal antibody HMB-45 in the cytologic diagnosis of melanoma. Acta Cytol 32(5):684-8, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 3048028.
- Sneige N, Batsakis JG, Hawkins RA, Doble HP 2nd. Pseudoparasitic (Liesegang) bodies in paranasal sinus. J Laryngol Otol 102(8):730-2, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 3418229.
- Sneige N, Dekmezian R, Zaatari GS. Liesegang-like rings in fine needle aspirates of renal/perirenal hemorrhagic cysts. Acta Cytol 32(4):547-51, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 3041722.
- Copeland LJ, Silva EG, Gershenson DM, Sneige N, Atkinson EN, Wharton JT. The significance of mullerian inclusions found at second-look laparotomy in patients with epithelial ovarian neoplasms. Obstet Gynecol 71(5):763-70, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 2833713.
- Sneige N, Dekmezian RH, Silva EG, Cartwright J Jr, Ayala AG. Pseudoparasitic Liesegang structures in perirenal hemorrhagic cysts. Am J Clin Pathol 89(2):148-53, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 3341276.
- Dekmezian R, Sneige N, Popok S, Ordonez NG. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of pediatric patients with primary hepatic tumors: a comparative study of two hepatoblastomas and a liver-cell carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 4(2):162-8, 1988. e-Pub 1988. PMID: 2854046.
- Copeland LJ, Saul PB, Sneige N. Cervical adenocarcinoma: tumor implantation in the episiotomy sites of two patients. Gynecol Oncol 28(2):230-5, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3666581.
- Landon G, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Mackay B. Carcinoid metastatic to breast diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol 3(3):230-3, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3665690.
- Heimann A, Sneige N, Shirkhoda A, DeCaro LF. Fine needle aspiration cytology of thymolipoma. A case report. Acta Cytol 31(3):335-9, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3109185.
- Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Veanattukalathil S, Samaan NA. Fine-needle aspiration cytology in pancreatic endocrine tumors. Diagn Cytopathol 3(1):35-40, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3032538.
- Cabanillas F, Pathak S, Zander A, Goodacre A, Katz R, Sneige N, Trujillo J, Cork A, Manning J, Butler JJ. Monosomy 21, partial duplication of chromosome 11, and structural abnormality of chromosome 1q21 in a case of lymphoma developing in a transplant recipient: characteristic abnormalities of secondary lymphoma?. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 24(1):7-10, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3539317.
- Adelson MD, Johnson TS, Sneige N, Williamson KD, Freedman RS, Peters LJ. Cervical carcinoma DNA content, S-fraction, and malignancy grading. II. Comparison with clinical staging. Gynecol Oncol 26(1):57-70, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3792936.
- Johnson TS, Adelson MD, Sneige N, Williamson KD, Lee AM, Katz R. Cervical carcinoma DNA content, S-fraction, and malignancy grading. I. Interrelationships. Gynecol Oncol 26(1):41-56, 1987. e-Pub 1987. PMID: 3792935.
- Ordonez NG, Khorsand J, Ayala AG, Sneige N. Oat cell carcinoma of the urinary tract. An immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study. Cancer 58(11):2519-30, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 2429758.
- Weiss KM, Katz RL, Sneige N. Human papillomavirus and cervical disease in a Mexican-American community. Tex Med 82(7):21-5, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 3018950.
- Copeland LJ, Sneige N, Gershenson DM, McGuffee VB, Abdul-Karim F, Rutledge FN. Bartholin gland carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol 67(6):794-801, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 3010205.
- Sneige N, Fernandez T, Copeland LJ, Katz RL. Mullerian inclusions in peritoneal washings. Potential source of error in cytologic diagnosis. Acta Cytol 30(3):271-6, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 3012920.
- Copeland LJ, Sneige N, Gershenson DM, Saul PB, Stringer CA, Seski JC. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin gland. Obstet Gynecol 67(1):115-20, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 2999664.
- Dekmezian RH, Sneige N, Ordonez NG. Ovarian and omental ependymomas in peritoneal washings: cytologic and immunocytochemical features. Diagn Cytopathol 2(1):62-8, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 3522133.
- Copeland LJ, Cleary K, Sneige N, Edwards CL. Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the vulva: a case report and review of the literature. Gynecol Oncol 22(3):367-78, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 2998960.
- Copeland LJ, Sneige N, Stringer CA, Gershenson DM, Saul PB, Kavanagh JJ. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the female genitalia. Cancer 56(4):849-55, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 4016676.
- Copeland LJ, Gershenson DM, Saul PB, Sneige N, Stringer CA, Edwards CL. Sarcoma botryoides of the female genital tract. Obstet Gynecol 66(2):262-6, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3839576.
- Copeland LJ, Sneige N, Ordonez NG, Hancock KC, Gershenson DM, Saul PB, Kavanagh JJ. Endodermal sinus tumor of the vagina and cervix. Cancer 55(11):2558-65, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3888365.
- Sneige N, Ayala AG, Carrasco CH, Murray J, Raymond AK. Giant cell tumor of bone. A cytologic study of 24 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 1(2):111-7, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3836075.
- Gershenson DM, Copeland LJ, Wharton JT, Atkinson EN, Sneige N, Edwards CL, Rutledge FN. Prognosis of surgically determined complete responders in advanced ovarian cancer. Cancer 55(5):1129-35, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3155643.
- Copeland LJ, Gershenson DM, Wharton JT, Atkinson EN, Sneige N, Edwards CL, Rutledge FN. Microscopic disease at second-look laparotomy in advanced ovarian cancer. Cancer 55(2):472-8, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3965102.
- Kraemer BB, Silva EG, Sneige N. Fibrosarcoma of ovary. A new component in the nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome. Am J Surg Pathol 8(3):231-6, 1984. e-Pub 1984. PMID: 6703200.
- Sneige N, Mackay B, Ordonez NG, Batsakis JG. Laryngeal paraganglioma. Report of two tumors with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analysis. Arch Otolaryngol 109(2):113-7, 1983. e-Pub 1983. PMID: 6849664.
- Ordonez NG, Ayala AG, Sneige N, Mackay B. Immunohistochemical demonstration of multiple neurohormonal polypeptides in a case of pure testicular carcinoid. Am J Clin Pathol 78(6):860-4, 1982. e-Pub 1982. PMID: 6183972.
Review Articles
- Kundu U, Gan Q, Donthi D, Sneige N. The Utility of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Lesions. Diagnostics (Basel) 13(14), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37510144.
- Khattab RA, Rowe JJ, Booth CN, Sneige N, Fong N, Pantanowitz L, Oshilaja O, Brainard JA, Downs-Kelly EP, Dawson A, Sturgis CD. Mammary mesenchymal and fibroepithelial lesions: An illustrated cytomorphologic update with differential diagnoses. Diagn Cytopathol 47(10):1100-1118, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31343114.
- Huang ML, Hess K, Candelaria RP, Eghtedari M, Adrada BE, Sneige N, Fornage BD. Comparison of the accuracy of US-guided biopsy of breast masses performed with 14-gauge, 16-gauge and 18-gauge automated cutting needle biopsy devices, and review of the literature. Eur Radiol 27(7):2928-2933, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27844099.
- Diaz LK, Cryns VL, Symmans WF, Sneige N. Triple negative breast carcinoma and the basal phenotype: from expression profiling to clinical practice. Adv Anat Pathol 14(6):419-30, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18049131.
- Salarieh A, Sneige N. Breast carcinoma arising in microglandular adenosis: a review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 131(9):1397-9, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17824796.
- Diaz LK, Sneige N. Estrogen receptor analysis for breast cancer: current issues and keys to increasing testing accuracy. Adv Anat Pathol 12(1):10-9, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15614160.
- Sneige N. Utility of cytologic specimens in the evaluation of prognostic and predictive factors of breast cancer: current issues and future directions. Diagn Cytopathol 30(3):158-65, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14986295.
- Krishnamurthy S, Sneige N. Molecular and biologic markers of premalignant lesions of human breast. Adv Anat Pathol 9(3):185-97, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11981114.
- Fornage BD, Sneige N, Edeiken BS. Interventional breast sonography. Eur J Radiol 42(1):17-31, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12039017.
- Singletary SE, Fornage BD, Sneige N, Ross MI, Simmons R, Giuliano A, Hansen N, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Ames FC, Babiera G, Meric F, Hunt KK, Edeiken B, Mirza AN. Radiofrequency ablation of early-stage invasive breast tumors: an overview. Cancer J 8(2):177-80, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11999950.
- Mirza AN, Fornage BD, Sneige N, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Ames FC, Singletary SE. Radiofrequency ablation of solid tumors. Cancer J 7(2):95-102, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11324771.
- Sneige N. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of in situ epithelial cell proliferation in the breast. Am J Clin Pathol 113(5 Suppl 1):S38-48, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11993709.
- Yaziji H, Gown AM, Sneige N. Detection of stromal invasion in breast cancer: the myoepithelial markers. Adv Anat Pathol 7(2):100-9, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10721417.
- Sneige N, McNeese MD, Atkinson EN, Ames FC, Kemp B, Sahin A, Ayala AG. Ductal carcinoma in situ treated with lumpectomy and irradiation: histopathological analysis of 49 specimens with emphasis on risk factors and long term results. Hum Pathol 26(6):642-9, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7774895.
- Batsakis JG, Sneige N, el-Naggar AK. Flow cytometric (DNA content and S-phase fraction) analysis of breast cancer. Cancer 71(6 Suppl):2151-3, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8443764.
- Dhingra K, Vogel V, Sneige N, Sahin A, Aldaz CM, Hortobagyi GN, Hittelman W. Strategies for the application of biomarkers for risk assessment and efficacy in breast cancer chemoprevention trials. J Cell Biochem Suppl 17G:37-43, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8007707.
- Raymond AK, Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Amyloidosis in the upper aerodigestive tracts. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 101(9):794-6, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1514760.
- Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Necrotizing sialometaplasia. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 101(3):282-4, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1543340.
- Lawrence DD, Carrasco CH, Fornage B, Sneige N, Wallace S. Percutaneous lymph node biopsy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 14(1):55-62, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 2044130.
- Sneige N, Batsakis JG. Ewing's sarcoma of bone and soft tissues. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 98(5 Pt 1):400-2, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2655527.
- Batsakis JG, Sneige N. Parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal space diseases. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 98(4 Pt 1):320-1, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2650597.
Editorials
- Sneige N. Should specimen adequacy be determined by the opinion of the aspirator or by the cells on the slides?. Cancer 81(1):3-5, 1997. PMID: 9100533.
Letters to the Editor
- Albarracin CT, Nguyen CV, Whitman GJ, Yang W, Sneige N. Identifying patients with atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed at core-needle biopsy who are at low risk of malignancy. Radiology 257: 893-4; author reply 984, 2010.
- Albarracin C, Edgerton ME, Gilcrease MZ, Huo L, Krishnamurthy S, Middleton LP, Resetkova E, Sahin AA, Sneige N, Fraser WS, Wu Y. Is it too soon to start reporting HER2 genetic heterogeneity?. Arch Pathol Lab Med 134: 162-3; author reply 163, 2010.
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