Wei-Lien Wang, M.D.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
About Dr. Wei-Lien Wang
Dr. Wei-Lien Wang is a professor in the Departments of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology. He is subspeciality trained and specializes in bone and soft tissue pathology. Dr. Wang graduated from Tufts Medical School (Boston, MA) and completed his AP/CP residency and surgical pathology sign-out fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA). He completed subspecialty fellowship training in both bone and soft tissue and dermatopathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX). His primary research interests are diagnostic and prognostic markers, metastatic patterns, and treatment effect in sarcomas.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor (Joint appointment), Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2002 | Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, US, MD |
| 1998 | University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, US, Masters of Public Health in Public Health |
| 1996 | University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, US, Bachelors of Arts with Honors in Molecular Cellular Biology with Emphasis in Immunology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2008-2009 | Pathology Fellow in Dermatopathology, Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2007-2008 | Pathology Fellow in Soft Tissue and Bone, Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2006-2007 | Benjamin Castleman Surgical Pathology Fellow, Graduate Assistant in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2002-2006 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | New York State Department of Health Cetificate of Qualification |
| 2009 | American Board of Dermatology and Pathology (Dermatopathology) |
| 2009 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2006 | American Board of Pathology (Anatomical and Clinical Pathology) |
| 2006 | California |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2009 - 2015
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Assistant Director, Immunocytohistochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2015
Chief Resident; Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2007 - 2007
Chief Resident; Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2005 - 2006
Other Professional Positions
Student Researcher, University at San Francisco/Nola Hylton, Ph.D, San Francisco, CA, 1996 - 1998
Student Researcher, University of California at Berkeley/Donald Rio, Ph.D, Berkeley, CA, 1995 - 1996
Student Researcher, University of California at Berkeley/Hitoshi Sakano, Ph.D, Berkeley, CA, 1994 - 1995
Student Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 1992 - 1994
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Sarcoma Medical Oncology Chair Search Committee, MD Anderson
Editorial Activities
Member of Editorial Board, Modern Pathology, 2020 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2019 - 2020 | Oncologic Pathology Teaching Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2010 - 2014 | NIH Loan Repayment Program Awardee, NIH |
| 2008 | The Connie and Jim Walter Fellowship in Sarcoma Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1997 | Emily Dion Scholarship in Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA |
| 1997 | Graduate School of Public Health Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Classification, Grading and Staging of Sarcomas. Invited. Methodist Hospital. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Abdominal Mesenchymal Tumors. Invited. Abdominal Mesenchymal Tumors. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. IHC and Molecular Testing in Mesenchymal Tumors: Uses and Pitfalls. Invited. IHC and Molecular Testing in Mesenchymal Tumors: Uses and Pitfalls. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Cutaneous Mesenchymal Tumors. Invited. Cutaneous Mesenchymal Tumors. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. The Pathology of GIST. Invited. The Pathology of GIST. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. A Practical Approach to Classifying Mesenchymal Tumors of the Head and Neck. Invited. A Practical Approach to Classifying Mesenchymal Tumors of the Head and Neck. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Updates in Sarcoma Pathology: Classification, Staging and Prognostication. Invited. Updates in Sarcoma Pathology: Classification, Staging and Prognostication. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Sacral Chordoma : Telomerase Dysfunction and Immune Infiltrate. Invited. Chordoma Foundation. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Approach to Spindle Cell Lesion of the Skin. Invited. Houston Society of Clinical Pathology. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Molecular Testing in Sarcoma Pathology: Utility in Challenging Cases and Recent Advances. Invited. Diagnostic Pathology Course. Houston, TX, US.
- 2010. Prognosis and KIT genotyping in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Invited. Prognosis and KIT genotyping in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2022. Lipomatous Tumours. Conference. Lipomatous Tumours, US.
- 2022. Hot Topics - Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology. Conference. Hot Topics - Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2021. Thoracic and Intra-Abdominal Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Conference. Thoracic and Intra-Abdominal Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Palm Springs, CA, US.
- 2018. Spindle Cell Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin: Cases. Conference. Spindle Cell Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin: Cases. Minneapolis, MN, US.
- 2018. Spindle Cell Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin. Conference. Spindle Cell Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin. Minneapolis, MN, US.
- 2014. Ancillary Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Cutaneous Mesenchymal Tumors. Conference. Ancillary Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Cutaneous Mesenchymal Tumors. Chicago, IL, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Primary Renal Sarcomas in Adult Patients: A Clinicopathologic Study of 62 Cases. Poster. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2025. Optimizing TROP2 Immunohistochemistry Scoring by Automated Quantitative Image Analysis for Generating Clinical Trial-Driven IHC Scores. Poster. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2025. Utility of GLI1 RNA In Situ hybridization in Mesenchymal Tumors: A Novel Strategy to Aid Diagnosis of an Emerging Entity. Poster. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2025. Conventional Chondrosarcoma in the Pediatric Population, a Single-Institution Retrospective Review. Poster. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2024. Primary Ewing Sarcomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Highlighting Diagnostic Challenges and Utility of Molecular Profiling. Poster. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2024. Tissue-Based Multiplexing, Multispectral Immunofluorescence Testing in a CLIA-Like Laboratory Environment: a Step Forward Towards Clinical Testing. Poster. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2024. Protein Kinase R-like Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase (PERK) immunoexpression and Gene Expression Profile of the Tumor Microenvironment of Acral Melanoma. Poster. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2024. Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma with Low-Grade Appearing Dedifferentiated Component. Poster. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2024. TROP2 Immunohistochemical Assay in Solid Tumors: Comparison of Interpretation Scoring Assessments by H-Score and Clinical Trials Driven ADC-Score. Conference. Platform. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2023. GPNMB Can Be a Useful Ancillary Tool to Identify Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa). Conference. Poster. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2023. CD70 Expression in Naïve Treated and Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Relapsed Settings. Conference. Poster. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2023. Improved Pathological Response in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS) Treated by Concurrent Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy (RT) Compared with Radiation Therapy Alone. Conference. Poster. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2023. Vascular Changes in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Prevalence, Association with Local VEGF Expression, and Prognostic Implications. Conference. Poster. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2023. TRPS1 Expression is a Marker for Malignancy in Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Conference. Poster. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2022. Global Assessment of IRF8 as a Novel Cancer Biomarker. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. SOX11 Serves as an Effective Discriminatory Marker, When Used in Conjunction with CK20 and TTF1, for Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Comparative Analysis of SOX11, CK20, PAX5, and TTF1 Expressions in Merkel Cell Carcinomas and Pulmonary Small Cell Carcinomas. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals Differentially Methylated Genes in Clinically Distinct Subsets of Solitary Fibrous Tumor. Conference. Platform. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. Clinicopathologic Spectrum of NTRK fusion-positive Tumors Detected by Clinical RNA Sequencing Panel. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. ATM Loss in High-Grade Sarcomas. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. TRPS1 Expression is Frequently Seen in Mammary and Extramemmary Paget Diseases, Except for Those Arising in the Perianal Skin. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2021. Surgical Outcomes Following Treatment with Palbociclib in Patients with Well-differentiated and Dedifferentiated Retroperitoneal Liposarcomas. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors provide Favorable Responses in Patients with Recurrent Chordoma. Conference. Platform. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Prospective Single-arm Controlled Trial of 3-week-course Hypofractionated Preoperative Radiotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity or Trunk. Conference. Platform. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Comparative Review of Human and Canine Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Conference. Platform. Virtual, US.
- 2021. 3D Genome Structural Alterations and Oncogene Expression in Chordoma Genomes. Conference. Platform. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Utility of SOX11 as a Diagnostic Marker for Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of Pancreas using Cytologic Smear Preparations. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Immune Landscape Differences in Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. ER-/PR+ Breast Cancer Cases Across Two FDA-Approved Platforms: Incidence and Clinicopathologic Correlates. Conference. Platform. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma with Minimal Dedifferentiated Component. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. The Immune Microenvironment of Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. The Utility of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Immunohistochemistry as a Surrogate Marker of TERT Gene Amplification Status in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Superficial Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma. Conference. Poster. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Characterization of immune cell biomarkers in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma. Conference. Poster. San Diego, AK, US.
- 2020. SATB2 Expression in Undifferentiated Sarcomas of Bone. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. INSM1 Can Be Expressed in Angiosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. Significance of ER-/PR+ Breast Cancer Cases: Re-evaluation of Biomarker Status and Clinical Correlates. Conference. Platform. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. Imunocytochemical Staining Validation of Nuclear Staining Markers on Cytology Smears. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. Comparison of Three FDA Approved PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry Assays in Triple Negative Breast Carcinoma. Conference. Platform. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. Loss of p16 Expression is Frequent in Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans with Fibrosarcomatous Transformation and Metastatic Disease. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2020. Primary Cutaneous Synovial Sarcoma: Clinical and Histopathological Characteristics in a Series of Cases with Molecular Confirmation. Conference. Poster. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2019. Immunohistochemistry Characterization of MTAP Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2019. PHH3 Immunohistochemistry in Distinguishing Cellular and Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma on Biopsy. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2019. Utility of H3F3A Expression in Atypical and Malignant Giant Cell Tumors of Bone. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2019. Radiation associated sarcomas demonstrate H3K27me3 loss. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2019. Are ALK rearrangements found in smooth muscle tumors of the gastrointestinal tract?. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2019. Dedifferentiated gastrointestinal stromal tumor: morphological consideration of 16 cases. Conference. Poster. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2017. The Immunologic Microenviroment Of Uterine Adenosarcomas. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Evaluation Of Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy In The Treatment Of Myxoid Liposarcoma. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Detection Of Novel Fusion Genes In Sarcoma By Anchored Multiplex PCR And Next-Generation Sequencing. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Prevalence Of Mismatch Repair Deficiency In Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcomas. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Assessment Of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) For Patients With Chondrosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. D-3-Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase (PHGDH) Expression Negatively Correlates With Overall Survival In Osteosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. CIC Rearranged Sarcomas: The MD Anderson Experience With A Rare, Recently Recognized Entity. Conference. Poster. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Next Generation Sequencing Identifies Immunotherapy Targets In Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Conference. Platform. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. A Phase II Multi-Arm Study To Test The Efficacy Of Durvalumab And Tremelimumab In Multiple Sarcoma Subtypes. Conference. Platform. Maui, HI, US.
- 2017. Telomerase Maintenance Mechanism in Chordomas. Conference. Platform. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. TERT Promoter Mutations in Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Well-differentiated Liposarcoma of the Retroperitoneum: Is There Significance to Histologic Subtyping?. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Clinico-Pathologic Study of ATRX and Notch Receptor Expression in a Large Series of Angiosarcomas. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Primary anorectal melanoma : A retrospective analysis of 30 patients. Conference. Platform. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Primary breast sarcomas: Clinico-pathological Study of 16 cases. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Expression in Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. PD-L1 Expression in Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Immunohistochemical and RNA-based In situ Hybridization Analysis. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Immune Microenvironment in Chordomas. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Utility of BRAF V600E Immunoperoxidase Stain in Cytology Preparations of Cell Block and Aspirate Smears in Thyroid Cancers. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2016. Case Presentation: Radiation induced sarcoma in association with Desmoid Type Fibromatosis. Conference. Platform. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2016. Clinical and Pathological Correlation of ATRX Loss in Large Series of Leiomyosarcomas. Conference. Poster. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2016. pSTAT3 in peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Conference. Platform. Washington DC, DC, US.
- 2015. Predicting response to second-line sunitinib (SU) based on duration of treatment on front-line imatinib (IM) in patients with metastatic GIST. Conference. Poster. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2015. Metastatic potential for low and intermediate grade primary angiosarcomas of the breast: Implications for neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy. Conference. Platform. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2015. Heat Shock Protein 27 as a predictor of autophagic fate in chemotherapy-induced autophage in osteosarcoma. Conference. Platform. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2015. Small cell osteosarcoma: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Conference. Poster. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2015. Clinico-Pathologic correlates of NAB2-STAT6 Fusion Variants in Solitary Fibrous Variants in Solitary Fibrous Tumor. Conference. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2015. Bone and Soft Tissue Proffered. Conference. Poster Session Moderators. Boston, MA, US.
- 2015. Diagnostic Utilityof NCOA2 Labeling: A survey of bone and soft tissue mesenchymal neoplasia. Conference. Poster. Boston, MA, US.
- 2014. Molecular Characterization of Epitheloid Hemangioendotheliomas Identifies Novel Variants of WWTR1/CAMTA1 Fusion Transcripts. Conference. Platform. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Multiple Sporadic Desmoid Fibromatosis: Clinical and Mutational Analysis. Conference. Platform. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Myc Expression in Mammary Vascular Tumors. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Myc Expression in Sporadic and Radiation-Associated Sarcomas. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. STAT6 Immunohistochemistry is Useful in the Diagnosis of Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Shealth Tumor with Low Grade Histological Features is a Fully Malignant Neoplasm with Aggresive Behavior. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Atypical Neurofibromata Do Not Display Malignant Behavior Despite Concerning Histological Features. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. MicroRNA Expression Profiling Identifies Potential Prognostic Biomarkers in Osteosarcoma. Conference. Platform. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Clinical Next Generation Sequencing of Sarcomas: Initial Experience of 133 cases. Conference. Poster. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2013. Post treatment Histological Effects of Denosumab on Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Conference. Post treatment Histological Effects of Denosumab on Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. New York, NY, US.
- 2013. Sox10 and BRAFV600E Expression is Uncommon in Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Conference. Sox10 and BRAFV600E Expression is Uncommon in Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Diagnostic Utility of Immunohistochemical Markers in Soft Tissue and Uterine Leiomysarcoma is limited Poorly Differentiated Tumors. Conference. Poster. New York, NY, US.
- 2013. Cardiac Angiosarcoma: clinical features and treatment outcomes. Conference. Cardiac Angiosarcoma: clinical features and treatment outcomes. New York, NY, US.
- 2013. MicroRNA Expression Profiling Identifies Potential Prognostic Indicators in Primary Solitary Firbrous Tumors. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Diagnosis of Ambiguous Melanocytic Tumors in a Tertiary Referral Center: The Contribution of Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) to Conventional Histopathologic and Immunophenotypic Analysis. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Evaluation of Fumarate Hydratase and Hypoxia-Associated Proteins in HLRCC Syndrome and Sporadic Cutaneous Leiomyomas. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Loss of INI1 Expression in Extraskeletal Myxoid Chrondrosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Metastatic Melanoma to Bone: A Clinico-pathological Study of 236 Cases. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. ERG - An ETS family transcription factor and vascular marker, expression in epithelioid sarcoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Differential miRNA Expression in Low-Grade and High-Grade Cartilaginous Tumors. Conference. Platform. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Correlation of Immunostains for Protein Expression with Genetic Abnormality of SDHB in Paraganglioma/ Pheochromocytoma. Conference. Poster. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2012. Muir-Torre Syndrome with retroperitoneal high grade spindle cell sarcoma. Conference. Poster. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2012. The Impact of T-cell Receptor Gene Rearrangement by PCR in Mycosis Fungoides. Conference. Poster. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2012. Unusual Presentation of Nodular Fasciitis: A Case Series. Conference. Platform. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2012. Prevalence of Clear Cell Sarcoma in the Evaluation of Melanocytic Tumors of Unknown Primary. Conference. Platform. Chicato, IL, US.
- 2011. Metastatic Atypical Fibroxanthoma. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2011. PTEN loss in Trichilemmoma:Sporadic and Cowden Syndrome Associated. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2011. Size Variation of Extremity Atypical Lipomatous Tumors versus Lipomas,. Conference. Poster. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. BIM upregulation correlates with apoptosis in patients with GIST treated with imatinib,. Conference. Platforn. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. Verrous presentation of mycosis fungoides. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2011. Amalgan-like Tatto with Teflon Granuloma: A Case Report. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2011. MicroRNA expression characteristics in imatinib-treated, paired human GIST samples: A correlative study of ID03-0023,. Conference. Platform presentation. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. The Hemangiopericytoma/Solitary Fibrous Tumor Spectrum: Clinicopathologic Predictors of Outcomes. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2011. Activation of the PI-3 Kinase Pathway and Prognostic Factors in Myxoid Liposarcoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2011. Cellular Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma involving bone. Conference. Platform. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Activation of the PI-3 Kinase Pathway and Prognostic Factors in Myxoid Liposarcoma. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Clinical Outcomes for a Large Cohort of Patients with Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans with Fibrosarcomatous Transformation. Conference. Platform presentation. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Is Fluorescence In-situ Hybridization teseting useful in the differential diagnosis of pediatric melanomas?. Conference. Platform presentation. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. The Hemangiopericytoma/Solitary Fibrous Tumor Spectrum: Clnicopathologic Predictors of Outcomes. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Testing in the Evaluation of Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Aggressive Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma : Clinicopathological Study of 29 Cases of a rare neoplasm with new observations. Conference. Poster. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2010. Extensive fatty maturation can seen in myxoid liposarcoma treated with neoadjuvant doxorubicin and ifosamide and pre-operative radiation therapy. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Multidisciplinary Management of Patients with Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. KIT Amplification is Uncommon in KIT mutated and Wild-type KIT Melanomas. Conference. Platform Presentation and Platform Award, US.
- 2010. Imatinib in the Treatment of Tenosynovial Giant-cell Tumor and Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Round Cell Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with Nuclear Membrane or Perinuclear ALK: An Aggressive Intra-abdominal Variant. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2010. Diagnostic Utility of a Novel ETV6/NTRK3 RT-PCR Assay and Break-apart ETV6 FISH Analysis in the Diagnosis of Congenital Fibrosarcoma and Celllular/Mixed Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. The Prognostic Significance of Sarcoma Metastases to the Skin. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Adipophilin Expression in Lipomatous Tumors and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcomas. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Epithelioid Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Sarcoma: An aggressive Intra-adbominal variant of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with Nuclear Membrane or Perinuclear ALK. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Expression of p16 and MITF-1 in Acral Lentiginous/Mucosal Melanomas. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization for 12q15 is Useful Tool to Distinguish Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma and Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2010. The Prevalence of FUS Rearrangement in Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2009. Early Histological Changes in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Exposed to Short-Term Preoperative Imatinib Therapy. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2009. Deramatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) with unusual pleomorphic and cellular features. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2009. Malignant pigmented schwannoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2009. Clinicopathologic Analysis of Adult Alveolar and Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma : A study of 62 Cases. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2009. An RT-PCR Assay for FFPE Tissue Identifies a New FUS-DDIT3 Gene Fusion in Myxoid Liposarcoma. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2009. Skip Metastases in Chondrosarcoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2008. Combination therapy with temozolomide and bevacizumab in the treatment of hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor: an updated analysis. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2008. Clinical variables, pathological factors and molecular markers for enhanced soft tissue sarcoma prognostication. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2008. The desmoid tumor proteome : identifying molecular markers using a clinically annotated tissue microarray. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2008. Dermal clear cell sarcoma with EWSR1-CREB1 fusion transcript. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2008. Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 30 cases. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2008. Fluorescence In-situ Hybridization (FISH) is a Useful Ancillary Diagnostic Tool for Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2008. Gallbladder involvement in AIP is a primary manifestation of the disease. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2007. Histopathologic Prognostic Factors in Stage I Uterine Leiomyosarcomas (Ut-LMS); a Clinicopathologic Study of 28 cases. Conference. Platform presentation, US.
- 2006. CD30 positive cells in Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma (NLPHL): a clinicopathologic evaluation. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2006. Expression Of Melanocytic (Pecoma) Markers In Smooth Muscle Tumors Of The Uterus; An Immunohistochemical Analysis Of 86 Cases. Conference. Poster, US.
- 2006. The Utility Of Tumor Cell Necrosis In The Diagnosis Of Primary Leiomyosarcoma Of The Uterus: An Analysis Of 77 Cases. Conference. Poster, US.
International Presentations
- 2023. TP53 ALTERATIONS IN SARCOMAS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE AACR-GENIE DATABASE. Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2023. CHEMOTHERAPY AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF EXTENT OF DEDIFFERENTIATION IN DEDIFFERENTIATED PAROSTEAL OSTEOSARCOMA. Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2023. CLINICO-GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF KIT/PDGFRA/SDH WILD-TYPE GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL DRIVER MUTATIONS. Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2023. CLINICO-GENOMIC PROFILING OF CONVENTIONAL AND DEDIFFERENTIATED CHONDROSARCOMAS REVEALS TP53 MUTATION TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE OUTCOMES. Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2023. ROLE OF APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC) MAP-BASED FIRST AND HIGH-ORDER RADIOMIC FEATURES IN DISCRIMINATING SACRAL CHORDOMAS AND CHONDROSARCOMAS WITH OVERLAPPING CONVENTIONAL IMAGING FEATURES. Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2023. HISTOLOGY SPECIFIC INTRATUMORAL B-CELL BIOLOGY IN ALVEOLAR SOFT-PART SARCOMAS (ASPS) IN RESPONSE TO DURVALUMAB-TREMELIMUMAB (D-T). Conference. Poster. Dublin, IE.
- 2022. A phase 2 trial of cetuximab for patients with locally advanced/metastatic chordoma. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2022. The epigenetic impact and therapeutic opportunity of AR-directed therapy for DSRCT. Conference. Platform. Vancouver, CA.
- 2022. A phase 1/2 trial of gemcitabine, docetaxel, and hydroxychloroquine in advanced/metastatic osteosarcoma: results of phase 1. Conference. Platform. Vancouver, CA.
- 2022. Genomic alterations of DNA damage repair pathways in chordoma: an analysis from the AACR-GENIE database. Conference. Platform. Vancouver, CA.
- 2019. DNA Damage Response Deficiency in Osteosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Tokyo, JP.
- 2019. Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Surgically Resected Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma and Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma - Prelminary Safety Data. Conference. Poster. Tokyo, JP.
- 2018. High grade intramedullary osteosarcoma: does histologic subtype affect outcome?. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Chromatin state transitions associated with prc2 functional loss drive a De-differentiated phenotype in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Conference. Platform. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Young patients with desmoid fibromatosis have high rates of local recurrence: Is it time to rethink treatment strategies in this subset?. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Igf-1r/mtor targeted therapy for ewing sarcoma: a meta-analysis of five igf-1r-related Trials matched to proteomic and radiologic predictive biomarkers. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Rationales for targeting/co-targeting leiomyosarcoma pathways: biologic profiles in 712 uterine or soft-tissue LMS. Conference. Platform. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Chemotherapy in the treatment of undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) of bone. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Evaluation of treatment response to preoperative therapy in retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Combined radiation therapy and surgery provide excellent local control for patients With extraskeletal osteosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Sox2/oct4-high subgroup of relapsed and metastatic osteosarcoma has high PD-L1. Conference. Poster. Rome, IT.
- 2018. Comparative Analysis of Competing Risk Models for Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Primary anorectal melanoma: Distinct histopathologic parameters of the primary tumor correlate with disease specific survival (DSS) depending upon the stage at presentation. Conference. Platform. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Intraosseous Hibernoma: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Case Series. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Low-frequency CTNNB1 mutations in “wild-type” sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis detected by droplet digital PCR. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Extensive Survey of panTRK Expression in a Large Series of Sarcomas. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Loss of H3K27Me3 Expression in Osteosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. INI1 expression in neurofibromas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors reveals “mosaic” pattern in a subset of cases. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. MTAP Expression in Osteosarcoma. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. PD-L1 Expression (clone 28-8) and Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) in Primary Breast Cancer. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. PD-L1 Expression (clone 22C3) and Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) in Primary Breast Cancer. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2016. The Toxicity and Efficacy Profile of Regorafenib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Patients Using an Alternative Dosing Regimen. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. Prognostic Factors For Adenosarcoma of the Uterus. Conference. Platform. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. MAGEA3 Expression and Clinical Correlation in Sarcoma Subtypes. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. Overcoming Primary Resistance to VEGF Targeted Agents in Angiosarcoma by Targeting the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. The Role of Estrogen and Progesterone as Prognostic Factors for Adenosarcoma of the Uterus. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. Expression of PRAME in Osteosarcoma Tumor Specimens. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2016. Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Extremity Myxofibrosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Matched Case-control Study. Conference. Poster. Lisbon, PT.
- 2012. Undifferentiated soft-tissue sarcoma in children and young adults: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Conference. Poster. Prague, CZ.
- 2012. Localized and metastatic myxoid/round cell liposarcoma: clinical and molecular observations. Conference. Platform. Prague, CZ.
- 2012. Soft Tissue Sarcoma Metastases to Bone: A Clinico-Pathological Study of 146 Cases. Conference. Poster. Prague, CZ.
- 2012. Oncogenic Mutation Screening in Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Conference. Platform. Prague, CZ.
- 2012. Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma Presenting as a Primary Bone Tumor: Four Cases with Molecular Confirmation. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Immunohistochemical staining for p-ERK: A potential Screening Tool for BRAF Mutations in Melanoma. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Implications of the 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification System for Thin Melanoma. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Antibody detection of ERG is Specific for ERG rearranged Ewing’s sarcoma,. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Clinical Utility of MYH9/USP6 Fusion Transcription Detection and USP6 Expression in Nodular Fasciitis,. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. MUC4 is a Sensitive and Specific Marker for Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma: Association wiith FUS Gene Rearrangement. Conference. Platform. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Metastatic Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma Overexpresses Multiple Growth Factors. Conference. Poster. Vancouver, CA.
- 2010. Fibrous dysplasia and other disease likely to G-protein molecular bone short course. Conference. Contributor. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 2010. The molecular pathology of melanoma: guide treatment in age of targeted therapy molecular pathology session. Conference. Contributor. Sao Paulo, BR.
Formal Peers
- 2016. Classification, Grading and Staging of Sarcomas. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - 2029 |
| Title: | Targeting of the cell cycle to treat soft tissue sarcomas through a biomarker-based approach |
| Funding Source: | US Department of Defense |
| Role: | Pathologist |
| ID: | FP00027924 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2029 |
| Title: | S2409, PRISM: Precision SCLC via a Multicohort Study: Randomized Phase II Studies Evaluating Maintenance Durvalumab with or without Biomarker-Directed Therapy for ES-SCLC |
| Funding Source: | SWOG Clinical Trials, LLC |
| Role: | Trial Pathologist |
| ID: | FP00027870 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | MD Anderson Sarcoma SPORE |
| Funding Source: | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | P50CA302482 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | Rationale targeting of the cell cycle to sensitize soft tissue sarcomas to chemotherapy through a biomarker-based approach |
| Funding Source: | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | FP00023923 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2026 |
| Title: | Optimizing tumor-agnostic assessment of TROP2 expression with continuous quantification |
| Funding Source: | NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | PA-20-272 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2026 |
| Title: | Optimizing tumor-agnostic assessment of TROP2expression with continuous quantification |
| Funding Source: | National Cancer Institute |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | PA-20-272 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2026 |
| Title: | NRG-GY028-Phase IB and Randomized Phase II Trial of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate +/- Ipatasertib in Rucurrent/Metastatic Endometroid Endometrial Cancer |
| Funding Source: | Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | SA23016/NRG-GY08 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2026 |
| Title: | P10492 Genetech - Phase I/Ib Study of AKT Inhibitor Ipatasertib with chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer |
| Funding Source: | Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | SA23011/P10492 |
| Date: | 2023 - 2026 |
| Title: | Umbrella Protocol: Pancreatic, hepatobilliary, soft tissue sarcoma, chondosarcoma, chordoma, and lung cancers |
| Funding Source: | ARTIDIS AG |
| Role: | Trial Pathologist |
| ID: | 2022-1024 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
| Title: | T cell membrane-anchored tumor targeted Il12 (attIL12)-T cell therapy in subjects with advanced/metastatic sarcoma |
| Funding Source: | AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, NATIONAL |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | n/a |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
| Title: | NCLN NGS &IHC Implementation |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | RFP S20-089F7 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2022 |
| Title: | S20-089F1 MDNet - Site Management |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | 60653 |
| Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
| Title: | SWOG Network Group Operations Center of the NCTN: BIQSFP Study S1929 Supplemental Funding |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | 3U1OCA180888-07S1 |
| Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
| Title: | STRATEGIC Alliance Agreement -2020-1334: Charact |
| Funding Source: | Repare Therapeutics, Inc |
| Role: | N/A |
| ID: | 58202 |
| Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
| Title: | Cancer Center Support (CORE) Grant |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5P30CA016672-45 |
| Date: | 2018 - 2022 |
| Title: | Q6 National Clinical Laboratory Network (NLCN) for Precision Oncology - Clinical Next Generation (NGS) Assays-14X082 |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | HHSN261201500003I-Q6 |
| Date: | 2013 - 2019 |
| Title: | AOSpine Grant |
| Funding Source: | Foundation Grant |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2012 - 2014 |
| Title: | Triumph Over Kid Cancer |
| Funding Source: | Private Foundation |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2009 - 2019 |
| Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Start-Up Funds |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Valenzuela Perez, RF, Duran Sierra, EJ, Antony, M, Amini, B, Lo, S, Torres, KE, Benjamin, RS, Ma, J, Hwang, K, Stafford, RJ, Araujo, DM, Bishop, AJ, Ratan, R, Wang, W, Espinoza, J, Valenzuela, PV, Wu, C, Madewell, JE, Murphy Jr, WA, Costelloe, C. Building a pre-surgical multiparametric-MRI-based morphologic, qualitative, semiquantitative, first and high-order radiomic predictive treatment response model for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma to replace RECIST. Cancer Imaging 25(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40281609.
- Parisi, X, Ghosh, A, Wang, W, Cortes-Santiago, N, Medeiros, LJ. Late Recurrence of Spindle Cell Sarcoma in Association with TPM3::NTRK1 Fusion. International Journal of Surgical Pathology 33(8):1709-1712, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40491214.
- Msaouel, P, Tannir, NM, Meric-Bernstam, F, King, JM, Voss, MH, Cheng, JP, Thomas, SS, Lim, ZD, Karki, M, He, R, Genovese, G, Sheth, RA, Ingram, D, Shamsutdinova, D, Wani, K, Wang, W, Lazar, A, Knipper-Davis, D, Berlinski, A, Soares, T, Stupichev, D, Kryukov, K, Davitavyan, S, Novokreshchenova, A, Lebedev, D, Kurpe, S, Kravets, A, Belousov, D, Hensley, M, Bagaev, A, Paradiso, F, Kushnarev, V. Identification of therapeutic targets for renal medullary carcinoma via integrated genomic and transcriptomic profiling. Cell Reports Medicine 6(11), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41172996.
- Traweek, R, Zoghbi, M, Segura Lazcano, R, Cope, B, Bishop, AJ, Farooqi, AS, Mitra, D, Yoder, A, Guadagnolo, BA, Ingram, D, Wani, K, Shamsutdinova, D, Lazar, A, Wang, W, Scally, CP, Keung, EZ, Torres, KE, Hunt, KK, Ratan, R, Livingston, JA, Nakazawa, MS, Araujo, DM, Patel, S, Ravi, V, Conley, AP, Zarzour, MA, Somaiah, N, Roland, CL, Nassif, EF. Hyalinization-based pathologic response and immune infiltration following neoadjuvant radiotherapy with or without immune-checkpoint blockade in localized undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. ESMO Open 10(7), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40561658.
- Grimm SL, Karki M, Blum KA, Bertocchio JP, He R, Tripathi DN, Zacharias NM, Lebenthal JM, Sheth RA, Rao P, Genovese G, Lu Z, Bast RC, Ingram DR, Lazcano R, Wani KM, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Tannir NM, Walker CL, Coarfa C, Msaouel P. CA-125 as a Biomarker in Renal Medullary Carcinoma: Integrated Molecular Profiling, Functional Characterization, and Prospective Clinical Validation. Clin Cancer Res 31(6):1057-1068, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39836407.
- Valenzuela Perez, RF, Duran Sierra, EJ, Canjirathinkal, M, Amini, B, Hwang, KP, Ma, J, Torres, KE, Stafford, RJ, Wang, W, Benjamin, RS, Bishop, AJ, Madewell, JE, Murphy Jr, WA, Costelloe, C. Novel Use and Value of Contrast-Enhanced Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging Morphologic and Radiomic Features in Predicting Extremity Soft Tissue Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma Treatment Response. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 9, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39841956.
- Devarajan, E, Davis, RE, Beird, H, Wang, W, Jensen, VB, Jayakumar, A, Leung, CH, Lin, HY, Wu, C, Ihezie, SA, Tsai, JW, Futreal, A, Lewis, VO. Targeting IL-11R/EZH2 signaling axis as a therapeutic strategy for osteosarcoma lung metastases. Discover Oncology 15(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38886296.
- Karim NA, Miao J, Reckamp KL, Gay CM, Byers LA, Zhao YQ, Redman MW, Carrizosa DR, Wang WL, Petty WJ, Mehta K, Faller BA, Agamah ES, Kasbari SS, Malisetti RK, Kumar A, Schallenkamp J, Alluri KC, Gray JE, Kelly K. Phase II randomized study of maintenance atezolizumab (A) versus atezolizumab + talazoparib (AT) in patients with SLFN11 positive extensive stage small cell lung cancer. S1929. J Thorac Oncol 20(3):383-394, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39505259.
- Gingrich A, Wangsiricharoen S, Torres MB, Ravi V, Ratan R, Keung EZ, Scally CP, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Roland CL, Hunt KK, Yu W, Torres KE. Clinical Variables Influencing Outcomes in Patients with Atypical Intradermal Smooth Muscle Neoplasms (Formerly Cutaneous Leiomyosarcomas): Single-Institution Study of 95 Surgical Patients. Ann Surg Oncol 31(12):7950-7956, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39150618.
- Pineda-Reyes J, Arudra SK, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Tetzlaff M, Prieto VG, Wang WL, Hwu WJ, Torres-Cabala CA. Dual PD-L1/SOX10 Immunohistochemistry Combined With Digital Imaging Enhances Stratification Accuracy of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol 48(12):1551-1556, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39373029.
- Beird HC, Cloutier JM, Gokgoz N, Eeles C, Griffin AM, Ingram DR, Wani KM, Segura RL, Cohen L, Ho C, Wunder JS, Andrulis IL, Futreal PA, Haibe-Kains B, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Przybyl J, Demicco EG. Epigenomic and transcriptomic profiling of solitary fibrous tumors identifies site-specific patterns and candidate genes regulated by DNA methylation. Lab Invest 104(11):102146, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39357799.
- Valenzuela RF, Duran-Sierra E, Canjirathinkal M, Amini B, Torres KE, Benjamin RS, Ma J, Wang WL, Hwang KP, Stafford RJ, Wu C, Zarzour AM, Bishop AJ, Lo S, Madewell JE, Kumar R, Murphy WA Jr, Costelloe CM. Perfusion-weighted imaging with dynamic contrast enhancement (PWI/DCE) morphologic, qualitative, semiquantitative, and radiomics features predicting undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) treatment response. Sci Rep 14(1):21681, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39289469.
- Lazcano R, Ingram DR, Panse G, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Cloutier JM. TRPS1 expression in MPNST is correlated with PRC2 inactivation and loss of H3K27me3. Hum Pathol 151:105632, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39084565.
- Bishop AJ, Mitra D, Farooqi A, Swanson DM, Hempel C, Willis T, Pearlnath C, Wang WL, Ratan R, Somaiah N, Benjamin RS, Torres KE, Hunt KK, Scally CP, Keung EZ, Satcher RL, Bird JE, Lin PP, Moon BS, Lewis VO, Roland CL, Guadagnolo BA. Moderately hypofractionated, preoperative radiotherapy in patients with soft tissue sarcomas (HYPORT-STS): Updated local control, late toxicities, and patient-reported outcomes. Cancer 131(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39192597.
- Nakazawa, MS, Silverman, IM, Rimkunas, V, Veloso, A, Glodzik, D, Johnson, A, Ohsumi, TK, Patel, S, Conley, AP, Roland, CL, Soliman, PT, Beird, H, Wu, C, Ingram, D, Segura Lazcano, R, Song, D, Wani, K, Lazar, A, Yap, TA, Wang, W, Andrew Livingston, J. Loss of the DNA Repair Gene RNase H2 Identifies a Unique Subset of DDR-Deficient Leiomyosarcomas. Molecular cancer therapeutics 23(7):1057-1065, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38561019.
- Coconubo DM, Wangsiricharoen S, Pettus JR, Linos K, Pinto A, Wang WL, Kerr DA, Cloutier JM. A Subset of Thoracic SMARCA4-Deficient Undifferentiated Tumors Express GATA3. Int J Surg Pathol 32(4):10668969231188904, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37461275.
- Pilie, PG, Giuliani, V, Wang, W, McGrail, DJ, Bristow, C, Ngoi, NY, Kyewalabye, K, Wani, K, Le, H, Campbell, E, Sánchez, N, Yang, D, Gheeya, J, Goswamy, R, Holla, V, Shaw, KR, Meric-Bernstam, F, Liu, CY, Ma, X, Feng, N, Machado, AA, Bardenhagen, J, Vellano, CP, Marszalek, JR, Rajendra, E, Piscitello, D, Johnson, TI, Likhatcheva, M, Elinati, E, Majithiya, J, Neves, J, Grinkevich, V, Ranzani, M, Luzarraga, MR, Boursier, M, Armstrong, L, Geo, L, Lillo, G, Tse, WY, Lazar, A, Kopetz, S, Do, MK, Lively, S, Johnson, MG, Robinson, HM, Smith, GC, Carroll, C, Di, MF, Jones, PH, Heffernan, TP, Yap, TA. Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated Loss-of-Function Displays Variant and Tissue-Specific Differences across Tumor Types. Clinical Cancer Research 30(10):2121-2139, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38416404.
- Denu, RA, Joseph, CP, Urquiola, E, Byrd, PS, Yang, RK, Ratan, R, Zarzour, MA, Conley, AP, Araujo, DM, Ravi, V, Nassif, EF, Nakazawa, MS, Patel, S, Wang, W, Lazar, A, Somaiah, N. Utility of Clinical Next Generation Sequencing Tests in KIT/PDGFRA/SDH Wild-Type Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Cancers 16(9), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38730662.
- Paindelli, C, Parietti, V, Barrios, S, Shepherd, P, Pan, T, Wang, W, Satcher, R, Logothetis, CJ, Navone, NM, Campbell, M, Mikos, AG, Dondossola, E. Bone mimetic environments support engineering, propagation, and analysis of therapeutic response of patient-derived cells, ex vivo and in vivo. Acta Biomaterialia 178:83-92, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38387748.
- Roland CL, Nassif Haddad EF, Keung EZ, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Lin H, Chelvanambi M, Parra ER, Wani K, Guadagnolo BA, Bishop AJ, Burton EM, Hunt KK, Torres KE, Feig BW, Scally CP, Lewis VO, Bird JE, Ratan R, Araujo D, Zarzour MA, Patel S, Benjamin R, Conley AP, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Tawbi HA, Lin PP, Moon BS, Satcher RL, Mujtaba B, Witt RG, Traweek RS, Cope B, Lazcano R, Wu CC, Zhou X, Mohammad MM, Chu RA, Zhang J, Damania A, Sahasrabhojane P, Tate T, Callahan K, Nguyen S, Ingram D, Morey R, Crosby S, Mathew G, Duncan S, Lima CF, Blay JY, Fridman WH, Shaw K, Wistuba I, Futreal A, Ajami N, Wargo JA, Somaiah N. A randomized, non-comparative phase 2 study of neoadjuvant immune-checkpoint blockade in retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma and extremity/truncal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. Nat Cancer 5(4):625-641, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38351182.
- Wangsiricharoen, S, Ingram, D, Morey, R, Wani, K, Lazar, A, Wang, W. Glycoprotein Nonmetastatic Melanoma Protein B (GPNMB) Immunohistochemistry Can Be a Useful Ancillary Tool to Identify Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor. Modern Pathology 37(3), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38219952.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Kumar B, Basar R, Panowski S, Srinivasan S, Norwood K, Prashad S, Szenes V, Balakumaran A, Arandhya A, Lu W, Khan K, Duenas D, McAllen S, Gomez JA, Burks JK, Acharyal S, Borthakur G, Wang WL, Wang W, Wang S, Solis LM, Marin D, Rezvani K, Daher M, Vega F. Increased expression of CD70 in relapsed acute myeloid leukemia after hypomethylating agents. Virchows Arch, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38388965.
- Kerr, DA, Cloutier, JM, Margolis, M, Mata, DA, Rodrigues Simoes, NJ, Faquin, WC, Dias-Santagata, D, Chopra, S, Charville, GW, Wangsiricharoen, S, Lazar, A, Wang, W, Rosenberg, AE, Tse, JY. GLI1-Altered Mesenchymal Tumors With ACTB or PTCH1 Fusion. Modern Pathology 37(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37992966.
- Hu, J, Lazar, A, Ingram, D, Wang, W, Zhang, W, Jia, Z, Ragoonanan, D, Wang, J, Xia, X, Mahadeo, KM, Gorlick, R, Li, S. Cell membrane-anchored and tumor-targeted IL-12 T-cell therapy destroys cancer-associated fibroblasts and disrupts extracellular matrix in heterogenous osteosarcoma xenograft models. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 12(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38199607.
- Beird HC, Wu CC, Nakazawa M, Ingram D, Daniele JR, Lazcano R, Little L, Davies C, Daw NC, Wani K, Wang WL, Song X, Gumbs C, Zhang J, Rubin B, Conley A, Flanagan AM, Lazar AJ, Futreal PA. Complete loss of TP53 and RB1 is associated with complex genome and low immune infiltrate in pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma. HGG Adv 4(4):100224, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37593416.
- Warmke LM, Wang WL, Baumhoer D, Andrei V, Ameline B, Baker ML, Kerr DA. TAF15::NR4A3 gene fusion identifies a morphologically distinct subset of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma mimicking myoepithelial tumors. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 62(10):581-588, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37057757.
- Cho WC, Li W, Gu J, Wang WL, Ning J, Sfamenos S, Gill P, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Lazar AJ, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Telomerase reverse transcriptase immunohistochemical expression is sensitive but not specific for TERT gene amplification in acral melanoma. J Cutan Pathol 50(9):845-851, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37400233.
- Amini B, Chenglei L, Duran-Sierra E, Wang WL, Canjirathinkal MA, Moradi H, Green WN, Madewell JE, Costelloe CM, Murphy WA Jr, Valenzuela RF. Role of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Map-Based First- and High-Order Radiomic Features for the Discrimination of Sacral Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas With Overlapping Conventional Imaging Features. JCO Precis Oncol 7:e2300243, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38127828.
- Gangahar CN, Dehner CA, Wang DP, Amini B, Hillen T, O'Conor C, Jennings SN, Byrnes K, Montgomery EA, Czerniak BA, Bridge JA, Schroeder MC, Jennings JW, Wang WL, Chrisinger JSA. Intraosseous hibernoma: clinicopathologic and imaging analysis of 18 cases. Histopathology 83(1):40-48, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37099409.
- Carmagnani Pestana R, Moyers JT, Roszik J, Sen S, Hong DS, Naing A, Herzog CE, Fu S, Piha-Paul SA, Rodon J, Yap TA, Karp DD, Tsimberidou AM, Pant S, Zarzour MA, Ratan R, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Daw N, Gill JB, Harrison DJ, Lewis VO, Roland CL, Patel SR, Livingston JA, Somaiah N, Ludwig JA, Conley AP, Hamerschlak N, Gorlick R, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Impact of Biomarker-Matched Therapies on Outcomes in Patients with Sarcoma Enrolled in Early-Phase Clinical Trials (SAMBA 101). Clin Cancer Res 29(9):OF1-OF11, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37058010.
- Cho WC, Ding Q, Wang WL, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Albarracin CT, Sahin A, Prieto VG, Aung PP. Immunohistochemical expression of TRPS1 in mammary Paget disease, extramammary Paget disease, and their close histopathologic mimics. J Cutan Pathol 50(5):434-440, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36808637.
- Alhalabi O, Zhu Y, Hamza A, Qiao W, Lin Y, Wang RM, Shah AY, Campbell MT, Holla V, Kamat A, Wang WL, Wang J, Chen J, Meng J, Zhang M, Bondaruk J, Titus M, Genovese G, Czerniak BA, Shaw KR, Meric-Bernstam F, Guo CC, Logothetis CJ, Siefker-Radtke A, Msaouel P, Wang L, Liu J, Gao J. Integrative Clinical and Genomic Characterization of MTAP-deficient Metastatic Urothelial Cancer. Eur Urol Oncol 6(2):228-232, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 34789422.
- Ronen S, Ko JS, Rubin BP, Kilpatrick SE, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Goldblum JR, Billings SD. Superficial Low-grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma. J Cutan Pathol 50(2):147-154, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36074249.
- Thirasastr P, Lin H, Amini B, Wang WL, Cloutier JM, Nassif EF, Keung EZ, Roland CL, Feig B, Araujo D, Benjamin RS, Conley AP, Livingston JA, Ludwig J, Patel S, Ratan R, Ravi V, Zarzour MA, Zhou X, Somaiah N. Retrospective evaluation of the role of gemcitabine-docetaxel in well-differentiated and dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Cancer Med 12(4):4282-4293, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36151848.
- Cho WC, Vanderbeck K, Nagarajan P, Milton DR, Gill P, Wang WL, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Aung PP. SOX11 Is an Effective Discriminatory Marker, When Used in Conjunction With CK20 and TTF1, for Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36745184.
- Chen H, Ding Q, Khazai L, Zhao L, Damodaran S, Litton JK, Rauch GM, Yam C, Chang JT, Seth S, Lim B, Thompson AM, Mittendorf EA, Adrada B, Virani K, White JB, Ravenberg E, Song X, Candelaria R, Arun B, Ueno NT, Santiago L, Saleem S, Abouharb S, Murthy RK, Ibrahim N, Routbort MJ, Sahin A, Valero V, Symmans WF, Tripathy D, Wang WL, Moulder S, Huo L. PTEN in triple-negative breast carcinoma: protein expression and genomic alteration in pretreatment and posttreatment specimens. Ther Adv Med Oncol 15:17588359231189422, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37547448.
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- Dineen SP, Roland CL, Feig R, May C, Zhou S, Demicco E, Sannaa GA, Ingram D, Wang WL, Ravi V, Guadagnolo A, Lev D, Pollock RE, Hunt K, Cormier J, Lazar A, Feig B, Torres KE. Radiation-Associated Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes than Sporadic Lesions. Ann Surg Oncol 22(12):3913-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25743327.
- Patel NR, Salim AA, Sayeed H, Sarabia SF, Hollingsworth F, Warren M, Jakacky J, Tanas M, Oliveira AM, Rubin BP, Lazar AJ, López-Terrada D, Wang WL. Molecular Characterization of Epithelioid Haemangioendotheliomas Identifies Novel WWTR1-CAMTA1 Fusion Variants. Histopathology 67(5):699-708, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25817592.
- Bishop AJ, Zagars GK, Demicco EG, Wang W, Feig BW, Guadagnolo BA. Soft tissue solitary fibrous tumor: combined surgery and radiation therapy results in excellent local control. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26270446.
- Demicco EG, Wani K, Fox PS, Bassett RL, Young ED, Lev D, Aldape KD, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. Histologic Variability in Solitary Fibrous Tumors Reflects Angiogenic and Growth Factor Signaling Pathway Alterations. Hum Pathol 46(7):1015-26, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25976141.
- Wang WL, Torres-Cabala C, Curry JL, Ivan D, McLemore M, Tetzlaff M, Zembowicz A, Prieto VG, Lazar AJ. Metastatic atypical fibroxanthoma: A series of 11 caes including with minimal and no subcutaneous involvement. Am J Dermatopathol 37(6):455-61, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25590287.
- Demicco EG, Harms PW, Patel RM, Smith SC, Ingram D, Torres K, Carskadon SL, Camelo-Piragua S, McHugh JB, Siddiqui J, Palanisamy N, Lucas DR, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. Extensive survey of STAT6 expression in a large series of mesenchymal tumors. Am J Clin Pathol 143(5):672-82, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25873501.
- Ikoma N, Torres KE, Somaiah N, Hunt KK, Cormier JN, Tseng W, Lev D, Pollock R, Wang WL, Feig B. Accuracy of preoperative percutaneous biopsy for the diagnosis of retroperitoneal liposarcoma subtypes. Ann Surg Oncol 22(4):1068-72, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25354575.
- Demicco EG, Boland GM, Brewer Savannah KJ, Lusby K, Young ED, Ingram D, Watson KL, Bailey M, Guo X, Hornick JL, van de Rijn M, Wang WL, Torres KE, Lev D, Lazar AJ. Progressive Loss Of Myogenic Differentiation In Leiomyosarcoma Has Prognostic Value. Histopathology 66(5):627-38, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 24889065.
- Pan HY, Morani A, Wang WL, Hess KR, Paulino AC, Ludwig JA, Lin PP, Daw NC, Mahajan A. Prognostic Factors and Patterns of Relapse in Ewing Sarcoma Patients Treated With Chemotherapy and R0 Resection. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25772182.
- Merritt H, Yin VT, Pfeiffer ML, W-L W, Sniegowski MC, Esmaeli B. Treatment Challenges with Benign Bone Tumors of the Orbit. Ocul Oncol Pathol 2015 1(2):111-120, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Merritt H, Yin VT, Pfeiffer ML, Wang WL, Sniegowski MC, Esmaeli B. Treatment Challenges with Benign Bone Tumors of the Orbit. Ocul Oncol Pathol 1(2):111-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 27171013.
- Siroy AE, Boland GM, Milton DR, Roszik J, Frankian S, Malke J, Haydu L, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff M, Ivan D, Wang WL, Torres-Cabala C, Curry J, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Broaddus R, Rashid A, Stewart J, Gershenwald JE, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian A, Hwu WJ, Hwu P, Diab A, Woodman SE, Aldape KD, Luthra R, Patel KP, Shaw KR, Mills GB, Mendelsohn J, Meric-Bernstam F, Kim KB, Routbort MJ, Lazar AJ, Davies MA. Beyond BRAF V600: clinical mutation panel testing by next-generation sequencing in advanced melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 135(2):508-15, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25148578.
- May CD, Garnett J, Ma X, Landers SM, Ingram DR, Demicco EG, Al Sannaa GA, Vu T, Han L, Zhang Y, Kivlin CM, Bolshakov S, Kalam AA, Liu J, Zhou F, Broccoli D, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Pollock RE, Lev D, Torres KE. AXL is a potential therapeutic target in dedifferentiated and pleomorphic liposarcomas. BMC Cancer 15(1):901, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26573603.
- Joseph J, Wang WL, Patnana M, Ramesh N, Benjamin R, Patel S, Ravi V. Cytotoxic and targeted therapy for treatment of pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma. Clin Sarcoma Res 5:22, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26500758.
- Peters TL, Kuma V, Polikepahad S, Lin FY, Sarabia SF, Liang Y, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Doddapaneni HV, Choa H, Muzny DM, Wheeler DA, Okcu MF, Plon SE, Hickes MJ, Lopez-Terrada D, Parsons DW, Roy A. BCOR-CCNB3 Fusions are Frequent in Undifferentiated Sarcoma of Male Children. Mod Pathol 28:575-586, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25360585.
- Yorio JT, Mays SR, Ciurea AM, Cohen PR, Wang WL, Hwu WJ, Gonzalez N, Richard JL, Kim KB. Case of vemurafenib-induced Sweet's syndrome. J Dermatol, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24617955.
- Stockman DL, Hornick JL, Deavers MT, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. ERG and FLI1 protein expression in epithelioid sarcoma. Mod Pathol 27(4):496-501, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24072183.
- Guma SR, Lee DA, Yu L, Gordon N, Hughes D, Stewart J, Wang WL, Kleinerman ES. Natural killer cell therapy and aerosol interleukin-2 for the treatment of osteosarcoma lung metastasis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 61(4):618-26, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24136885.
- Sasaki K, Pemmaraju N, Westin JR, Wang WL, Khoury JD, Podoloff DA, Moon B, Daver N, Borthakur G. A Single Case of Rosai-Dorfman Disease Marked by Pathologic Fractures, Kidney Failure, and Liver Cirrhosis Treated with Single-Agent Cladribine. Front Oncol 4:297, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25401088.
- Subbiah V, Westin SN, Wang K, Araujo D, Wang WL, Miller VA, Ross JS, Stephens PJ, Palmer GA, Ali SM. Targeted therapy by combined inhibition of the RAF and mTOR kinases in malignant spindle cell neoplasm harboring the KIAA1549-BRAF fusion protein. J Hematol Oncol 7(1):8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24422672.
- Tetzlaff MT, Wang WL, Milless TL, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, McLemore MS, Ivan D, Bassett RL, Prieto VG. Ambiguous melanocytic tumors in a tertiary referral center: the contribution of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to conventional histopathologic and immunophenotypic analyses. Am J Surg Pathol 37(12):1783-96, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24061523.
- Tetzlaff MT, Curry JL, Ivan D, Wang WL, Torres-Cabala CA, Bassett RL, Valencia KM, McLemore MS, Ross MI, Prieto VG. Immunodetection of phosphohistone H3 as a surrogate of mitotic figure count and clinical outcome in cutaneous melanoma. Mod Pathol 26(9):1153-60, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23558574.
- Hoffman A, Ghadimi MP, Demicco EG, Creighton CJ, Torres K, Colombo C, Peng T, Lusby K, Ingram D, Hornick JL, Wang WL, Ravi V, Lazar AJ, Lev D, Pollock RE. Localized and metastatic myxoid/round cell liposarcoma: clinical and molecular observations. Cancer 119(10):1868-77, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23401071.
- Demicco EG, Wang WL, Madewell JE, Huang D, Bui MM, Bridge JA, Meis JM. Osseous myxochondroid sarcoma: a detailed study of 5 cases of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the bone. Am J Surg Pathol 37(5):752-62, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23588370.
- Al-Zaid T, Wang WL, Lopez-Terrada D, Lev D, Hornick JL, Hafeez Diwan A, Fletcher CD, Lazar AJ. Pleomorphic fibroma and dermal atypical lipomatous tumor: are they related?. J Cutan Pathol 40(4):379-84, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23506010.
- Lim D, Wang WL, Lee CH, Dodge T, Gilks B, Oliva E. Old versus new FIGO staging systems in predicting overall survival in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma: a study of 86 cases. Gynecol Oncol 128(2):322-6, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23153591.
- Park MS, Ravi V, Conley A, Patel SR, Trent JC, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. The role of chemotherapy in advanced solitary fibrous tumors: a retrospective analysis. Clin Sarcoma Res 3(1):7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23663788.
- Chu VH, Tetzlaff MT, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Bassett R, Gershenwald JE, McLemore MS, Ivan D, Wang WL, Ross MI, Curry JL. Impact of the 2009 (7th edition) AJCC melanoma staging system in the classification of thin cutaneous melanomas. Biomed Res Int 2013:898719, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24369020.
- Suchak R, Wang WL, Prieto VG, Ivan D, Lazar AJ, Brenn T, Calonje E. Cutaneous Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma: A Clinicopathological Study of 31 Cases of a Rare Neoplasm with New Observations. Am J Surg Path, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23026931.
- Wang WL, Katz D, Araujo D, Ludwig JA, Trent JC, Patel SR, Lin PP, Guadagnolo A, Lopez-Terrada D, dei Tos AP, Lewis VO, Lev DC, Pollok RE, Zagars GK, Benjamin RS, Madewell JE, Lazar AJ. Extensive Adipocytic Maturation Can Be Seen in Myxoid Liposarcomas Treated with Neoadjuvant Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide and Pre-Operative Radiation Therapy. Clinical Sarcoma Research 2(1):25, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23272660.
- Doyle LA, Wang WL, Dal Cin P, Lopez-Terrada D, Mertens F, Lazar AJ, Fletcher CD, Hornick JL. MUC4 is a sensitive and extremely useful marker for sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: association with FUS gene rearrangement. Am J Surg Pathol 36(10):1444-51, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22982887.
- Wang WL, Nero C, Pappo A, Lev D, Lazar AJ, López-Terrada D. CTNNB1 genotyping and APC Screening in Pediatric Desmoid Tumors: A Proposed Algorithm. Pediatr Dev Pathol 15(5):361-7, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22372443.
- Rozas-Munoz E, Martinez Escala ME, Wang WL, Ciurea AM, Pujol RM, Prieto VG. A slowly growing plaque on the lower back: challenge. Am J Dermatopathol 34(4):423; discussion 452-3, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22317885.
- Demicco EG, Park MS, Araujo DM, Fox PS, Bassett RL, Pollock RE, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Clinicopathological study of 110 cases and Novel Risk Assessment Model. Mod Pathol 25(9):1298-1306, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22575866.
- Rozas-Muñoz E, Martinez Escala ME, Wang WL, Ciurea AM, Pujol RM, Prieto VG. A Slowly Growing Plaque on the Lower Back: Answer. Am J Dermatopathol 34(4):428-433, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22421293.
- 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):846-853, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22388756.
- Patel JN, Wang WL, Murphy WA. Painful Left Shoulder. Skeletal Radiol 41(11):1489-1490, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22127343.
- Wang WL, Bones-Valentin RA, Prieto VG, Pollock RE, Lev DC, Lazar AJ. Sarcoma metastases to the skin: A clinicopathologic study of 65 patients. Cancer 118(11):2900-2904, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 21989966.
- Demicco EG, Torres KE, Ghadimi MP, Colombo C, Bolshakov S, Hoffman A, Peng T, Bovée JV, Wang WL, Lev D, Lazar AJ. Involvement of the PI3K/Akt pathway in myxoid/round cell liposarcoma. Mod Pathol 25(2):212-212, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22020193.
- Zhang HY, Wang WL, Rapini RP, Torres-Cabala C, Prieto VG, Curry JL. Syringocytadenocarcinoma papilliferum with transition to areas of squamous differentiation: A case report and review of the literature. Am J Dermpath 38(10):818-822, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22343110.
- Al-Zaid T, Ditelberg JS, Prieto VG, Lev D, Luthra R, Davies MA, Diwan AH, Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Trichilememmoma show loss of PTEN in Cowden Syndrome but only rarely in sporadic tumors. J Cutan Pathol 39(5):493-499, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22486434.
- Katz D, Boonsirikamchai P, Choi H, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Xiao L, Park MS, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. Efficacy of first-line doxorubicin and ifosfamide in myxoid liposarcoma. Clin Sarcoma Res 2(1):2, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22587772.
- Bird J, Wang WL, Deaver MT, Madewell JE, Lewis VO. Enchondroma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst. Skeletal Radiology 41(11):147-1478, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22639202.
- Wang WL, Patel NR, Caragea M, Hogendoorn P, Lopez-Terrada D, Hornick JL, Lazar AJ. Expression of Erg, an Ets Family Transcription Factor, Identifies ERG-rearranged Ewing Sarcoma. Mod Pathol 25(10):1378-1383, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22766791.
- Kriseman M, Wang WL, Sullinger J, Schmeler K, Ramirez P, Herzog C, Frumovitz MM. Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Cervix in Adult Women and Younger Patients. Gynecologic Oncology 126(3):351-356, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22609112.
- Doyle LA, Wang WL, Cin Dal P, Lopez-Terrada DL, Mertens F, Lazar AJ, Fletcher CDM, Hornick JL. Muc4 is a sensitive and specific marker for Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma: Association with FUS Gene Rearrangement. Am J Surg Pathol 36(10):14-1451, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Huh WW, Yuen C, Munsell M, Hayes-Jordan A, Lazar AJ, Patel S, Wang WL, Barahmani N, Okcu MF, Hicks J, Debelenko L, Spunt SL. Liposarcoma in children and young adults: a multi-institutional experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer 57(7):1142-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21394894.
- Park MS, Patel SR, Ludwig JA, Trent JC, Conrad CA, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Boonsirikamchai P, Choi H, Wang X, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. Activity of temozolomide and bevacizumab in the treatment of locally advanced, recurrent, and metastatic hemangiopericytoma and malignant solitary fibrous tumor. Cancer 117(21):4939-47, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21480200.
- McLemore MS, Huo L, Deavers MT, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Wang WL, Prieto VG. Cutaneous epithelioid angiomatous nodule of the chest wall with expression of estrogen receptor: a mimic of carcinoma and a potential diagnostic pitfall. J Cutan Pathol 38(10):818-22, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21752053.
- Lahat G, Zhang P, Zhu QS, Torres K, Ghadimi M, Smith KD, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Lev D. The expression of c-Met pathway components in unclassified pleomorphic sarcoma/malignant fibrous histiocytoma (UPS/MFH): a tissue microarray study. Histopathology 59(3):556-61, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22034893.
- Colombo C, Bolshakov S, Hajibashi S, Lopez-Terrada L, Wang WL, Rao P, Benjamin RS, Lazar AJ, Lev D. 'Difficult to diagnose' desmoid tumours: a potential role for CTNNB1 mutational analysis. Histopathology 59(2):336-40, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21884214.
- Dayrit JF, Wang WL, Goh SG, Ramdial PK, Lazar AJ, Calonje E. T-cell-rich angiomatoid polypoid pseudolymphoma of the skin: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases and a proposed nomenclature. J Cutan Pathol 38(6):475-82, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21352259.
- Riddel CE, Surovik JG, Chon SY, Wang WL, Cho-Vega JH, Cutlan JE, Prieto VG. Fungal foes: presentations of chromoblastomycosis post-hurricane Ike. Cutis 87(6):269-72, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21838080.
- 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. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21478726.
- Wang WL, Soslow R, Hensley M, Asad H, Zannoni GF, de Nictolis M, Branton P, Muzikansky A, Oliva E. Histopathologic prognostic factors in stage I leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: a detailed analysis of 27 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 35(4):522-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21383611.
- Mariño-Enríquez A, Wang WL, Roy A, Lopez-Terrada D, Lazar AJ, Fletcher CD, Coffin CM, Hornick JL. Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma: An aggressive intra-abdominal variant of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with nuclear membrane or perinuclear ALK. Am J Surg Pathol 35(1):135-44, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21164297.
- Powers MP, Wang WL, Hernandez VS, Patel KS, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, López-Terrada DH. Detection of myxoid liposarcoma-associated FUS-DDIT3 rearrangement variants including a newly identified breakpoint using an optimized RT-PCR assay. Mod Pathol 10(10):1307-1315, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20581806.
- Gupta A, Roy S, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, McAuliffe JC, Reynoso D, McMahon J, Taguchi T, Floris G, Debiec-Rychter M, Schoffski P, Trent JA, Debnath J, Rubin BP. Autophagy inhibition and antimalarials promote cell death in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(32):14333-14338, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20660757.
- Lazar AJ, Lahat G, Myers SE, Smith KD, Zou C, Wang WL, Lopez-Terrada D, Lev D. Validation of Potential Therapeutic Targets in Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma: An Immunohistochemical Study Utilizing Tissue Microarray. Histopathology 55(6):750-755, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20002771.
- Wang WL, Mayordomo E, Zhang W, Hernandez VS, Tuvin D, Garcia L, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, López-Terrada D. Detection and characterization of EWSR1/ATF1 and EWSR1/CREB1 chimeric transcripts in clear cell sarcoma (melanoma of soft parts). Mod Pathol 22(9):1201-1209, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 9561568.
- Wang WL, Mayordomo E, Zhang W, Hernandez VS, Tuvin D, Garcia L, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, Lopez-Terrada D. Detection and characterization of EWSR1/ATF1 and EWSR1/CREB1 chimeric transcripts in clear cell sarcoma (melanoma of soft parts). Mod Pathol 22(9):1201-9, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19561568.
- Wang WL, Farris AB, Lauwers GY, Deshpande V. Autoimmune pancreatitis-related cholecystitis: a morphologically and immunologically distinctive form of lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing cholecystitis. Histopathology 54(7):829-836, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19635102.
- Zou C, Smith KD, Liu J, Lahat G, Myers S, Wang WL, Zhang W, McCutcheon IE, Slopis JM, Lazar AJ, Pollock RE, Lev D. Clinical, pathological, and molecular variables predictive of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor outcome. Ann Surg 249(6):1014-22, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19474676.
- Wang WL, Hornick JL, Mallipeddi R, Zelger BG, Rother JD, Yang D, Lev DC, Trent JC, Prieto VG, Brenn T, Robson A, Calonje E, Lazar AJ. Cutaneous and subcutaneous metastases of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A series of 5 cases with molecular analysis. Am J Dermatopathol 31(3):297-300, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19384074.
- Lahat G, Lazar A, Wang X, Wang WL, Zhu QS, Hunt KK, Pollock RE, Lev D. Increased VEGF-C expression is insufficient to induce lymphatic metastasis; insights from the study of human soft-tissue sarcomas. Clin Cancer Res 15(8):2637-2646, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19351758.
- Lawson EA, Zhang X, Crocker J, Wang WL, Klibanski A. Hypoglycemia from IGF2 overexpression associated with activiation of fetal promoters and loss of imprinting in a metastatic hemangiopericytoma. J. Clin. Endrocin. Metab 97(7):2226-2231, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19383775.
- Torres-Cabala CA, Wang WL, Trent J, Yana D, Chen S, Galbinicea J, Kim KB, Woodman S, Davies M, Plaza JA, Nash JW, Prieto VG, Lazar AJ, Ivan D. Correlation between KIT expression and KIT mutation in melanoma: A study of 173 cases with emphasis on acral-lentiginous/mucosal types. Mod Pathol 22(11):1446-1456, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19718013.
- Weaver J, Goldblum JR, Turner S, Tubbs RR, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Rubin BP. Detection of MDM2 gene amplification or protein expression to distinguishes sclerosing mesenteritis and retroperitoneal fibrosis from inflammatory well-differentiated liposarcoma. Mod Pathol 22(1):66-70, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 18836421.
- Lahat G, Tuvin D, Wei C, Wang WL, Pollock RE, Anaya DA, Kekele BN, Corely L, Lazar AJ, Posters PW, Lev D. Molecular prognosticators of complex karyotype soft-tissue sarcoma outcome: A tissue microarray-based study. Ann Oncol 21(5):1112-1120, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19875755.
- Wang WL, Patel K, Coleman N, Smith-Zagone M, Ivan D, Reed J, Lopez-Terrada D, Lazar AJ, Prieto V. COL1A1:PDGRB chimeric transcripts are not present in indetermínate fibrohistiocytic lesions of skin. Am J Dermpathol 32(2):149-153, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19940748.
- Wang WL, Mayordomo E, Czerniak BA, Abruzzo LV, Dal Cin P, Araujo DM, Lev DC, López-Terrada D, Lazar AJ. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a useful ancillary diagnostic tool for extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Mod Pathol 21(11):1303-1310, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18587326.
- Wang WL, Abramson JH, Ganguly A, Rosenberg AE. The surgical pathology of notochordal remnants in adult intervertebral disks: a report of 3 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 32(8):1123-9, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18545146.
- McAuliffe JC, Wang WL, Pavan GM, Pricl S, Yang D, Chen SS, Lazar AJ, Pollock RE, Trent JC. Unlucky number 13? Differential effects of KIT exon 13 mutation in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Mol Oncol 2(2):161-163, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Wang WL, Abramson JH, Ganguly A, Rosenberg AE. The surgical pathology of notochordal remnants in adult intervertebral disks: A report of 3 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 32(8):1123-1129, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
Invited Articles
- Wang WL. Prognostication in Mesenchymal Tumors: Can We Improve?. Surgical Pathology Clinics 12(1):217-225, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30709445.
- Al-Zaid T, Wang WL, Somaiah N, Lazar AJ. Molecular profiling of sarcomas: new vistas for precision medicine. Virchows Arch. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28664413.
- Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Undifferentiated "Round" Cell ("Ewing-like") Sarcoma: Not always so-round nor Ewing-like. Virchows Arch 470(4):371-372, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28191614.
Review Articles
- Rubino F, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Akdemir K, Conley AP, Bishop AJ, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Rhines LD, DeMonte F, Raza SM. Prognostic molecular biomarkers in chordomas: A systematic review and identification of clinically usable biomarker panels. Front Oncol 12:997506, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36248987.
- Zhang B, Ramkumar K, Cardnell RJ, Gay CM, Stewart CA, Wang WL, Fujimoto J, Wistuba II, Byers LA. A wake-up call for cancer DNA damage: the role of Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) across multiple cancers. Br J Cancer 125(10):1333-1340, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34294893.
- El Beaino M, Wang WL, Alaraj SF, Gugala Z, Lin PP. Osteofibrous dysplasia and adamantinoma: A summary of diagnostic challenges and surgical techniques. Surg Oncol 38:101626, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34280695.
- El Beaino M, Roszik J, Livingston JA, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Amini B, Subbiah V, Lewis V, Conley AP. Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma: a Review with Emphasis on its Fusion-Driven Biology. Curr Oncol Rep 20(5):37, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29582189.
- Roland CL, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Torres KE. Myxofibrosarcoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 25(4):775-88, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27591498.
- Amini B, Kumar R, Wang WL. Soft tissue Langerhans cell histiocytosis with secondary bone involvement in extremities: evolution of lesions in two patients. Skeletal Radiol 42(9):1301-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23609170.
- Lee N, Luthra R, Lopez-Terrada D, Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Retroperitoneal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma having microsatellite instability associated with Muir-Torre syndrome: case report and review of literature. J Cutan Pathol 40(8):730-3, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23672746.
- Ravi V, Wang WL, Lewis VO. Treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumor and pigmented villonodular synovitis. Curr Opin Oncol 23(4):361-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21577109.
- Wang WL, Conley A, Reynoso D, Nolden L, Lazar AJ, George S, Trent JC. Mechanisms of resistance to imatinib and sunitinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 67 Suppl 1:S15-24, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21181476.
Other Articles
- Nagarajan, P, Piao, J, Ning, J, Noordenbos, LE, Curry, JL, Torres Cabala, CA, Diwan, AH, Ivan, D, Aung, PP, Ross, MI, Royal, RE, Wargo, J, Wang, W, Samdani, RT, Lazar, A, Rashid, A, Davies, MA, Prieto, V, Gershenwald, JE, Tetzlaff, M Corrigendum to “Prognostic Model for Patient Survival in Primary Anorectal Mucosal Melanoma. Modern Pathology 38(8), 2025. PMID: 40541156.
- Kumar R, Duran C, Amini B, Araujo DM, Wang WL Erratum to: Periosteal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the tibia with multifocal bone metastases: a case report. Skeletal Radiol 46(7):1001, 2017. PMID: 28389822.
Editorials
- Denu RA, Yang RK, Lazar AJ, Patel SS, Lewis VO, Roszik J, Livingston JA, Wang W-L, Shaw KR, Ratan R, Zarzour MA, Bird J, Raza SM, Akdemir KC, Ahnert JR, Subbiah V, Patel S, Conley AP. Clinico-genomic profiling of conventional and dedifferentiated chondrosarcomas reveals TP53 mutation to be associated with worse outcomes. Clin Cancer Res 29(23):4844-4852, 2023. PMID: 37747813.
Abstracts
- Lazcano, Ingram R, Lazar D, Wang A, Cloutier W, Jeffrey. TRPS1 Expression is a Marker for Malignancy in Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology:S54, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Wangsiricharoen, Ingram S, Lazar D, Wang A, Wei-Lien. GPNMB Can Be a Useful Ancillary Tool to Identify Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa). Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology:S77, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Lazcano, Rossana;Traweek, Raymond;Ingram, Wani D, Guadagnolo K, B Ashleigh;Farooqi B, Roland A, Keung C, Bishop E, Wang A, Wei-Lien;Wassif, Lazar E, Alexander. Improved Pathological Response in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS) Treated by Concurrent Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy (RT) Compared with Radiation Therapy Alone. Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology:S53, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Kostyuk A, Mi W, Wang WL, Guo C, Zhao J. 826 Primary Renal Sarcomas in Adult Patients: A Clinicopathologic Study of 62 Cases. USCAP 114th Annual Meeting: See the Light.
- Denu RA, Yang RK, Lazar AJ, Patel SS, Lewis V, Roszik J, Livingston A, Wang WL, Shaw KR, Ratan R, Zarzour MA, Bird J, Raza SM, Akdemir KC, Ahnert JR, Subbiah V, Patel S, Conley AP. CLINICO-GENOMIC PROFILING OF CONVENTIONAL AND DEDIFFERENTIATED CHONDROSARCOMAS REVEALS TP53 MUTATION TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE OUTCOMES. 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Denu RA, MD, Joseph C, Urquiola E, Byrd P, Ratan R, Zarzour MA, Conley AP, Araujo DM, Ravi V, Patel S, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Somaiah N. CLINICO-GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF KIT/PDGFRA/SDH WILD-TYPE GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL DRIVER MUTATIONS. 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Livingston A, Cloutier JM, Conley AP, Gorlick R, Benjamin R, Posey K, Nassif EF, Zarzour MA, Araujo DM, Ratan R, Ravi V, Somaiah N, Lin H, Leung CH, Lazar AJ, Lewis V, Lin P, Amini B, Valenzuela RF, Patel S, Wang WL. CHEMOTHERAPY AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF EXTENT OF DEDIFFERENTIATION IN DEDIFFERENTIATED PAROSTEAL OSTEOSARCOMA. 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Beird H, Mitra A, Liu B, McBride K, Wang WL, Ingram DR, Wani K, Keung EZ, Zarzour MA, Conley AP, Araujo DM, Livingston A, Ratan R, Patel S, Ravi V, Benjamin R, Lazar AJ, Roland C, Futreal P, Somaiah N. HISTOLOGY SPECIFIC INTRATUMORAL B-CELL BIOLOGY IN ALVEOLAR SOFT-PART SARCOMAS (ASPS) IN RESPONSE TO DURVALUMAB-TREMELIMUMAB (D-T). 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Roszik J, Denu RA, Nassif EF, Nakazawa MS, Livingston A, Akdemir KC, Ratan R, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Pestana R, Farooqi AS, Roland C, Keung EZ, Ravi V, Somaiah N, Patel S, Conley AP. TP53 ALTERATIONS IN SARCOMAS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE AACR-GENIE DATABASE. 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Amini B, Valenzuela RF, Sierra ED, Antony M, Murphy Jr WA, liu C, Green WN, Griggs M, Wang WL. ROLE OF APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC) MAP-BASED FIRST AND HIGH-ORDER RADIOMIC FEATURES IN DISCRIMINATING SACRAL CHORDOMAS AND CHONDROSARCOMAS WITH OVERLAPPING CONVENTIONAL IMAGING FEATURES. 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting.
- Sun B, Guerrouahen BS, Piya S, Duose D, Umzunparmak B, Reddy N, Famobio T, Veliyathu JJ, Luu S, Walters K, Meric-Bernstam F, Luthra R, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Wang WL, Wistuba II, Mantha G, Chen H. TROP2 Immunohistochemical Assay in Solid Tumors: Comparison of Interpretation Scoring Assessments by H-Score and Clinical Trials Driven ADC-Score. 2024 USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Dehner CA, Suster DI, Molligan J, Wang WL, Gross JM, Chrisinger J. Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma with Low-Grade Appearing Dedifferentiated Component. 2024 USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Guerrouahen BS, Kalhor N, Wistuba II, Parra ER, Wang WL, Mantha G, Reddy N, Famobio T, Walters K, Contreras A. Tissue-Based Multiplexing, Multispectral Immunofluorescence Testing in a CLIA-Like Laboratory Environment: a Step Forward Towards Clinical Testing. 2024 USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Zaleski MP, Pradhan D, Jour G, Wang WL, Denai MR, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PA. Protein Kinase R-like EndoplasmReticulum Kinase (PERK) immunoexpression and Gene Expression Profile of the Tumor Microenvironment of Acral Melanoma. 2024 USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Cuber A, Bedi D, Wang WL, Chopra S. Primary Ewing Sarcomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Highlighting Diagnostic Challenges and Utility of Molecular Profiling. 2024 USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Perez A, Lazar AJ, Amini B, Wang WL. 72 Conventional Chondrosarcoma in the Pediatric Population, a Single-Institution Retrospective Review. USCAP 114th Annual Meeting: See the Light.
- Guerrouahen B, San Lucas F, Wang WL, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Suchko M, Sun B, Patel Shah K, Reddy N, Mantha G, Meric-Bernstam F, Chen H. 1549 Optimizing TROP2 Immunohistochemistry Scoring by Automated Quantitative Image Analysis for Generating Clinical Trial-Driven IHC Scores. USCAP 114th Annual Meeting: See the Light.
- Perez A, Cloutier Jeffrey, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. 73 Utility of GLI1 RNA In Situ hybridization in Mesenchymal Tumors: A Novel Strategy to Aid Diagnosis of an Emerging Entity. USCAP 114th Annual Meeting: See the Light.
Book Chapters
- Wang WL, Oliveira A. Nodular Fasciitis. In: WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. IARC, 2020.
- Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Proliferative fasciitis / Proliferative myositis. In: WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. IARC, 2020.
- Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Soft Tissue Tumors. In: Oncological Pathology, 2020.
- Wang WL, Patel R, Lazar AJ, Kutzner H. 5-3 Fibromas. In: WHO Classification of Skin Tumors, 2018.
- Wang WL, Lazar AJ. Chapter 18: Applications of Molecular Testing to Differential Diagnosis. In: Practical Soft Tissue Pathology, 2e. 2. Elsevier, 2018.
- Monroe MM, Guadagnolo BA, Ravi V, Wang WL, Sturgis EM. Sarcomas and Soft Tissue Tumors of the Head and Neck. In: Cancer of the Head and Neck. 5th. Wolters Kluwer, 2017.
- Roland CL, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Torres KE. Myxofibrosarcoma. In: Contemporary Management and Controversies of Sarcoma. 4. Elsevier, 2016.
- Morse LJ, Wang WL, Bird J. Chordoma and Notochordal Tumors. In: Orthopaedic Knowledge Online Journal. 2, 2015.
- Wang WL and Lazar AJ. Chapter 3. Molecular Testing in Cutaneous Mesenchymal Tumors. In: Precision Molecular Pathology of Dermatological Diseases. Springer, 2015.
- Lazar AJF and Wang WL. Chapter 21. The Skin In:Robbins. In: Basic Pathology, 9th Ed(s). Kumar V. Sauder Elsevier, 2012.
- Wang WL and Lazar AJ. Chapter 21. Diseases of collagen and elastic tissue. In: McKee's Pathology of the Skin 4th Ed. Calonje E, Brenn T, Lazar AJ, McKee PH. Elsevier Saunders, 2011.
- Wang WL and Lazar AJ. Chapter 7. Lichenoid and interface dermatitis. In: McKee's Pathology of the Skin 4th Ed. Calonje E, Brenn T, Lazar AJ, McKee PH. Elsevier Saunders, 2011.
- Al-Ibraheemi A, Pawel B, Wang WL, Rosenberg A. Fasciitis/Myositis. In: WHO Classification of Paediatric Tumours. WHO.
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