Woo Cheal Cho, M.D.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
About Dr. Woo Cheal Cho
I am a dermatopathologist and assistant professor in the Department of Anatomical Pathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dedicated to education and mentorship, I actively engage in research to advance the field of dermatopathology. My work has received numerous institutional and national grants and awards, including recognition from the American Society of Dermatopathology. My current research focuses on three key areas: discovering novel immunohistochemical biomarkers with diagnostic and therapeutic significance; investigating gene fusion transcripts in cutaneous neoplasms, including melanomas and adnexal tumors, to identify targetable molecular alterations and characterize previously unclassifiable entities; and exploring genetic and epigenetic alterations in TERT within rare cutaneous melanocytic tumors, such as Spitz and blue nevus-like melanomas.
I have published over 60 peer-reviewed articles predominantly in dermatopathology, highlighting topics aligned with my research interests. Notable contributions include pioneering studies on TRPS1, SOX11, Nectin-4, and TROP2 immunohistochemical studies in cutaneous neoplasms and the discovery of novel fusion transcripts in various malignancies, such as primary cutaneous apocrine carcinoma with RARA::NPEPPS fusion. My research has been featured on the covers of pathology and dermatopathology journals, including Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, and American Journal of Dermatopathology.
Through my work, I aim to make meaningful contributions to the field of dermatopathology by enhancing diagnostic accuracy and prognostic assessment of cutaneous neoplasms, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2014 | St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, GD, Medicine, MD |
| 2009 | University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, US, Chemistry, MS |
| 2007 | University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, US, Biochemistry/Chemistry, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Dermatopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2019-2020 | Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2017-2018 | Chief Resident, Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut |
| 2015-2019 | Clinical Residency, Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2021 | Dermatopathology, American Board of Pathology |
| 2019 | Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 2022 - 2023
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Faculty Senate Senator, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) Chair for Dermatopathology Fellowship, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Institutional Tissue Bank Co-Director, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2023 - Present
Russell Award and Pathology Conference Committee, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2023 - Present
College of American Pathologists (CAP) Performance Improvement Program (PIP) Case Reviewer, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2022 - Present
Department of Anatomical Pathology Fellow Unknown Case Conference Review Committee, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2021 - Present
House Staff Senate Representative, Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2020 - 2021
Honors & Awards
| 2025 | Faculty Educator Award, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2024 | ASDP 2024-2025 Mentorship Award (Dr. Jeongeun Do), Principal Investigator/Research Mentor, American Society of Dermatopathology |
| 2023 | ASDP Physician-in-Training Award for Best Fellow Case Report Presentation (Dr. Volha Lenskaya), Principal Investigator/Research Mentor, American Society of Dermatopathology |
| 2022 | Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Research Symposium Clinical Poster Presentation Award (1st place, Dr. Kaitlin Vanderbeck), Principal Investigator/Research Mentor, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2022 | Divisional Research Award (Dr. Yi Ariel Liu), Principal Investigator, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2022 | ASDP 2023-2024 Mentorship Award (Dr. Haneen T. Salah), Principal Investigator/Research Mentor, American Society of Dermatopathology |
| 2022 | Chairman’s Fund for Mentored Trainee Research (Dr. Ziba Rahbar), Principal Investigator, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2021 | Divisional Research Award (Dr. Kaitlin Vanderbeck), Co-Principal Investigator, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2021 | Chairman’s Fund for Mentored Trainee Research (Dr. Kaitlin Vanderbeck), Principal Investigator, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2020 | Divisional Research Award, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2020 | Chairman’s Fund for Mentored Trainee Research, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2019 | Ronald S. Beckett MD Book Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital |
| 2018 | Ludwig J. Pyrtek MD Research Paper Distinction Award, University of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital |
| 2016 | Excellence in Dermatopathology Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Identification of Novel Fusions in Melanoma by Next-Generation Sequencing: A Retrospective Analysis of 144 Patients from a Single Tertiary Cancer Center. Conference. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DPLM) Annual Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Emerging Immunohistochemical Markers in Diagnostic Dermatopathology: Utility and Associated Pitfalls. Invited. Diagnostic Pathology Updates Conference 2023. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. TRPS1 May be an Effective Discriminatory Marker for Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Analysis of TRPS1 in Non-Melanocytic Cutaneous Neoplasms. Poster. Trainee Research Day. Houston, Texas, 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 (**presentation with mentoring role**). Conference. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DPLM) Research Symposium Virtual Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Quantitative Multiplex Immunofluorescence Analysis Identifies Racial Differences in the Immune Landscape of Acral Lentiginous Melanomas in Caucasian and Hispanic Patients. Conference. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DPLM) Research Symposium Virtual Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Dermatopathology Unknown Conference. Fellow Unknown Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. 70-Year-Old Male with Left Thumb Mass. Texas Medical Center (TMC) Citywide Surgical Pathology Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Thoracic Pathology Unknown Conference. Department of Pathology Fellow Unknown Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2018. Pathology in the Era of Molecular Cytogenetics: Is Morphology Defined by Cytogenetic Alterations? What Can We Learn from Tumors with Epithelioid Morphology?. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Resident Talk. Hartford, Connecticut, US.
- 2018. Renal Cell Carcinoma: New Kids on the Block and Other Rare Entities. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Resident Talk. Hartford, Connecticut, US.
- 2017. A Practical Approach to Diagnosing Sebaceous Neoplasms. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Resident Talk. Hartford, Connecticut, US.
- 2016. A Practical Approach to Diagnosing IgG4-Related Disease. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Resident Talk. Hartford, Connecticut, US.
- 2013. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease. Invited. Department of Internal Medicine Monthly Morning Conference. Jersey City, New Jersey, US.
- 2008. Molecular Rotors: Fluorescent Biosensors for Viscosity and Flow. Poster. Annual Graduate Program Recruitment Poster Session. La Jolla, California, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Career Paths in Pathology. Invited. Albany Medical Center Annual Webinar. Albany, New York, US.
- 2023. A Case of Carcinoma en Cuirasse. Conference. Texas Dermatological Society (TDS) Annual Spring Meeting. Austin, Texas, US.
- 2022. Drug-Induced Lupus Following Initiation of Pembrolizumab Therapy. Conference. Texas Dermatological Society (TDS) Annual Fall Meeting. Bastrop, Texas, US.
- 2018. 39-Year-Old Female with Acute “RUQ” Abdominal Pain. The Power of 88304: Do You See What I see?. Conference. Connecticut Society of Pathologists (CSP) Gastrointestinal Pathology Conference. Danbury, Connecticut, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Clinicopathologic and Molecular Characterization of BRAF-Fused Melanomas: A Retrospective Analysis of 9 Cases with 8 Novel Fusions Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. INSM1: A Highly Sensitive Marker for Primary and Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Superior to SOX11, Pancytokeratin, and CK20. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. Primary Cutaneous CD30-Positive Lymphoproliferative Disorders with IRF4/DUSP22-Associated Chromosomal Alterations, including Rearrangements, Gains, and Deletions: A Clinicopathological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Analysis of 22 Patients. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. TROP2 is Highly Expressed in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas and a Subset of Adnexal Carcinomas: A Potential Therapeutic Target with TROP2-Directed Antibody Drug Conjugates. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. Dermatopathology Evening Specialty Conference: Morphologic-Molecular Correlation in Dermatopathology. Invited. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2024. Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-cell Lymphoma with Increased Gamma-Delta T-cells: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Comparative Analysis of SOX11, INSM1, Pancytokeratin, and CK20 Expression in Primary and Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. NSD3::FGFR1: A Novel Gene Fusion First to be Described in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Melanoma with RNF11::BRAF Fusion: A Novel Fusion Previously Undescribed in Melanoma. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. CD56, CD123/TCF4, and FOXP3: Immunohistochemical Markers Potentially Useful for Distinguishing Cutaneous Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease from Cutaneous Drug Eruption/Dermal Hypersensitivity Reaction. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Spitz Melanoma with SLC20A1::ALK Fusion: A Novel Fusion Previously Unreported in Spitz Melanocytic Neoplasms. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Identification of Novel Fusions in Melanoma by Next-Generation Sequencing: A Retrospective Analysis of 144 Patients from a Single Tertiary Cancer Center. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2024. TRPS1 Expression is Frequently Seen in a Subset of Cutaneous Mesenchymal Neoplasms and Tumors of Uncertain Differentiation: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2024. Molecular Characterization of Melanoma Arising in Blue Nevus/Blue Nevus-like Melanoma: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review. Conference. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting. San Diego, California, US.
- 2023. Identification of a Novel Gene Fusion, RARA::NPEPPS, in Primary Cutaneous Adnexal Carcinoma. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. BCR::ZNF711 and BCR::CYLC2 Fusions: Novel BCR Fusions Expanding the Molecular Spectrum of Gene Fusions in Melanoma. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. Primary Cutaneous Adnexal Carcinoma with Neuroendocrine Differentiation Harboring BRAF V600E Mutation. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. Spitz Tumor with MLPH-ALK Fusion. Conference. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, US.
- 2023. TRPS1 May be an Effective Discriminatory Marker for Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Analysis of TRPS1 in NonMelanocytic Cutaneous Neoplasms. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, US.
- 2023. SyringocystadenomaPapilliferum-like Features in Poroma: An Unusual Morphologic Pattern of Poroma or True Synchronous Occurrences of Two Distinct Neoplasms?. Conference. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, US.
- 2022. Lymphomatoid Papulosis with DUSP22-IRF4 Rearrangement: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, US.
- 2022. Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Following Moderna COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report and Literature Review. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2022. PRAME-Positive Cells in Dermal Scars: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, US.
- 2022. Malignant Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor Harboring TP53 and POLE Mutations Arising in Association with Incontinentia Pigmenti. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, 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. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2022. TRPS1 Expression is Frequently Seen in Mammary and Extramammary Paget Diseases, Except for Those Arising in the Perianal Skin. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2021. Characterization of the Immune Landscape of Acral Lentiginous Melanomas in Caucasian and Hispanic Populations. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2021. The Utility of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Immunohistochemistry as a Surrogate Marker of TERT Gene Amplification Status in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2021. The Utility of Digital Pathology in Improving Diagnostic Skills of Pathology Trainees in Commonly Encountered Pigmented Cutaneous Lesions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Academic Institution Experience. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2020. Prognostic and Diagnostic Role of TERT Protein Expression in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Compared to Other Types of Cutaneous Melanoma and Acral Nevus. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2020. Megakaryocytes in Skin: An Important Clue to Underlying Hematologic Disorders. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2020. Monotypic Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia Secondary to Tick Bite: A Hidden Critter and the Power of Deeper Levels. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2020. Epithelioid Schwannoma: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall for Epithelioid Lesions in the Skin. Conference. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting. Denver, Colorado, US.
- 2020. Primary Cutaneous Melanoma of the Umbilicus: A Retrospective Study of 18 Patients. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2019. Intratumoral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Breast. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2018. Cutaneous Involvement by Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Diagnostic Challenge. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2018. Concurrent Eosinophilic Solid and Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Angiomyolipoma with Epithelial Cysts: A Rare Synchronous Occurrence of Two Extremely Rare Distinct Entities. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2018. Two Cases of Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma with Unique Mucinous Tubulopapillary Architecture, Background Dense Fibrotic Stroma and Psammomatous Calcification: Still Unclassified or a New Subtype of Renal Cell Carcinoma?. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2018. Morphologic Analysis of Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma: A 10-Year Single Institutional Experience and Future Strategic Approaches to Reclassification. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2017. Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis with Plasma Cell Neoplasm in a 72-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Use of Carbamazepine for Peripheral Neuropathy. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. National Harbor, Maryland, US.
- 2017. Cutaneous Involvement by Primary Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2017. IgG4-Related Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience. Conference. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2017. Disseminated Cutaneous Herpes Zoster Following Pneumococcal Vaccination. Conference. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US.
- 2016. Unique Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Features of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of Liver Mimicking Proximal-Type Epithelioid Sarcoma. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
- 2016. Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma of the Foot. Conference. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2016. Rare Manifestations of Churg-Strauss Syndrome with Mediastinal Lymphadenopathies: Report of an Autopsy Case. Conference. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. Recent Advances in Fusion Associated Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms. Invited. 2025 Canadian Society of Dermatopathology (CSDP), CA.
- 2024. Emerging Immunohistochemical Markers in Diagnostic Dermatopathology: Utility and Associated Pitfalls. Invited. The 76th Annual Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Pathologists (KSP). Seoul, KR.
- 2024. Melanocytic Nevi: Unraveling Common and Uncommon Varieties in a Tertiary Cancer Center Setting. Invited. 2024 Asian Society of Dermatopathology Monthly Webinar, US.
- 2017. Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Arm: Primary versus Metastatic Disease. Conference. XXXVIII Symposium of International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP). Glasgow, GB.
Formal Peers
- 2025. Recent Advances in Fusion-Associated Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Do You See What I See? Pitfalls in Dermatopathology You Should Know About for a Good Night's Sleep. Houston, Texas, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2025 - Present |
| Title: | Elucidation of Molecular Characteristics in Cutaneous Epithelial, Mesenchymal, Melanocytic, and Hematolymphoid Neoplasms |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Start-Up Funds |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
| Title: | Immunohistochemical Characterization of Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type 1 (TRPS1) in Cutaneous Adnexal and Non-Melanocytic Epithelial Neoplasms |
| Funding Source: | Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
| Title: | Evaluation of Immune Profile in Cutaneous Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease and Drug Cutaneous Eruption to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy |
| Funding Source: | Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2021 - 2022 |
| Title: | Understanding the Role of Epigenetic Alterations in TERT and Telomerase Activity in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Correlation Analysis of TERT Promoter Hypermethylation and TERT Protein Expression and Assessment of Their Prognostic Significance |
| Funding Source: | Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2021 - 2022 |
| Title: | A Comparative Analysis of SOX11, CK20, PAX5, and TTF-1 Expression in Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Pulmonary Small Cell Carcinoma |
| Funding Source: | Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2021 - Present |
| Title: | Understanding the Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of TERT and Telomerase Activity and Their Impact on the Tumor Microenvironment in Spitzoid and Blue Nevus-Like Melanomas |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Start-Up Funds |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Della Mura M, Sorino J, Colagrande A, Ingravallo G, Giubellino A, Fortarezza F, Yang RK, Cho WC, Cazzato G. Atypical Spitz Tumor/Spitz Melanocytoma Revealing a VIM::NTRK3 Gene Fusion: Clinicopathological Correlation of a Unique Molecular Finding. Am J Dermatopathol, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40591913.
- Ibrahim E, Dai J, Lenskaya V, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-Cell Lymphoma With Increased gammadelta T Cells: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Am J Dermatopathol, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40532089.
- He LJ, Wang Y, Curry JL, Ning J, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. TROP2 is highly expressed in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and a subset of adnexal carcinomas: A potential therapeutic target with TROP2-directed antibody drug conjugates. Hum Pathol:105853, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40523445.
- Do J, Wang Y, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Ning J, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lenskaya V, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Cho WC. INSM1: A highly sensitive marker for primary and metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, superior to SOX11, pancytokeratin, and CK20. Hum Pathol:105838, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40505699.
- Moussa, MJ, Wilson, NR, Ghosh, A, Bhattacharjee, M, Curry, JL, Cho, WC, Patel, A, Habra, MA, Thosani, S, Campbell, M, Siefker-Radtke, AO, Alhalabi, O, Kikani, NJ. Systemic Toxicity With Hyperglycemia or Diabetic Ketoacidosis After Enfortumab Vedotin. Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases 4(5), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Lenskaya V, Yang RK, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. NSD3::FGFR1 : A novel gene fusion first to be described in Merkel cell carcinoma. Am J Dermatopathol 47(5):400-403, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40036479.
- Gao Y, Yang RK, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Melanoma with RNF11::BRAF fusion: A novel fusion previously undescribed in melanoma. Am J Dermatopathol 47(5):391-394, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40036483.
- Cazzato G, Daruish M, Fortarezza F, Colagrande A, Marzullo A, Ingravallo G, Dei Tos AP, Yang RK, Cho WC. Gene fusion-driven cutaneous adnexal neoplasms: An updated review emphasizing molecular characteristics. Am J Dermatopathol, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39912629.
- Cunningham CR, Dimopoulos YP, Garcia-Quinones IM, Milton DR, Delgado-Velez M, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Lasalde-Dominicci JA, Ballester LY, Aung PP. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Expression in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Is Associated With Clinical and Histopathologic Parameters. J Cutan Pathol, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39814046.
- Alsawas M, Muhaj FF, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum-Like Features in Poroma: An Unusual Morphologic Pattern of Poroma or True Synchronous Occurrence of 2 Distinct Neoplasms?. Am J Dermatopathol 46(12):871-874, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39422612.
- Cho WC, Prieto VG, Yang RK. Spitz Melanoma With SLC20A1::ALK Fusion: A Novel Fusion Previously Undescribed in Spitz Melanocytic Neoplasm. Am J Dermatopathol 46(10):700-703, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38941542.
- Kim MJ, Liu YA, Wang Y, Ning J, Cho WC. TRPS1 Expression Is Frequently Seen in a Subset of Cutaneous Mesenchymal Neoplasms and Tumors of Uncertain Differentiation: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Dermatopathology (Basel) 11(3):200-208, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39051323.
- Lenskaya V, Yang RK, Cho WC. Primary cutaneous apocrine carcinoma with RARA::NPEPPS fusion. J Cutan Pathol 51(6):419-423, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38468567.
- Salah HT, Yang RK, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Ross MI, Aung PP, Rothrock AT, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. Spitz melanocytic neoplasms with MLPH::ALK fusions: Report of two cases with previously unreported features and literature review. J Cutan Pathol 51(6):407-414, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38444194.
- Cho WC, Saade R, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Milton DR, Marques-Piubelli ML, Hudgens C, Ledesma D, Nelson K, Ivan D, Zhang M, Torres-Cabala CA, Campbell M, Alhalabi O, Prieto VG, Wistuba II, Esmaeli B, Curry JL. Nectin-4 expression in a subset of cutaneous adnexal carcinomas: A potential target for therapy with enfortumab vedotin. J Cutan Pathol 51(5):360-367, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38200650.
- Liu YA, Aung PP, Wang Y, Ning J, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Ding Q, Cho WC. TRPS1 expression in non-melanocytic cutaneous neoplasms: an immunohistochemical analysis of 200 cases. J Pathol Transl Med 58(2):72-80, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38389280.
- Liu YA, Cho WC. TRPS1 Expression in Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma: Diagnostic Utility and Pitfalls. Am J Dermatopathol 46(2):133-135, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38055965.
- Liu YA, Collins K, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. TRPS1 expression in primary and secondary extramammary Paget diseases: An immunohistochemical analysis of 93 cases. Hum Pathol 143:5-9, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38000676.
- 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.
- Vanderbeck K, Rothrock AT, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Hudgens C, Bassett RL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA. PRAME and LEF1 in Combined Deep Penetrating Nevus and Combined Blue Nevus: Utility and Pitfalls. Am J Dermatopathol 45(8):549-556, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37462205.
- Niu N, Heberton MM, Tang Z, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Lymphomatoid papulosis with DUSP22-IRF4 rearrangement: A case report and literature review. J Cutan Pathol 50(8):711-716, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36944579.
- Bartley BR, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Nodule on the left thumb in an elderly man: Challenge. Am J Dermatopathol 45(7):e54-e55, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37338071.
- Bartley BR, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Nodule on the left thumb in an elderly man: Answer. Am J Dermatopathol 45(7):513-514, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37338068.
- 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: Comparative analysis of SOX11, CK20, PAX5, and TTF1 expression in Merkel cell carcinoma and pulmonary small cell carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 147(7):758-766, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36745184.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Seervai RNH, Mudaliar KM, Ma W, Milton DR, Wang J, Muhlbauer A, Parra ER, Solis LM, Nagarajan P, Speiser J, Hudgens C, Cho WC, Aung PP, Patel A, Pacha O, Nelson KC, Tetzlaff MT, Amaria RN, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Wistuba II, Curry JL. Gene expression profiling and multiplex immunofluorescence analysis of bullous pemphigoid immune-related adverse event reveal upregulation of toll-like receptor 4/complement-induced innate immune response and increased density of T(H) 1 T-cells. J Cutan Pathol 50(7):661-673, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37150813.
- Vanderbeck K, Cho WC, Aung PP, Ivan D, Rothrock AT, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Nagarajan P. Ductal differentiation: A rare phenomenon in Merkel cell carcinoma. J Cutan Pathol 50(6):511-519, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36454019.
- 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.
- Liu YA, Dai J, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Pityriasis rubra pilaris after Moderna COVID-19 vaccination: A case report and literature review. Am J Dermatopathol 45(3):185-188, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36626570.
- Rothrock AT, Hameed N, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Aung PP. BRAF V600E immunohistochemistry as a useful tool in the diagnosis of melanomas with ambiguous morphologies and immunophenotypes. J Cutan Pathol 50(3):223-229, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36377266.
- Bartley B, Cho WC, Rady PL, Dai J, Curry JL, Milbourne A, Tyring SK, Torres-Cabala CA. Condyloma and coincidental epidermodysplasia verruciformis acanthoma positive for human papillomavirus-14 and -21. J Cutan Pathol 50(1):47-50, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36039682.
- Seervai RNH, Friske SK, Chu EY, Phillips R, Nelson KC, Huen A, Cho WC, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL. The diverse landscape of dermatologic toxicities of non-immune checkpoint inhibitor monoclonal antibody-based cancer therapy. J Cutan Pathol 50(1):72-95, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36069496.
- Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Ding Q, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA. Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1-positive cells in breast dermal granulation tissues and scars: A potential diagnostic pitfall. Am J Dermatopathol 44(12):964-967, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35925150.
- Martel J, Cho WC, Runge JS, Patel AB, Tayar J, Woodman K, Hume CB, Curry J, Heberton M. Durvalumab-associated generalized morphea with overlapping vitiligo. JAAD Case Rep 30:83-86, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36407485.
- Rothrock AT, Torres-Cabala CA, Milton DR, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Vanderbeck K, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Aung PP. Diagnostic utility of PRAME expression by immunohistochemistry in subungual and non-subungual acral melanocytic lesions. J Cutan Pathol 49(10):859-867, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35794643.
- Rothrock AT, Truong LD, Shehabeldin A, Wong MKK, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Vanderbeck K, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Aung PP. Amyloid deposition with a granulomatous reaction in a resection specimen: A clue for a pre-existing Merkel cell carcinoma. J Cutan Pathol 49(9):787-790, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35734844.
- Thangaiah JJ, Westling BE, Roden AC, Giannini C, Tetzlaff M, Cho WC, Folpe AL. Loss of dimethylated H3K27 (H3K27me2) expression is not a specific marker of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST): An immunohistochemical study of 137 cases, with emphasis on MPNST and melanocytic tumors. Ann Diagn Pathol 59:151967, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35567887.
- Bartley BR, Huen A, Rady PL, Tyring SK, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Curry JL, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Eosinophilic homogeneous intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies: Unique viral cytopathic changes associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis and human papillomavirus type 49. J Cutan Pathol 49(7):658-662, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35262953.
- Seervai RNH, Heberton M, Cho WC, Gill P, Murphy MB, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Patel AB, Ruiz-Banobre J, Om A, Yamamoto T, Nikolaou V, Curry JL. Severe de novo pustular psoriasiform immune-related adverse event associated with nivolumab treatment for metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Cutan Pathol 49(5):472-481, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34888886.
- Cho WC, Gill P, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lester L, Prieto VG. Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia with T-cell clonality and monotypic plasma cells secondary to a tick bite: A hidden critter and the power of deeper levels. Am J Dermatopathol 44(3):226-229, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35050559.
- Seervai RNH, Cho WC, Chu EY, Marques-Piubelli ML, Ledesma DA, Richards K, Heberton MM, Nelson KC, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL. Diverse landscape of dermatologic toxicities from small-molecule inhibitor cancer therapy. J Cutan Pathol 49(1):61-81, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34622477.
- Cho WC, Gill P, Aung PP, Gu J, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA. The utility of digital pathology in improving the diagnostic skills of pathology trainees in commonly encountered pigmented cutaneous lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A single academic institution experience. Ann Diagn Pathol 54:151807, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34418768.
- Gill P, Richards K, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA. Localized cutaneous argyria: Review of a rare clinical mimicker of melanocytic lesions. Ann Diagn Pathol 54:151776, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34214703.
- Cho WC, Prieto VG, Aung PP. Melanocytic lesions with blue naevus-like (dendritic) morphology: an update with an emphasis on histopathological, immunophenotypic, and molecular features. Histopathology 79(3):291-305, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33772838.
- Cho WC, Wang WL, Milton DR, Ingram DR, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lazar AJ, Hwu WJ, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Telomerase reverse transcriptase protein expression is more frequent in acral lentiginous melanoma than in other types of cutaneous melanoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 145(7):842-850, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33053175.
- Gill P, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Metaplasia mimicking malignancy: A challenging case of florid eccrine squamous syringometaplasia. J Cutan Pathol 48(7):995-998, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33749861.
- Hadfield MJ, Cho WC, Harabasz A, Savage J. Siliconoma mimicking a locally invasive fungating breast malignancy. Breast J 26(6):1253-1254, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32314447.
- Cho WC, Mandavilli S. Intratumoral extramedullary hematopoiesis in solitary fibrous tumor of the breast. Breast J 26(4):755-758, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31486175.
- Hafeez S, Cho WC, Shen P. Leptomeningeal involvement by relapsed follicular lymphoma detected by flow cytometry despite exceedingly low white blood cell counts in cerebrospinal fluid: A case report. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 63(1):131-133, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32031143.
- Cho WC, Jour G, Aung PP. Role of angiogenesis in melanoma progression: Update on key angiogenic mechanisms and other associated components. Semin Cancer Biol 59:175-186, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31255774.
- Cho WC, Collins K, Mnayer L, Cartun RW, Earle JS. Concurrent eosinophilic solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma and angiomyolipoma with epithelial cysts in the setting of tuberous sclerosis complex: A rare synchronous occurrence of 2 distinct entities. Int J Surg Pathol 27(7):804-811, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31142207.
- Averbukh LD, Wu DC, Cho WC, Wu GY. Biliary mucinous cystadenoma: A review of the literature. J Clin Transl Hepatol 7(2):149-153, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31293915.
- Cho WC, Hafeez S, Shen P. Crystal-storing histiocytosis with plasma cell neoplasm in the setting of chronic carbamazepine exposure. J Pathol Transl Med 53(2):142-144, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 29874901.
- Cho WC, Ramlal B, Fiel-Gan M, Song X. Rare manifestations of Churg-Strauss syndrome with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathies: Report of an autopsy case. J Pathol Transl Med 53(1):66-69, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 29249116.
- Sharma I, Cho WC, Thaker S, Jensen T, Balarezo F, Weiss R, Finck C. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 37:63-69, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Juusela AL, Javadian P, Cho WC, Thani S. Primary biphasic peritoneal mesothelioma encountered during myomectomy for symptomatic fibroid uterus. J Gynecol Surg 34(4):214-216, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Cho WC, Balarezo F. Expression of CD34 and β-catenin in malignant rhabdoid tumor of the liver mimicking proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma. J Pathol Transl Med 52(3):195-197, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28683521.
- Cho WC, Wagner B, Gulosh M, Elaba Z. Syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the foot: Report of a rare cutaneous adnexal neoplasm. Int J Surg Pathol 25(7):659-664, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28552016.
- Cho WC, Trivedi A. Widespread systemic and peripheral embolization of left atrial myxoma following blunt chest trauma. Conn Med 81(3):153-156, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29772157.
- Chantarasriwong O, Cho WC, Batova A, Chavasiri W, Moore C, Rheingold AL, Theodorakis EA. Evaluation of the pharmacophoric motif of the caged Garcinia xanthones. Org Biomol Chem 7(23):4886-4894, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19907779.
Professional Educational Materials
- Cho WC, Aung PP. Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma. Virtual Biopsy Program (VBP), College of American Pathologists (CAP). College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2021.
Abstracts
- Ibrahim E, Dai J, Lenskaya V, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-cell Lymphoma with Increased Gamma-Delta T-cells: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Haidekker M, Theodorakis EA, Sutharsan J, Cho WC. Molecular Rotors: TICT Fluorophores with Mechanosensitive Properties. 237th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting.
- Cho WC, Fiel-Gan M, Song X. Rare Manifestations of Churg-Strauss Syndrome with Mediastinal Lymphadenopathies: Report of an Autopsy Case. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Balarezo F. Unique Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Features of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of Liver Mimicking Proximal-Type Epithelioid Sarcoma. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Wagner B, Elaba Z. Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma of the Foot. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Berger WA, Santoro F, Cartun R, Elaba Z. Disseminated Cutaneous Herpes Zoster Following Pneumococcal Vaccination. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Cho WC, Ligato S, Cartun R, Trivedi A. IgG4-Related Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Ramlal B, Murphy L, Ricci A, Elaba Z. Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Arm: Primary versus Metastatic Disease. XXXVIII Symposium of International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP).
- Cho WC, Hafeez S, Shen P. Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis with Plasma Cell Neoplasm in a 72-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Use of Carbamazepine for Peripheral Neuropathy. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Elaba Z, DiGiuseppe J. Cutaneous Involvement by Primary Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Hooper J, Santoro F, Murphy M, Elaba Z. Pembrolizumab-Induced Exfoliative Dermatitis. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Hooper J, Shen P, Santoro F, Cho WC, Elaba Z. Leukemia Cutis Masquerading as Pityriasis Rosea. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Averbukh LD, Mavilia MG, Cho WC. Secondary Gastrointestinal Melanoma of Unclear Origin. Poster, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Cho WC, Collins K, Mnayer L, Earle J. Concurrent Eosinophilic Solid and Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Angiomyolipoma with Epithelial Cysts: A Rare Synchronous Occurrence of Two Extremely Rare Distinct Entities. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Earle J. Two Cases of Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma with Unique Mucinous Tubulopapillary Architecture, Background Dense Fibrotic Stroma and Psammomatous Calcification: Still Unclassified or a New Subtype of Renal Cell Carcinoma?. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Hafeez S, Cho WC, Shen P. Cytometric Detection of Recurrent Follicular Lymphoma with Leptomeningeal Involvement in a Cerebrospinal Fluid Sample with an Exceedingly Low White Blood Cell Count. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Collins K, Earle J. Morphologic Analysis of Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma: A 10-Year Single Institutional Experience and Future Strategic Approaches to Reclassification. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Elaba Z, DiGiuseppe J. Cutaneous Involvement by Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Diagnostic Challenge. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Mandavilli S. Intratumoral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Breast. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Prieto VG, Gruschkus S, Bassett R, Torres-Cabala CA, Tetzlaff M, Curry JL, Aung PP, Ivan D, Nagarajan P. Primary Cutaneous Melanoma of the Umbilicus: A Retrospective Study of 18 Patients. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Pradhan D, Prieto VG, Ivan D. Epithelioid Schwannoma: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall for Epithelioid Lesions in the Skin. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Gill P, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Florid Eccrine Squamous Syringometaplasia within Subcutis: A Benign Mimicker of Squamous Cell Carcinoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Cho WC, Tarrand J, Francisco D, Mulanovich V, Fayad L, Heberton M, Huen A, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff M, Nagarajan P. Pseudo-dimorphism in Cutaneous Deep Fungal Infections. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Gill P, Huen A, Heberton M, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Khoury JD, Nagarajan P. Megakaryocytes in Skin: An Important Clue to Underlying Hematologic Disorders. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Gill P, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lester L, Prieto VG. Monotypic Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia Secondary to Tick Bite: A Hidden Critter and the Power of Deeper Levels. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Richards K, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA. Localized Cutaneous Argyria Associated with a Silver Ring Clinically Mimicking a Melanocytic Lesion. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Wang WL, Milton DR, Ingram D, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lazar AL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Prognostic and Diagnostic Role of TERT Protein Expression in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Compared to Other Types of Cutaneous Melanoma and Acral Nevus. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Namikawa K, Milton DR, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Characterizing the Molecular Landscape of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Multi-National Study of 429 Patients. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Keiser E, Zhang J, Lee JJ, Douse D, Zhang B, Cho WC, Aung PP, Tetzlaff MT, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Ivan D, Nagarajan P. Squamoid Eccrine Ductal Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic and Transcriptomic Profiling. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Lazcano RN, Solis Soto LM, Parra ER, Casavilca S, Castillo M, Castaneda C, Gill P, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Curry JL, Wistuba I, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala, Aung PP. Characterization of the Immune Landscape of Acral Lentiginous Melanomas in Caucasian and Hispanic Populations. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Gill P, Aung PP, Gu J, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA. The Utility of Digital Pathology in Improving Diagnostic Skills of Pathology Trainees in Commonly Encountered Pigmented Cutaneous Lesions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Academic Institution Experience. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Li W, Gu J, Wang WL, Ning J, Sfamenos S, Gill P, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Lazar AL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. The Utility of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Immunohistochemistry as a Surrogate Marker of TERT Gene Amplification Status in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Vanderbeck KA, Rothrock AT, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Nagarajan P. Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Eccrine/Ductal Differentiation. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Vanderbeck KA, Rothrock AT, Cho WC, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Amaria R, Nagarajan P. Histomorphologic Alterations in Melanoma after Combination BRAF and MEK Inhibitor Therapy. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Rothrock AT, Vanderbeck KA, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Aung PP. Amyloid Deposition with Granulomatous Reaction as a Clue for a Preexisting Merkel Cell Carcinoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Rothrock AT, Vanderbeck KA, Aung PP, Bassett RL, Cho WC, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT, Pettaway C, Nagarajan P. Evaluation of PRAME and PD-L1 Immunohistochemical Staining Among Male Genitourinary Mucosal Melanomas. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Milton D, Ballester L, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Davies M, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Characterizing the Clinicopathologic and Molecular Landscape of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Retrospective Review of 331 Patients. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Rothrock AT, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Vanderbeck K, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP. Diagnostic Utility of PRAME Immunohistochemistry in Subungual and Acral Melanocytic Lesions. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Lazcano R, Hernandez S, Mehta J, Cho WC, Parra E, Solis Soto L, Casavilca Zambrano S, Castillo M, Castaneda C, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Wistuba I, Prieto VG, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA. PD-L1 Expression by Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) of M2 Subtype is Associated with Overall Survival in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma of Different Ethnicities. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Ronen S, Billings S, McNiff J, Torres-Cabala CA, George S, Heberton M, Thomas V, Aung PP, Curry JL, Cho WC, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Extramammary Post-Radiation Atypical Vascular Lesions: A Clinicopathologic Study of Eight Cases. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Vanderbeck KA, Milton D, Nagarajan P, Rothrock AT, Wang WL, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Aung PP, Cho WC. 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. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, John T, Tarrand J, Jiang X, Ning J, Aung PP, Cho WC, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Cutaneous Deep Fungal Infections: Retrospective Review at a Tertiary Care Cancer Center. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Ding Q, Wang WL, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Albarracin C, Sahin A, Prieto VG, Aung PP. TRPS1 Expression is Frequently Seen in Mammary and Extramammary Paget Diseases, Except for Those Arising in the Perianal Skin. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Saade R, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Marques-Piubelli M, Hudgens C, Ledesma D, Nelson K, Heberton M, Ivan D, Zhang M, Torres-Cabala CA, Campbell M, Prieto VG, Wistuba I, Esmaeli B, Curry JL. High Expression of Nectin-4 in a Subset of Adnexal Carcinomas: A Potential Target for Enfortumab Vedotin Therapy. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Aung PP, Gill P, Lai Z, Zhu K, Vasudevaraja V, Ivan D, Nagarajan P, Cho WC, Ballester L, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Jour G. Multi-omics Analysis of Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma Reveals Upregulation of MAGEA4 and Infrequent Zinc Finger Genes Rearrangements. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Nagarajan P, Gleber-Netto F, Parra E, Pickering C, Davies M, Aung PP, Cho WC, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Pettaway C. Exploratory Analyses of Tumor-Infiltrating Inflammatory Cells in Male Genitourinary Melanoma. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Nguyen HQ, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Cho WC, Hudgens C, Giubellino A, Lazcano Segura R, Casavilca S, Castillo M, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA. Expression of SPRED1 and NF1 in an Acral Lentiginous Melanoma-Enriched Cohort. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Virtual Annual Joint Meeting.
- Niu N, Rothrock AT, Nelson K, Wong MKK, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Malignant Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor Harboring TP53 and POLE Mutations Arising in Association with Incontinentia Pigmenti. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Niu N, Tang Z, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Lymphomatoid Papulosis with DUSP22-IRF4 Rearrangement: A Case Report and Review of Literature. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Liu YA, Dai J, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Following Moderna COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report and Literature Review. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Aung PP. PRAME-Positive Cells in Dermal Scars: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting.
- Salah HT, Ross MI, Yang RK, Nagarajan P, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Amin AC, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Ivan D, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Spitz Tumor with MLPH-ALK Fusion. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Cunningham CR, Dimopoulos YP, Delgado-Velez M, Lasalde Dominicci JA, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Ballester LY, Aung PP. Alpha-5 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Expression in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Dimopoulos YP, Cunningham CR, Wang WL, Ingram D, Lazcano R, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Cho WC, Aung PP. Vascular Changes in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Prevalence, Association with Local VEGF Expression, and Prognostic Implications. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Rahbar Z, Aung PP, Shen L, Yang RK, Casavilca Zambrano SA, Castaneda C, Castillo M, Pattanaprichakul P, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Wang J, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA. Whole Exome Sequencing of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Reveals Novel Somatic Mutations and Potential Differences in Patients from Different Ethnicities. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Liu YA, Torres-Cabala CA, Wang DH, Shah MH, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Ballester LY, Aung PP. Metabolomic Profiling in Acral Melanomas Reveals Key Metabolic Pathway Gene Differences Compared with Non-acral Melanomas. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Nagarajan P, Zhang J, Davies MA, Bassett RL, Duose D, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT, Pettaway CA. Pilot Clinical and Transcriptomic Analysis of Male Genitourinary Melanoma. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Gill P, Middleton LP, Zhang J, Keiser E, Ding Q, Li Z, Duose D, Hernandez S, Arrechedera C, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Ivan D, Nagarajan P. Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses Distinguish Cutaneous Squamoid Eccrine Ductal Carcinomas from Low-Grade Adenosquamous Carcinomas of the Breast. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Lenskaya V, Jiang X, Foo WC, Abraham SC, Taggart MW, Walsh GL, Swisher S, Ning J, Aung PP, Curry JL, Cho WC, Torres-Cabala CA, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Amaria RN, Tawbi HA, Nagarajan P. Primary Mucosal Melanoma of the Esophagus: Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Liu YA, Aung PP, Ding Q, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Cho WC. TRPS1 May be an Effective Discriminatory Marker for Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Analysis of TRPS1 in Non-Melanocytic Cutaneous Neoplasms. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Alsawas M, Muhaj FF, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. Syringocystadenoma-Papilliferum-like Features in Poroma: An Unusual Morphologic Pattern of Poroma or True Synchronous Occurrences of Two Distinct Neoplasms. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Ibrahim E, Yang RK, Liu YA, Curry JL, Cho WC. BCR::ZNF711 and BCR::CYLC2 Fusions: Novel BCR Fusions Expanding the Molecular Spectrum of Gene Fusions in Melanoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Rahbar Z, Liu YA, Torres-Cabala CA, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Yang RK, Cho WC. Primary Cutaneous Adnexal Carcinoma with Neuroendocrine Differentiation Harboring BRAF V600E Mutation. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Smith SDB, Cho WC, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Nagarajan P. Primary Cutaneous Rothia Mucilaginosa Infections: A Histopathologic Diagnostic Challenge. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Lenskaya V, Yang RK, Cho WC. Identification of a Novel Gene Fusion, RARA::NPEPPS, in Primary Cutaneous Adnexal Carcinoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Salah HT, Yang RK, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Molecular Characterization of Melanoma Arising in Blue Nevus/Blue Nevus-like Melanoma: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review. International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) Annual Joint Meeting.
- Alkamachi B, Gill P, Solis Soto LM, Lenskaya V, Lu W, Khan K, Tarrand JJ, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P. Optimizing Immunohistochemical Detection for Histologic Diagnosis of Fusariosis. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Kim MJ, Yang RK, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Curry JL, Cho WC. Identification of Novel Fusions in Melanoma by Next-Generation Sequencing: A Retrospective Analysis of 144 Patients from a Single Tertiary Cancer Center. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Lenskaya V, Wang Y, Malpica A, Pettaway CA, Ning J, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Cho WC, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Gershenwald JE, Davies MA, Futreal A, McQuade J, Nagarajan P. Primary Female Urethral Mucosal Melanoma: Retrospective Analysis of Clinicopathological and Molecular Features. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Kim MJ, Liu YA, Cho WC. TRPS1 Expression is Frequently Seen in a Subset of Cutaneous Mesenchymal Neoplasms and Tumors of Uncertain Differentiation: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting.
- Rahbar Z, Wang Y, Lu W, Solis Soto LM, Ning J, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Curry JL, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. CD56, CD123/TCF4, and FOXP3: Immunohistochemical Markers Potentially Useful for Distinguishing Cutaneous Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease from Cutaneous Drug Eruption/Dermal Hypersensitivity Reaction. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Cho WC, Prieto VG, Yang RK. Spitz Melanoma with SLC20A1::ALK Fusion: A Novel Fusion Previously Unreported in Spitz Melanocytic Neoplasms. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Lenskaya V, Yang RK, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. NSD3::FGFR1: A Novel Gene Fusion First to be Described in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Lee K, Likki S, Muhaj F, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Cho WC. Multicentric Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma Harboring NF2 Mutation. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Hegazy S, Torres-Cabala CA, George S, Rapini R, He LJ, Prieto VG, Aung PP, Curry JL, Cho WC, Nagarajan P. Epithelioid Variant of Solitary Circumscribed Neuroma: New Face of an Old Friend. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Salah HT, Prieto VG, Cho WC, Torres-Cabala CA, Lenskaya V. The Misleading Syphilis: Two Cases Masquerading as Lymphomas. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Gao Y, Yang RK, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC. Melanoma with RNF11::BRAF Fusion: A Novel Fusion Previously Undescribed in Melanoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Seervai RNH, Nikolaou V, Manyam GC, Cho WC, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Nelson KC, Chon SY, Hudgens CW, Duose DY, Wang J, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL. Immune Profiling of Psoriasiform Toxicity to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
- Do J, Wang Y, Ning J, Cho WC. Comparative Analysis of SOX11, INSM1, Pancytokeratin, and CK20 Expression in Primary and Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) Annual Meeting.
Letters to the Editor
- Ibrahim E, Yang RK, Gubbiotti MA, Prieto VG, Cho WC. Primary Cutaneous NUT Adnexal Carcinoma With BRD4::NUTM1 Fusion: A 19-Year Follow-Up. Am J Dermatopathol, 2025.
- Cho WC, Yang RK, Lenskaya V, Prieto VG. SBF1::BRAF-Fused Melanoma With Prominent Rhabdoid Morphology and Reed-Sternberg-Like Cells: Potential Morphologic Clues to BRAF-Fused Melanomas of Non-Spitz Lineage?. Am J Dermatopathol, 2025.
- Ibrahim E, Yang RK, Curry JL, Cho WC. BCR::ZNF711 and BCR::CYLC2 Fusions: Novel BCR Fusions Expanding the Molecular Spectrum of Gene Fusions in Melanoma. Am J Dermatopathol 46: 797-799, 2024.
- de Sousa LG, Liu S, Bhosale P, Altan M, Darbonne W, Schulze K, Dervin S, Yun C, Mahvash A, Verma A, Futreal A, Gite S, Cuentas EP, Cho WC, Wistuba I, Yao JC, Woodman SE, Halperin DM, Ferrarotto R. Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in advanced Merkel cell carcinoma: A prospective study. Oral Oncol 151: 106747, 2024.
Web Publications
- Liu YA, Cho WC. Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia, 2023.
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