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Recent Advances

Recent Advances and Applied Aspects

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Cancer Biology, TME & Metastasis

17 questions
  1. LE

    Recent concepts in cancer invasion and metastasis

    Jun 2024
  2. LE

    Role of tumor stroma in neoplastic growth

    Oct 2019
  3. LE

    Role of Tumor Microenvironment in cancers

    Nov 2025
  4. SN

    Metastasis genes

    Oct 2019
  5. SN

    MMPs in neoplastic progression

    Oct 2020
  6. SN×2

    EMT in neoplasia

    📈19% 2026
    Dec 2023Apr 2016
  7. SN×2

    Cancer stem cells — biology and clinical applications

    📈15% 2026
    Oct 2020Oct 2015
  8. SN×3

    Adult stem cells and transdifferentiation

    📈28% 2026
    Jul 2023Jun 2020Apr 2017
  9. SN

    Molecular profiles of tumors

    Jul 2023
  10. SN

    Familial tumor syndromes

    Jun 2020
  11. SN

    Cancer vaccines

    Apr 2016
  12. SN

    Targeted therapy

    Oct 2021
  13. SN

    Role of cyclins in cell cycle regulation

    Apr 2019
  14. SN

    Heat shock proteins

    Oct 2015
  15. SN

    Role of Tensins in health

    Apr 2016
  16. SN

    Genomic imprinting

    Apr 2022
  17. SN

    Minor histocompatibility antigens

    Oct 2019

Breast Pathology

12 questions
  1. LE

    Prognostic factors in breast carcinoma

    Apr 2018
  2. LE

    Molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma; IHC

    Oct 2021
  3. LE

    Molecular profiling of breast cancer & prognosis

    Nov 2025
  4. LE×2

    Columnar cell lesions of breast

    📈19% 2026
    Dec 2023Apr 2022
  5. SN

    Premalignant breast lesions

    Apr 2017
  6. LE

    HER2-neu as biomarker in various cancers

    Oct 2015
  7. SN

    Reporting HER-2-neu in breast carcinoma

    Jul 2023
  8. SN

    Low and ultra-low HER2 in breast cancer

    Jul 2025
  9. SN

    Prognostic molecular markers in breast cancer

    Apr 2019
  10. SN

    Basal-like breast carcinoma

    Jun 2020
  11. SN

    Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma

    Apr 2016
  12. SN

    Mammographic screening

    Jun 2024

Soft Tissue / Sarcomas / Pediatric Tumors

18 questions
  1. LE

    IHC in evaluation of soft tissue tumors

    Apr 2022
  2. LE

    IHC algorithms in malignant soft tissue tumors

    Apr 2019
  3. LE

    Current concepts in pleomorphic sarcomas

    Apr 2016
  4. LE

    Molecular diagnosis of pediatric soft tissue sarcomas

    Nov 2025
  5. LE

    Diagnostic approach to pediatric SRBCT

    Jan 2025
  6. LE

    IHC and cytogenetics in MSRCT

    Oct 2017
  7. LE

    Ancillary techniques in small round cell mediastinal tumors

    Oct 2021
  8. LE

    IHC in small cell tumors of mediastinum

    Oct 2022
  9. SN

    Diagnostic challenges of epithelioid soft tissue tumors

    Jan 2025
  10. SN

    Pediatric solid tumors

    Apr 2018
  11. SN

    Ectomesenchymoma

    Apr 2018
  12. SN×2

    PEComa

    📈19% 2026
    Apr 2022Apr 2018
  13. SN

    Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma

    Apr 2015
  14. SN

    CD34 positive spindle cell tumors

    Dec 2023
  15. SN

    Cytogenetics & prognostic features of rhabdomyosarcoma

    Jun 2020
  16. SN

    Peripheral hemangioblastomas

    Oct 2022
  17. LE

    SMARCB1 deficient cancers

    Nov 2025
  18. SN

    Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

    Oct 2021

Hepatobiliary / Pancreatic / GI

25 questions
  1. LE

    Evaluation of hepatic nodules; hepatic adenomas

    Jul 2025
  2. LE×2

    Regenerative & neoplastic hepatic nodules

    📈23% 2026
    Jun 2024Oct 2021
  3. LE

    Recent advances in NASH; histopathology & grading

    Apr 2019
  4. SN×2

    Recent developments in NAFLD

    📈19% 2026
    Oct 2022May 2021
  5. SN×3

    Etiology & morphology of NASH

    📈22% 2026
    Oct 2020Oct 2015Apr 2017
  6. LE

    Recent advances in chronic hepatitis

    Apr 2016
  7. SN

    Primary biliary cirrhosis

    Oct 2017
  8. SN

    Pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis

    Oct 2017
  9. SN×2

    Pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis

    📈15% 2026
    Apr 2019Apr 2015
  10. SN×3

    Barrett esophagus and pathology

    📈28% 2026
    Jul 2023Oct 2021Apr 2017
  11. SN×2

    Serrated lesions of colon and rectum

    📈23% 2026
    Jun 2024Oct 2021
  12. SN

    Serrated pathway in CRC

    Jun 2020
  13. SN

    Serrated adenoma

    Apr 2017
  14. SN

    Serrated colorectal polyps

    Oct 2015
  15. LE×2

    Recent advances in colorectal carcinogenesis

    📈21% 2026
    Apr 2015Oct 2017
  16. SN

    Recent concepts in CRC

    May 2021
  17. SN

    Multi-step carcinogenesis of colonic cancer

    Oct 2019
  18. SN

    Dysplasia of lower GI tract

    May 2021
  19. SN

    Mucinous lesions of appendix

    Apr 2015
  20. SN

    Microscopic colitis

    Oct 2019
  21. SN

    Eosinophilic GI diseases

    Jan 2025
  22. SN×2

    Molecular pathology of Hirschsprung disease

    📈15% 2026
    May 2021Apr 2017
  23. SN

    Her-2-neu in gastric adenocarcinoma

    Apr 2022
  24. SN×4

    BRAF mutations and BRAFomas

    📈28% 2026
    Jun 2020Oct 2017Oct 2015Apr 2015
  25. SN

    Microsatellite instability

    Apr 2015

Genitourinary Pathology

18 questions
  1. LE

    Molecularly defined renal cell carcinomas

    Nov 2025
  2. SN

    New classification of renal neoplasms

    Apr 2018
  3. SN

    Recently described adult renal tumours

    Oct 2020
  4. SN

    Approach to eosinophilic renal neoplasms

    Jul 2025
  5. SN

    Translocation renal cell tumors

    Oct 2021
  6. SN

    Cytogenetics in renal tumors

    Oct 2019
  7. LE

    IHC in prostatic carcinoma vs mimics

    Jun 2020
  8. SN

    IHC in atypical small acinar patterns

    Oct 2017
  9. SN

    Small acinar lesions on prostate biopsy

    Oct 2020
  10. SN

    Role of IHC in prostatic biopsy

    Apr 2018
  11. SN

    Cribriform pattern in prostatic pathology

    Jan 2025
  12. SN

    AMACR

    Dec 2023
  13. SN

    WHO/ISUP classification urinary tract tumors

    Oct 2015
  14. SN

    Atypical urothelial cells in Paris system

    Jul 2025
  15. SN

    Updates in Paris system for urine cytology

    Jan 2025
  16. SN

    Role of HLA in renal transplant

    Apr 2018
  17. SN×2

    Direct IF in renal biopsies

    📈19% 2026
    May 2021Apr 2022
  18. SN

    EM in glomerulonephritis

    Oct 2022

Endocrine & Thyroid

5 questions
  1. LE

    WHO 2022 classification of follicular thyroid neoplasms

    Jul 2025
  2. LE

    Pitfalls in diagnosis of solitary thyroid nodule

    May 2021
  3. SN

    Frozen section in head & neck endocrine pathology

    Oct 2021
  4. SN×2

    Bethesda system for thyroid cytology

    📈21% 2026
    Oct 2017Apr 2015
  5. SN

    IHC workup of adrenal lesion

    Dec 2023

Gynecological Pathology

11 questions
  1. LE

    Spindle cell tumors of uterus; IHC

    May 2021
  2. LE

    Diagnostic challenges in endocervical adenocarcinoma

    Nov 2025
  3. SN

    Glandular lesions of cervix

    May 2021
  4. SN×2

    Liquid based cytology in cervical screening

    📈19% 2026
    Jul 2023Apr 2016
  5. SN

    Bethesda system in cervical cytology

    Apr 2019
  6. SN

    Natural history of cervical carcinogenesis

    Apr 2017
  7. SN

    Molecular testing for HPV

    Apr 2016
  8. SN

    Advances in endometrial pathology

    Apr 2016
  9. SN

    Endometrial intra-epithelial neoplasia

    Oct 2019
  10. SN

    Role of PTEN in endometrial neoplasia

    Oct 2022
  11. SN

    Tamoxifen effects on female genital tract

    Oct 2019

Pulmonary / Mediastinal

7 questions
  1. LE×3

    Updates in classification of lung tumors

    📈28% 2026
    Oct 2020Apr 2022May 2021
  2. SN

    Neuroendocrine tumors of lung

    Oct 2017
  3. SN

    Molecular diagnostics in NSCLC

    Jan 2025
  4. SN×2

    Molecular diagnostics in lung cancer

    📈19% 2026
    Dec 2023Apr 2015
  5. SN

    Pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders

    Apr 2018
  6. SN

    TRALI

    Jun 2020
  7. SN

    Recent developments in thymic tumours

    Oct 2022

Central Nervous System

3 questions
  1. LE

    WHO classification of CNS tumors; new entities

    Apr 2017
  2. SN

    Updates in molecular biology of gliomas

    Jan 2025
  3. SN

    Aggressive variants of meningioma

    Dec 2023

Hematopathology & Transfusion

13 questions
  1. LE

    Hematopoietic stem cell transplant — indications & complications

    Nov 2025
  2. LE×2

    Recent advances in Hodgkin lymphoma

    📈21% 2026
    Apr 2015Apr 2016
  3. SN

    Flow cytometry in lymphoma diagnosis

    Jan 2025
  4. SN

    EBV related lymphoproliferative disorders

    Jun 2020
  5. SN×2

    Cutaneous pseudolymphoma

    📈15% 2026
    Oct 2020Apr 2018
  6. SN

    Grey zone lymphoma

    Dec 2023
  7. LE

    EBV-associated tumors

    Apr 2018
  8. SN

    Minimal residual disease

    Jun 2020
  9. SN

    Graft versus leukemia response

    Apr 2019
  10. SN

    Basic concepts of haemovigilance

    Apr 2019
  11. SN×2

    Hepcidin in anemia of chronic diseases

    📈15% 2026
    Apr 2019Apr 2015
  12. SN

    HPLC in haemoglobin variants

    Apr 2019
  13. SN

    Endothelial cells in hemostasis

    Apr 2015

Infectious & Inflammatory

7 questions
  1. LE

    Autopsy findings in COVID-19 related deaths

    Jan 2025
  2. SN

    Long COVID

    Jul 2025
  3. SN×3

    IgG4 related diseases

    📈34% 2026
    Jul 2025Oct 2020Oct 2017
  4. SN

    Lab diagnosis of tuberculosis

    Jan 2025
  5. SN

    Recent advances in lab diagnosis of malaria

    Apr 2017
  6. SN

    Recent advances in pathogenesis of septic shock

    Oct 2019
  7. SN

    Bioterrorism

    Jul 2023

Cardiovascular / Metabolic / Aging

8 questions
  1. LE

    Recent advances in pathophysiology of obesity

    Nov 2025
  2. LE

    Pathogenesis of obesity

    Jul 2023
  3. LE

    Recent advances in atherogenesis

    Jul 2023
  4. SN

    Inflammatory biomarkers of atherosclerosis

    Oct 2019
  5. SN

    Pathophysiology of ageing

    Oct 2022
  6. SN

    Pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

    Jul 2025
  7. SN

    New concepts in osteoarthritis

    Dec 2023
  8. SN

    Xenobiotics

    Jun 2024

Head & Neck, Oral & Dermatopathology

2 questions
  1. SN

    Merkel cell carcinoma morphology

    Oct 2015
  2. SN

    Precancerous oral lesions

    May 2021

IHC, Molecular & Ancillary Techniques

21 questions
  1. LE

    IHC in carcinoma of unknown primary

    Dec 2023
  2. SN

    IHC in metastatic CUP

    Oct 2020
  3. SN

    Cytokeratin in metastasis of unknown origin

    Oct 2019
  4. LE

    Cytokeratins in differential diagnosis

    Oct 2022
  5. SN

    Cytokeratin profiles in diagnostic pathology

    Apr 2018
  6. LE

    Molecular diagnosis of genetic disorders

    Apr 2017
  7. SN

    Limitations of molecular diagnostic techniques

    Jun 2024
  8. SN

    ISH in tumor diagnosis

    Oct 2021
  9. SN×3

    CISH vs FISH

    📈34% 2026
    Jul 2025Jul 2023Apr 2022
  10. SN×3

    PCR & DNA detection

    📈28% 2026
    Jun 2020Oct 2022Apr 2015
  11. SN

    Applications of RT-PCR

    Oct 2015
  12. SN

    Karyotyping

    Oct 2022
  13. SN

    Array CGH

    Apr 2016
  14. SN×5

    Tissue microarray

    📈44% 2026
    Apr 2022Oct 2021May 2021Jul 2023Apr 2017
  15. LE×4

    Flow cytometry — principle & applications

    📈36% 2026
    Oct 2017Oct 2020May 2021Apr 2022
  16. SN

    ALK and ALK-related diagnostics

    Oct 2022
  17. SN

    PDL1 testing and uses

    Jul 2025
  18. SN

    Gene therapy

    Oct 2022
  19. SN

    Antigen retrieval in IHC

    Oct 2020
  20. SN

    MIB-1 labelling

    Oct 2015
  21. SN

    Recent advances in neuroendocrine tumors

    Apr 2018

Cytopathology (Recent Advances)

3 questions
  1. LE

    International system for serous fluid cytology

    Nov 2025
  2. SN

    LBC in non-gynecologic malignancies

    Jul 2025
  3. SN×2

    Automation in cytology

    📈23% 2026
    Jun 2024Apr 2017

Digital Pathology & Informatics

10 questions
  1. LE

    Neural networks in diagnostic pathology

    Oct 2020
  2. SN

    Computational pathology

    Jul 2025
  3. SN

    Applications of digital pathology

    Jan 2025
  4. SN

    Virtual microscopy

    Dec 2023
  5. SN×3

    Telepathology

    📈28% 2026
    Jul 2023Oct 2021Oct 2017
  6. SN

    Medical imaging informatics

    Jun 2024
  7. SN

    Image analysis

    Apr 2022
  8. SN

    Automation in histopathology

    Dec 2023
  9. SN×2

    Automated tissue processing

    📈19% 2026
    Jul 2023Apr 2019
  10. SN×2

    Microwave technology in lab

    📈23% 2026
    Jun 2024Apr 2016

Quality Assurance & Lab Management

8 questions
  1. LE

    Quality indicators in histopathology

    Nov 2025
  2. SN

    QC measures in lab

    Apr 2022
  3. SN

    Turn Around Time in surgical biopsy

    Jun 2024
  4. SN

    Non-invasive autopsy

    Jun 2024
  5. SN

    Biosafety in laboratory

    Oct 2015
  6. LE

    Medicolegal aspects of histopathology

    Oct 2015
  7. SN

    Microbiome

    Jun 2024
  8. SN

    Basic principles of organ transplantation

    Oct 2017