Inter-observer reproducibility of the Royal College system for reporting thyroid cytology: Experience of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute.

Purpose: To assess the inter-observer agreement between 3 cytopathologists of thyroid FNAC using Royal College of Pathology reporting system.

Patients And Methods: The study is a retrospective one conducted on 204 cases retrieved from the archives of the Cytology Unit, Pathology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University during the time period from January 2016 to December 2016. Cases were diagnosed separately by 3 cytopathologists using the Royal College of Pathology classification system (RCPath), where Thy1, nondiagnostic; Thy2, nonneoplastic; Thy3a, atypical, Thy3f, follicular lesion; Thy4, suspicious of malignancy; and Thy5, malignant.

The role of S100P and IMP3 in the cytologic diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the role of the two markers, S100P and IMP3, in differentiating between pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) and non-neoplastic pancreatic tissue in (fine needle aspiration cytology) FNAC.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study that included 72 cases presented with pancreatic mass, where endoscopic guided FNAC was taken from pancreatic lesions. The final histopathologic diagnosis was considered the gold standard.