Fang Fan, M.D., Ph.D.

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Fang Fan, M.D, Ph.D
Pathologist
Clinical Expertise
Diagnostic Cytopathology
Surgical Pathology
Languages
Mandarin
Appointments
Clinical Professor, Department Of Pathology
I like to be a member of a multidisciplinary clinical team in treating cancer patients.
Fang Fan, M.D., Ph.D., brings nearly 30 years of pathology experience and expertise to City of Hope. She specializes in diagnostic cytopathology and surgical pathology. Dr. Fan takes great fulfillment in utilizing her skills to diagnose disease at the molecular level and guide its treatment.
 
Raised in China, Dr. Fan earned her medical degree from Shanghai Medical School at Fudan University. She then began a decades-long association with the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, earning a Ph.D., completing her pathology residency and postdoctoral fellowship, and ultimately rising to Director of Cytopathology and Barbara F. Atkinson Endowed Professor of Pathology.
 
The much-honored Dr. Fan has been twice cited as a "Top Doctor," and noted for "Excellence in Teaching." She is an acknowledged authority in her field with hundreds of scholarly articles and presentations to her credit. She is the co-editor of a popular cytopathology review book and a Chinese textbook on exfoliative cytopathology.
 
Dr. Fan is excited to join the City of Hope family, where she says “the leadership has great visions, the physician group has great diversity, and the resource and support for clinical service and research are strong.”
Location
Education & Experience
Degrees

  • 1995, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy,
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 1989, M.D., Doctor of Medicine,
    Shanghai Medical School Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Fellowship

  • 2002, Cytopathology Fellow, Department of Pathology

Residency

  • 2001, Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 1991, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine

Professional Experience

  • 2021-present, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

  • 2017-2019, Interim Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 2012-2020, Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 2007-2012, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 2003-2020, Director of Cytopathology and (Associate) Director of Cytopathology Fellowship program, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • 2002-2007, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Awards & Memberships
Awards

  • 2016-2019, Student Voice Award- Excellence in Teaching

  • 2015, 2016, The Kansas City magazine, Top Doctors

  • 2015, Chinese American Pathologists Association Service Award

  • 2011, 2013, Medical Student Voice Award

  • 2004, 2008, 2011, 2016, Helmuth-Sprintz Resident Teaching Award

Publications
  • Plummer RM, Kelting S, Madan R, O'Neil M, Dennis K, Fan F.* Cervical Papanicolaou tests in the female-to-male transgender population: should the adequacy criteria be revised in this population? An Institutional Experience. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2021 Jan 29;S2213-2945(21)00010-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.01.004. Online ahead of print.
  • Hogan KO, Lai SM, Wagner JL, Fan F.* The utility of intraoperative retroareolar margin frozen section assessment and the management of atypical epithelial proliferative lesions at the retroareolar margin in nipple-sparing mastectomies. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2021 Apr;51:151697. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151697. Epub 2021 Jan 4.
  • Hogan KO, Fan F.* Diagnosis of metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast on pleural fluid cytology in a 60-year-old male. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Apr;49(4):E172-E174. doi: 10.1002/dc.24636. Epub 2020 Oct 9.
  • Amin AL, Fan F, Winblad OD, Larson KE, Wagner JL. Ipsilateral and Concurrent Breast Cancer and Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia: Does Atypia Also Need Surgical Excision?Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul 23. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08896-7. Online ahead of print.
  • Plummer RM, Kelting S, Madan R, O’Neil M, Dennis K, and Fan F*. Proposed Triaging Criteria of Pleural Effusion Cytology Specimens for Ancillary Flow Cytometric Analysis. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2020 Jul 22:S2213-2945(20)30260-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2020.07.131. Online ahead of print.
  • Mettman D, Haer E, Madan R, O’Neil M, Dennis K, Fan F*. The utility of immunohistochemistry testing for mismatch repair proteins in fine needle aspiration specimens of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2020 Jun 17;47:151552. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151552. Online ahead of print.
  • Elsarraj HS, Hong Y, Limback D, Zhao R, Berger J, Bishop SC, Sabbagh A, Oppenheimer L, Harper HE, Tsimelzon A, Huang S, Hilsenbeck SG, Edwards DP, Fontes J, Fan F, Madan R, Fangman B, Ellis A, Tawfik O, Persons DL, Fields T, Godwin AK, Hagan CR, Swenson-Fields K, Coarfa C, Thompson J, Behbod F. BCL9/STAT3 regulation of transcriptional enhancer networks promote DCIS progression. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2020 Apr 24;6:12. doi: 10.1038/s41523-020-0157-z. eCollection 2020.
  • Fan F, Author of Case 3 Rosai-Dorfman disease, 2019 FNA-B: Lymph Node FNA -Digital Slide Program in Fine-Needle Aspiration, ©2019 College of American Pathologists. Online CME/CE education activity released October 21, 2019.
  • Goodman ML, Trinca GM, Walter KR, Papachristou EK, D'Santos CS, Li T, Liu Q, Lai Z, Chalise P, Madan R, Fan F, Markiewicz MA, Jin VX, Carroll JS, Hagan CR. Progesterone Receptor Attenuates STAT1-Mediated IFN Signaling in Breast Cancer. J Immunol. 2019 May 15;202(10):3076-3086. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801152. Epub 2019 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Lee PJ, Dennis K, Madan R, Fan F. BRAF V600 Mutational Status in Melanoma Correlates with Cytologic Features in Fine-Needle Aspirate Specimens. Acta Cytol. 2019;63(1):10-16. doi: 10.1159/000491814. Epub 2018 Nov 5.
  • Bernard S, Myers M, Fang WB, Zinda B, Smart C, Lambert D, Zou A, Fan F, Cheng N. CXCL1 Derived from Mammary Fibroblasts Promotes Progression of Mammary Lesions to Invasive Carcinoma through CXCR2 Dependent Mechanisms.  J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2018 Dec;23(4):249-267. doi: 10.1007/s10911-018-9407-1. Epub 2018 Aug 9.
  • Polireddy K, Dong R, Reed G, Yu J, Chen P, Williamson S, Violet PC, Pessetto Z, Godwin AK, Fan F, Levine M, Drisko JA, Chen Q. High Dose Parenteral AscorbateInhibited Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Metastasis: Mechanisms and a Phase I/IIa study. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 7;7(1):17188. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17568-8. 
  • Marshall C, Mounzer R, Hall M, Simon V, Centeno B, Dennis K, Dhillon J, Fan F, Khazai L, Klapman J, Komanduri S, Lin X, Lu D, Mehrotra S, Muthusamy VR, Nayar R, Paintal A, Rao J, Sams S, Shah J, Watson R, Rastogi A, Wani S. Suboptimal Agreement Among Cytopathologists in Diagnosis of Malignancy Based on Endoscopic Ultrasound Needle Aspirates of Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Validation Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep 12. pii: S1542-3565(17)31101-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.09.013. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Karnik T, Kimler BF, Fan F, Tawfik O. PD-L1 in breast cancer: comparative analysis of 3 different antibodies. Hum Pathol. 2018 Feb;72:28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.08.010. Epub 2017 Aug 31.
  • Fan F. Teaching laboratory management and quality assurance/quality improvement skills in a cytopathology fellowship program. Cancer Cytopathol. 2017 Sep;125(9):667-668. doi: 10.1002/cncy.21881. Epub 2017 Jun 6.
  • Kandukuri SR, Lin F, Gui L, Gong Y, Fan F, Chen L, Cai G, Liu H. Application of Immunohistochemistry in Undifferentiated Neoplasms: A Practical Approach. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Aug;141(8):1014-1032. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0518-RA.
  • Elsarraj HS, Valdez KE, Hong Y, Grimm SL, Ricci LR, Fan F, Tawfik O, May L, Cusick T, Inciardi M, Redick M, Gatewood J, Winblad O, Hilsenbeck S, Edwards DP, Hagan CR, Godwin AK, Fabian C, Behbod F. NEMO, a Transcriptional Target of Estrogen and Progesterone, Is Linked to Tumor Suppressor PML in Breast Cancer. Cancer Res. 2017 Jul 15;77(14):3802-3813. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-2794. Epub 2017 May 17.
  • Zhao C, Crothers BA, Tabatabai ZL, Li Z, Ghofrani M, Souers RJ, Husain M, Fan F, Shen R, Ocal IT, Booth CN, Goodrich K, Russell D, Davey DD; College of American Pathologists Cytopathology Committee. False-Negative Interpretation of Adenocarcinoma In Situ in the College of American Pathologists Gynecologic PAP Education Program. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 May;141(5):666-670. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0234-CP. Epub 2017 Mar 16.
  • Dai H, Gallagher D, Schmitt S, Pessetto ZY, Fan F, Godwin AK, Tawfik O. Role of miR-139 as a surrogate marker for tumor aggression in breast cancer. Hum Pathol. 2017 Mar;61:68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2016.11.001. Epub 2016 Nov 15.
  • Ghofrani M, Zhao C, Davey DD, Fan F, Husain M, Laser A, Ocal IT, Shen RZ, Goodrich K, Souers RJ, Crothers BA. Update on the College of American Pathologists' Experience With High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Proficiency Testing for Cytology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Zhao C, Crothers BA, Ghofrani M, Li Z, Souers RJ, Hussain M, Fan F, Ocal IT, Davey DD; College of American Pathologists Cytopathology Committee. Misinterpretation Rates of High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion in the College of American Pathologists Gynecologic PAP Education and PAP Proficiency Test Program. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Zhao C, Crothers BA, Ghofrani M, Li Z, Souers RJ, Hussain M, Fan F, Ocal IT, Goodrich K, Shen R, Davey DD, Committee CO. Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Testing Practice in 2014: Results of a College of American Pathologists National Survey. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Burt M, Madan R, Fan F.* Metastatic gastrinoma in the breast mimicking primary solid papillary carcinoma. Hum Pathol. 2016 Jun 21. pii: S0046-8177(16)30123-X. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2016.05.024. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Tawfik O, Davis M, Diaz FJ, Fan F. Cell block preparation versus liquid-based Thin-Layer cervical cytology: a comparative study evaluating Human Papillomavirus testing by Hybrid Capture-2/Cervista, in siu hybridization and p16 immunohitochemistry. Acta Cytol. 2016;60(2):145-153.
  • Albrecht H, Fan F.*  Diagnosis of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix on a Pap smear. ASCP Checksample, Cytopathology, 2016 (in press)
  • Yao M, Yu E, Staggs V, Fan F, Cheng N. Elevated expression of Chemokine C-C Ligand 2 in stroma is associated with recurrent basal-like breast cancers.  Mod Pathol 2016 Apr 29. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2016.78. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Davidson W, Madan R, O’Neil M, Tawfik O, Fan F.* Utility of peritoneal washing cytology in staging and prognosis of ovarian and fallopian tube neoplasms: a 10-year retrospective analysis. Ann Diagn Pathol 2016;(22):54-57.
  • Elsarraj HS, Hong Y, Valdez KE, Michaels W, Hook M, Smith WP, Chien J, Herschkowitz JI, Troester MA, Beck M, Inciardi M, Gatewood J, May L, Cusick T, McGinness M, Ricci L, Fan F, Tawfik O, Marks JR, Knapp JR, Yeh HW, Thomas P, Carrasco DR, Fields TA, Godwin AK, Behbod F. Expression profiling of in vivo ductal carcinoma in situ progression models identified B cell lymphoma-9 as a molecular driver of breast cancer invasion. Breast Cancer Res. 2015; 17:128. doi: 10.1186/s13058-015-0630-z.
  • Tawfik O, Davis M, Dillon S, Tawfik L, Diaz FJ, Amin K, Fan F. Whole-slide imaging of Pap cellblock preparations is a potentially valid screening method. Acta Cytol 2015; 59(2):187-200.
  • Rao D, Kimler BF, Nothnick WB, Davis MK, Fan F, Tawfik O. Transgelin: a potentially useful diagnostic marker differentially expressed in triple-negative and non-triple-negative breast cancers. Hum Pathol 2015; 46(6): 876-883.
  • Woolbright BL, Dorko K, Antoine DJ, Clarke JI, Gholami P, Li F, Kumer SC, Schmitt TM, Forster J, Fan F, Jenkins RE, Park BK, Hagenbuch B, Olyaee M, Jaeschke H. Bile acid-induced necrosis in primary human hepatocytes and in patients with obstructive cholestasis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2015; 283(3): 168-177.
  • Zhao C, Moriarty AT, Ghofrani M, Husain M, Tambouret RH, Laucirica R, Laser A, Fischer A, Ocal IT, Souers RJ, Russell DK, Fan F, Crothers BA. Human Papillomavirus testing and reporting rates in 2012: results of a College of American Pathologists' National Survey. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2015;139(6):757-761.
  • Zhao C, Li Z, Nayar R, Levi AW, Winkler BA, Moriarty AT, Barkan GA, Rao J, Miller F, Fan F, Zhou Z, Si Q, Fischer AH, Sturgis CD, Jing X, Marshall CB, Witt BL, Birdsong GG, Crothers BA. Prior high-risk human papillomavirus testing and Papanicolaou test results of 70 invasive cervical carcinomas diagnosed in 2012: results of a retrospective multicenter study. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2015;139(2):184-188. 2014 Apr 2 [Epub ahead of print]
  • Dai H, Connor C, Cui W, Gatewood J, Fan F.* Bilateral diffuse tumorous pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: a case of bilateral mastectomy in a 29-year-old woman. Case Rep Pathol 2014;2014:250608. doi: 10.1155/2014/250608. Epub 2014 Dec 2.
  • Tawfik O, Rao O, Nothnick WB, Graham A, Mau B, Fan F. Transgelin, a novel marker of smooth muscle differentiation, effectively distinguishes endometrial stromal tumors from uterine smooth muscle tumors. Int J Gynecol Obstet Reprod Med Res 2014;1: 26-31.
  • Zou A, Lambert D, Yeh H, Yasukawa K, Behbod F, Fan F, Cheng N. Elevated CXCL1 expression in breast cancer stroma perdicts poor prognosis and is inversely associated with expression of TGF-b signaling proteins. BMC Cancer 2014;14:781-797.
  • Tawfik O, Davis M, Dillon S, Tawfik L, Diaz FJ, Fan F. Whole slide imaging of Pap cell block preparaions versus liquid-based Thin-layer cervical cytology: a comparative study evaluating the detection of organisms and nonneoplastic findings. Acta Cytol. 2014;58(4): 388-397.
  • 3Webster N, Fox C, Fan F*. Thyroid bed fine needle aspiration in patients after thyroidectomy- a useful follow-up tool with proposed diagnostic categories. Ann Diagn Pathol 2014;18(3):177-180.
  • Lu YF, Liu J, Wu KC, Qu Q, Fan F, Klaassen CD. Overexpression of Nrf2 protects against microcystin-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e93013. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093013.eCollection 2014.
  • Shatat L, Gloyeske N, Madan R, O’Neil M, Tawfik O, Fan F*. Microinvasive breast carcinoma carries an excellent prognosis regardless of the tumor characteristics.  Hum Pathol 2013; 44:2684-2689.
  • Saligram S, Fan F, Oropeza-Vail M, Gholami P, Olyaee M. Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in diagnosing solid pseudopapillary tumor. N Am J Med Sci 2013; 5:716-720.
  • Khalid A, Olyaee M, Tawfik O, Fan F*. Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration as a Diagnostic and Staging Tool for Rectal and Peri-rectal Lesions - An Institutional Experience. Ann Diagn Pathol 2013; 17: 494-497
  • Connor C., McGinness M, Mammen J, Ranallo L, Lafaver S, Klemp J, Fan F, Mahnken J. Axillary reverse mapping: a prospective study in women with clinically node negative and node positive breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013;20:3303-3307.
  • Rzouq F, Brown J, Fan F, Oropeza-Vail M, Sidorenko E, Gilroy R, Esfandyari T, Bonino J, Olyaee M. The utility of lower endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of benign and malignancy pelvic diseases. J Clin Gastroenterol 2013 Jun 6.[Epub ahead of print].
  • Boone J, Zhang D, Fan F*. Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis: a case report with unique clinical and histopathologic features. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2013; 43:91-95.
  • Tawfik K, Kimler BF, Davis MK, Fan F, Tawfik O. Ki-67 expression in axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer is prognostically significant. Hum Pathol 2013;44:39-46.
  • Fan F. Sentinel lymph node micrometastases and isolated tumor cells in breast cancer: An evolving field. Gland Surg 2012 Apr 10. DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2012.04.04
  • Gallagher R, Schafer G, Redick M, Inciradi M, Smith W, Fan F, Tawfik O. Microcalcifications of the breast: a mammographic-histologic correlation study using a newly designed Path/Rad Tissue Tray. Ann Diagn Pathol 2012; 16: 196-201.
  • Jacobs M, Fan F*, Tawfik O. Clinicopathological and biomarker analysis of invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma as compared to invasive classic lobular carcinoma: anexperience in our institution and review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol 2012; 16: 185-189.
  • Valdez KE, Fan F, Smith W, Medina D, Behbod F. Human primary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) subtype-specific pathology is preserved in a mouse intraductal (MIND) xenograft model. J of Pathol 2011; 225(4): 565-573.
  • Gloyeske NC, Goreal W, O'Neil MO, Connor C, Tawfik OW, Fan F*. Outcomes of breast cancer patients with micrometastasis and isolated tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes. In Vivo 2011; 25 (6): 997-1001.
  • Madan R, Khan EA, Cuka N, Olyaee M, Tawfik O, Fan F*. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions without Overt Cytologic Atypia: Proposed Diagnostic Categories with Utilization of Fluid Carcinoembryonic (CEA) Level. Acta Cytol 2012; 56: 34-40.
  • Stasik CJ, Davis M, Kimler BF, Fan F, Damjanov I, Thomas P, Tawfik OW. Grading ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast using an automated proliferation index. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2011; 41:122-130.
  • Tawfik K, Kimler BF, Davis MK, Fan F, Tawfik O. Prognostic significance of BCL-2 in invasive mammary carcinomas: a comparative clinicopathologic study between "triple-negative" and non-"triple-negative" tumors. Hum Pathol 2011 Jul 19. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Romain P, Madan R, Tawfik O, Damjanov I, Fan F*. Organotropism and prognostic marker discordance in distant metastases of breast carcinoma: fact or fiction? A clinicopathologic analysis. Hum Pathol 2011 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Dennis KL, Olyaee M, Thomas PA, Fan F*. Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: a rare entity diagnosed by endoscopic-ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol 2011 Mar 17. doi: 10.1002/dc.21674. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Tenny SO, McGinness M, Zhang D, Damjanov I, Fan F*. Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a breast mass and enlarged axillary lymph node mimicking malignancy: a case report and review of the literature. Breast J 2011; 17: 516-520.
  • Romain P, Muehlebach G, Damjanov I, Fan F*. Adenocarcinoma arising in an ectopic mediastinal pancreas: case report and review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol 2011 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Rastogi A, Wani SB, Gupta N, Singh V, Gaddam S, Reddymasu S, Ulusarac O, Fan F, Romanas M, Dennis KL, Sharma P, Bansal A, Oropeza-Vail MM, Olyaww MS.  A Prospective, Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) With and Without a Stylet. Gastrointest Endosc 2011; 74: 58-64.
  • Tawfik OW, Davis K, Kimler BF, Davis MK, Hull S, Fan F, Khan QJ, O'Dea P, Thomas P. Clinicopathological characteristics of triple-negative invasive mammary carcinomas in African-American versus Caucasian women.  Ann Clin Lab Sci 2010; 40: 315-323.
  • O'Neil M, Madan R, Tawfik OW, Thomas PA, Fan F*. Lobular carcinoma in-situ/atypical lobular hyperplasia on breast needle biopsies: does it warrant surgical excisional biopsy? A study of 27 cases. Ann Diagn Pathol 2010; 14: 251-255.
  • Zhang D, O'Neil M, Cunningham M, Fan F, Olyaee M, Li LH.  Abnormal Wnt signaling and stem cell activation in reactive and low-grade marginal zone lymphoma. Leukemia and Lymphoma 2010; 51: 906-910.
  • Damjanov I, Fan F. (Guest Editors) Editorial: Modern therapy related changes in tumors and adjacent normal tissues. The Open Path J 2009; 3: 43-44.
  • Fan F. Evaluation and reporting of breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The Open Path J 2009; 3: 51-56.
  • Wang X, Jakowski J, Tawfik O, Thomas P, Fan F*. Angiosarcoma of the breast: a clinicopathologic analysis of cases from the last 10 years. Ann Diagn Pathol 2009; 13:147-150.
  • Thomas J, Fan F. Renal oncocytoma: Fine-needle aspiration cytology and differential diagnosis. ASCP check sample, Cytopathology (C09-6), 2009; 37: 73-85.*
  • Stevens E, Kimler BF, Davis MK, Fan F, Thomas P, Wang X, Damjanov I, Tawfik OW. A newly proposed semi-automated method of grading invasive lobular carcinoma: a unifying concept and correlation with prognostic markers and patient survival. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2009; 39: 25-31.
  • Alkhatib W, Connor C, Fan F. Solitary positive sentinel lymph node accompanied by negative sentinel lymph node(s) is predictive of a negative completion axillary lymph node dissection. Am J Surg 2007; 194: 856-859.
  • Tawfik O, Kimler BF, Davis M, Stasik C, Lai SM, Mayo MS, Fan F, Donahue JK, Damjanov I, Thomas P, Connor C, Jewell WR, Smith H, Fabian CJ. Grading invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: advantage of using automated proliferation index instead of mitotic count. Virchows Arch 2007; 450: 627-636.
  • Hernandez-Rios P, Fan F*. Metastatic thymic carcinoma with hyaline stromal material mimicking adenoid cystic carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 2007; 35: 225-226.
  • Fan F, Smith W, Wang X, Jewell W, Thomas PA, Tawfik O. Myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast arising in an adenomyoepithelioma: a case report and review of the literature. Breast J 2007; 13: 203-204.
  • Damjanov I, Fan F. Chondrosarcomatous differentiation of a metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the uterus. Virchows Arch 2006; 449: 493-494.
  • Fan F, Hernandez P, Damjanov I, Dusing R. Metastasis of ovarian ependymoma to the liver diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. Acta Cytologica 2006; 50: 709-710.
  • Fan F, Namiq A, Tawfik O, Thomas P. Proposed prognostic score for breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration based on nuclear grade, cellular discohesion and bare atypical nuclei.  Diagn Cytopath 2006; 34: 542-546.
  • Wang X, Namiq A, Fan F*. A 55-year-old woman with a buccal mass.  Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006; 130: 77-78.
  • Tawfik OW, Kimler BF, Davis M, Donahue JK, Persons DL, Fan F, Hagemeister S, Connor C, Jewell W, Fabian CJ. Comparison of immunohistochemistry by automated cellular imaging system (ACIS) versus fluorescence in-situ hybridization in the evaluation of HER-2/neu expression in primary breast carcinoma. Histopathology 2006; 48: 258-267.
  • Fan F, Templeton K, Damjanov I. Epithelioid and cellular chordoma of sacrum: a diagnostic problem. Ann Diagn Pathol 2005; 9:139-142.
  • Fan F,  Deauna-Limayo D, Thrasher B, Damjanov I. Anaplastic plasmacytoma of the kidney. Histopathology 2005; 47: 432-433.
  • Namiq A, Fan F. Cryptococcal parotitis presenting as a cystic parotid mass: report of a case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol 2005; 33: 36-38.
  • Spagel K, Olyaee M, Fan F*. Pathology quiz case: a 39-year-old woman with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss. Menetrier disease. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2005; 129:417-418.
  • Namiq A, Fan F. Chronic endometritis, an added diagnostic value for Pap smear. Diagn Cytopathol 2004; 31: 397-398.
  • Chu W, Chapman J, Persons D, Fan, F*. Twin pregnancy with partial hydatidiform mole and coexisting fetus. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2004; 128: 1305-1306.
  • Fan F, Pietrow P, Wilson L, Romanas M, Tawfik O. Adrenal pseudocyst: a unique case with adrenal fusion, mimicking a cystic renal mass.  Ann Diagn Pathol 2003; 8: 87-90.
  • Nothnick WB, Fan F, Iczkowski KA, Ashwell R, Thomas P, Tawfik O. CD44s expression is reduced in endometriotic lesions compared to eutopic endometrium in women with endometriosis. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2001; 20: 140-146.
  • Fan F, Lee KR, Thrasher JB, Tawfik OW. Localized retroperitoneal fibrosis with perirenal involvement: a diagnostic challenge. J Urol Pathol 2000; 12: 117-122.