Marluce Bibbo, M.D., Sc.D.

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132 South 10th Street
Main Building, Suite 260
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-1197
(215) 955-2426 fax

Medical School
M.D., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1968

Sc. D., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1968

University Appointment
Warren R. Lang Professor

Other Professional Appointments
Director of Cytopathology Residency program TJUH

Editor, Comprehensive Cytopathology, 3rEd, Saunders/Elsevier

Editor-in-Chief Acta Cytologica Acta Cytologica

Past President American Society Cytology

Past President International Academy Cytology

Research and Clinical Interests
Diagnostic Cytopathology in Pap samples, body fluids and fine needle aspirates from breast, head & neck, thyroid, pancreas, liver, lung, lymph nodes, abdominal masses, bone and soft tissue, kidney, adrenal lesions;

Urovysion FISH assay in urine samples;

Cell Image Analysis;

Application of molecular techniques in Cytopathology;

Evaluation of new technologies in Cytopathology;

Biomarkers for breast carcinoma and distant metastases.

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. The Potential Value of Phosphohistone-H3 Mitotic Index Determined by Digital Image Analysis in the Assessment of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors in Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Specimens
2. Ureteroscopic management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) in patients with Lynch Syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome)
3. Lung carcinoma in the era of personalized medicine: The role of cytology
4. Classification of the four main types of lung cancer using a microRNA-based diagnostic assay
5. Molecular analysis of centrifugation supernatant fluid from pancreaticobiliary duct samples can improve cancer detection
6. Does mitosis-specific marker phosphohistone H3 help the grading of upper tract urothelial carcinomas in cell blocks?
7. Targeted cyst wall puncture and aspiration during EUS-FNA increases the diagnostic yield of premalignant and malignant pancreatic cysts
8. Assessment of fine needle aspiration specimen adequacy for high-risk HPV detection and genotyping in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
9. Thyroid FNA: Challenges and opportunities
10. The added value of molecular testing in small pancreatic cysts
11. Milestones in the publishing history of Acta cytologica
12. Voided urine fluorescence in situ hybridization testing for upper tract urothelial carcinoma surveillance
13. Making the diagnosis with only two levels of nongynecologic cell blocks as opposed to three is more cost effective
14. Identification of gastrointestinal contamination in endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic fine needle aspiration
15. Correlation of positron emission tomography with fine needle aspiration biopsies in head and neck malignancy
16. Thyroid fine needle aspiration
17. Fine needle aspiration of salivary glands
18. Expression of K homology domain containing protein (KOC) in pancreatic cytology with corresponding histology
19. Cytologic accuracy of samples obtained by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
20. The declining pap test: An omen of extinction or an opportunity for reform?

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