Carol Cheung

Recent Publications

Cheung CC, D’Arrigo C, Dietel M, Francis GD, Fulton R, Gilks CB, Hall JA, Hornick JL, Ibrahim M, Marchetti A, Miller K, van Krieken JH, Nielsen S, Swanson PE, Taylor CR, Vyberg M, Zhou X, Torlakovic EE.  Evolution of Quality Assurance for Clinical Immunohistochemistry in the Era of Precision Medicine - Part 4: Tissue Tools for the Clinical Laboratory. From the International Society for Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (ISIMM) and International Quality Network for Pathology (IQN Path). Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol.  2017 Jan;25(1):4-11. PubMed PMID: 27922482.

Torlakovic EE, Cheung CC, D’Arrigo C, Dietel M, Francis GD, Gilks CB, Hall JA, Hornick JL, Ibrahim M, Marchetti A, Miller K, van Krieken JH, Nielsen S, Swanson PE, Vyberg M, Zhou X, Taylor CR.  Evolution of Quality Assurance for Clinical Immunohistochemistry in the Era of Precision Medicine - Part 3: Technical Validation of Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Assays in Clinical IHC Laboratories. From the International Society for Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (ISIMM) and International Quality Network for Pathology (IQN Path).  Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphology. In Press.

Torlakovic EE, Cheung CC, D’Arrigo C, Dietel M, Francis GD, Gilks CB, Hall JA, Hornick JL, Ibrahim M, Marchetti A, Miller K, van Krieken JH, Nielsen S, Swanson PE, Vyberg M, Zhou X, Taylor CR.  Evolution of Quality Assurance for Clinical Immunohistochemistry in the Era of Precision Medicine - Part 2: Immunohistochemistry Test Performance Characteristics. From the International Society for Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (ISIMM) and International Quality Network for Pathology (IQN Path). Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2017 Feb;25(2):79-85 .

Cheung CC, D’Arrigo C, Dietel M, Francis GD, Gilks CB, Hall JA, Hornick JL, Ibrahim M, Marchetti A, Miller K, van Krieken JH, Nielsen S, Swanson PE, Taylor CR, Vyberg M, Zhou X, Torlakovic EE.  Evolution of Quality Assurance for Clinical Immunohistochemistry in the Era of Precision Medicine - Part 1: Fit-for-purpose Approach to Classification of Clinical Immunohistochemistry Biomarkers. From the International Society for Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (ISIMM) and International Quality Network for Pathology (IQN Path). Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2017 Jan;25(1):4-11.

Cheung CC, Taylor CR, Torlakovic EE. An Audit of Failed Immunohistochemical Stains in a Clinical Laboratory: the Role of On-Slide Controls. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2015 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print].  

Cheung CC, Garratt J, Won J, Cutz JC, Gilks CB, Tsao MS, Torlakovic EE. Developing ALK Immunohistochemistry and In situ hybridization Proficiency Testing for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Canada: Canadian Immunohistochemistry Quality Control Challenges and Successes. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2015 Nov-Dec;23(10)677-82. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000267.

Downes M, Pintilie M. Chung P. Cheung C, van der Kwast T. Assessment of intravascular granulomas in testicular seminomas and their association with tumour relapse and dissemination. Journal of Clinical Pathology. J Clin Pathol. 2015 Jul 20. pii: jclinpath-2015-202997. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-202997. [Epub ahead of print].

Cheung CC, Torlakovic EE, Porwit A. The Role of Diagnostic Tissue in Research. Pathobiology. 2015 Mar 16;81(5-6):298-303.

Cheung CC, Torlakovic EE, Chow H, Snover DC, Asa SL. Modeling complexity in pathologist workload measurement: the Automatable Activity-Based Approach to Complexity Unit Scoring (AABACUS). Modern Pathology. 2015 Mar;28(3):324-339.

Cheung CC, Banerjee D, Barnes PJ, Berendt RC, Butany J, Canil S, Clarke BA, El-Zimaity H, Garratt J, Geldenhuys L, Gilks CB, Manning L, Mengel M, Perez-Ordonez B, Pilavdzic D, Riddell R, Swanson PE, Torlakovic EE. Canadian Association of Pathologists–Association canadienne des pathologistes National Standards Committee for High Complexity Testing/Immunohistochemistry: Guidelines for the Preparation, Release, and Storage of Unstained Archived Diagnostic Tissue Sections For Immunohistochemistry. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2014 Nov;142(5):629-633.

Downes MR, Dickson BC, Cheung CC. Anastomosing haemangioma of kidney: morphologic features and diagnostic considerations of an unusual vasoformative tumour. Diagnostic Histopathology. 2014 May;20(5):208-212.

Cheung CC. Issues with diagnostic tissue: a practical approach from a Canadian perspective. Diagnostic Histopathology. 2013 Sep;19(9):337-342.

Cheung CC, Martin BR, Asa SL. Defining diagnostic tissue in the era of personalized medicine. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2012 Jul 23 [Epub]. 2013 Feb 5;185(2):135-9 [Print].

Berger T, Ueda T, Arpaia E, Chio II, Shirdel EA, Jurisica I, Hamada K, You-Ten A, Haight J, Wakeham A, Cheung CC, Mak TW. Flotillin-2 deficiency leads to reduced lung metastases in a mouse breast cancer model. Oncogene. 2012 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print].

Ryan P, Finelli A, Lawrentschuk N, Fleshner N, Sweet J, Cheung C, van der Kwast T, Evans A. Prostatic needle biopsies following primary high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy for prostatic adenocarcinoma: histopathological features in tumour and non-tumour tissue. Journal Clinical Pathology. 2012 Aug;65(8):729-34.

Cheung CC, Neufeld H, Lining LA, Pilavdzic D, Quenneville L, Garratt J, Gilks B, Torlakovic EE. The Laboratory  Score/Reference Method Score Ratio (LSRSR) is a novel tool for monitoring laboratory performance in immunohistochemistry proficiency testing of hormone receptors in breast cancer – the CIQC Experience. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2011 Jul;136(1):67-73. Principal Author.