A systematic review of adult-onset clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (dermatomyositis sine myositis): a missing link within the spectrum of the idiopathic …

P Gerami, JM Schope, L McDonald, HW Walling… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Classical dermatomyositis (CDM) patients display the hallmark cutaneous
manifestations of dermatomyositis (DM), proximal muscle weakness, and laboratory evidence of …

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma

P Gerami, SS Jewell, LE Morrison… - The American journal …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Although the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of some melanomas is clear-cut, there are
many histopathologic simulators of melanoma that pose problems. Over-diagnosis of …

Gene expression profiling for molecular staging of cutaneous melanoma in patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy

P Gerami, RW Cook, MC Russell, J Wilkinson… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background A gene expression profile (GEP) test able to accurately identify risk of metastasis
for patients with cutaneous melanoma has been clinically validated. Objective We aimed …

Comprehensive Study of the Clinical Phenotype of Germline BAP1 Variant-Carrying Families Worldwide

…, TT Kivelä, H Tsao, JR Testa, P Gerami… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The BRCA1-associated protein-1 (BAP1) tumor predisposition syndrome (BAP1-TPDS)
is a hereditary tumor syndrome caused by germline pathogenic variants in BAP1 …

Genotypic and phenotypic features of BAP1 cancer syndrome: a report of 8 new families and review of cases in the literature

…, SR McCormick, CR Shea, H Tsao, P Gerami - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients with germline mutations inBAP1may develop several flesh-colored
melanocyticBAP1–mutated atypical intradermal tumors (MBAITs). These tumors generally …

A highly specific and discriminatory FISH assay for distinguishing between benign and malignant melanocytic neoplasms

P Gerami, G Li, P Pouryazdanparast… - The American journal …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
The diagnosis of certain melanocytic proliferations remains one of the most challenging areas
in pathology. In recent times, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has emerged as a …

Development of a prognostic genetic signature to predict the metastatic risk associated with cutaneous melanoma

P Gerami, RW Cook, J Wilkinson, MC Russell… - Clinical Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Purpose: The development of a genetic signature for the identification of high-risk cutaneous
melanoma tumors would provide a valuable prognostic tool with value for stage I and II …

Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides: an aggressive variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

P Gerami, S Rosen, T Kuzel, SL Boone… - Archives of …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To study the clinical features, therapeutic responses, and outcomes in patients
with folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (FMF) and to compare our single-center experience of …

Risk assessment for atypical spitzoid melanocytic neoplasms using FISH to identify chromosomal copy number aberrations

P Gerami, RA Scolyer, X Xu, DE Elder… - The American journal …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Risk assessment for atypical Spitz tumors remains an enigma for physicians. Many prognosticators
including sentinel lymph node biopsy fail to show the same prognostic significance in …

Histomorphologic assessment and interobserver diagnostic reproducibility of atypical spitzoid melanocytic neoplasms with long-term follow-up

P Gerami, K Busam, A Cochran, MG Cook… - The American journal …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Predicting clinical behavior of atypical Spitz tumors remains problematic. In this study, we
assessed interobserver agreement of diagnosis by 13 expert dermatopathologists for atypical …