Dr. Marina N Nikiforova MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
200 Lothrop St Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Marina Nikiforova is a pathologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Nikiforova is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Nikiforova can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Nikiforova may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Minsk Univ Med Inst MD
Minsk Univ Med Inst 1985
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Molecular testing for mutations in improving the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
- The role of KRAS mutation testing in the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
- Diagnostic use of IDH1/2 mutation analysis in routine clinical testing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded glioma tissues.
- EGFR fluorescence in situ hybridization-positive lung adenocarcinoma: incidence of coexisting KRAS and BRAF mutations.
- Detection of IDH1 and IDH2 mutations by fluorescence melting curve analysis as a diagnostic tool for brain biopsies.
- A reappraisal of the MECT1/MAML2 translocation in salivary mucoepidermoid carcinomas.
- miRNA expression profiling of lung adenocarcinomas: correlation with mutational status.
- Molecular diagnostics of gliomas.
- MicroRNA signature distinguishes the degree of aggressiveness of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
- Molecular genetics and diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
- Impact of mutational testing on the diagnosis and management of patients with cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules: a prospective analysis of 1056 FNA samples.
- The importance of 10q status in an outcomes-based comparison between 1p/19q fluorescence in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction-based microsatellite loss of heterozygosity analysis of oligodendrogliomas.
- Mutant allele-specific imbalance modulates prognostic impact of KRAS mutations in colorectal adenocarcinoma and is associated with worse overall survival.
- Paradoxical relationship between the degree of EGFR amplification and outcome in glioblastomas.
- MicroRNA expression array identifies novel diagnostic markers for conventional and oncocytic follicular thyroid carcinomas.
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