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Marina N. Nikiforova is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a total of 150 publications.

Their research focuses on various subfields including Surgery, Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics. The division of their publications across these subfields includes 42 in Surgery, 32 in Oncology, 32 in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 18 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and 12 in Genetics.

Main research topics explored by Nikiforova include:

  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nikiforova are:

  • Abigail I. Wald (49 joint publications)
  • Aatur D. Singhi (40 joint publications)
  • Yuri E. Nikiforov (37 joint publications)
  • Kevin McGrath (28 joint publications)
  • Alessandro Paniccia (26 joint publications)

Nikiforova has published extensively in several academic venues, notably:

  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (19 publications)
  • Endocrine Related Cancer (8 publications)
  • Thyroid (7 publications)
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society (5 publications)
  • Gastroenterology (4 publications)

Some recent papers by Marina N. Nikiforova include:

  • "Prospective, Multi-Institutional, Real-Time Next-Generation Sequencing of Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Reveals Diverse Genomic Alterations That Improve the Clinical Management of Pancreatic Cysts" (2022, Gastroenterology)
  • "Non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: ATRX/DAXX and alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) are prognostically independent from ARX/PDX1 expression and tumour size" (2021, Gut)
  • "Risk assessment for distant metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer using molecular profiling: A matched case-control study" (2021, Cancer)
  • "Limitations of Detecting Genetic Variants from the RNA Sequencing Data in Tissue and Fine-Needle Aspiration Samples" (2020, Thyroid)
  • "Evaluation of the Molecular Landscape of Pediatric Thyroid Nodules and Use of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Children" (2022, JAMA Oncology)

Best Publications

  • High prevalence of BRAF mutations in thyroid cancer: genetic evidence for constitutive activation of the RET/PTC-RAS-BRAF signaling pathway in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

    Edna T. Kimura;Marina N. Nikiforova;Zhaowen Zhu;Jeffrey A. Knauf

  • Standards and Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and College of American Pathologists

    Marilyn M. Li;Michael Datto;Eric J. Duncavage;Shashikant Kulkarni

  • Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Raja R. Seethala;Giovanni Tallini;Zubair W. Baloch

  • BRAF Mutations in Thyroid Tumors Are Restricted to Papillary Carcinomas and Anaplastic or Poorly Differentiated Carcinomas Arising from Papillary Carcinomas

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Edna Teruko Kimura;Manoj Gandhi;Paul W. Biddinger

  • Molecular genetics and diagnosis of thyroid cancer

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Marina N. Nikiforova

  • Impact of Mutational Testing on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Prospective Analysis of 1056 FNA Samples

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;N. Paul Ohori;Steven P. Hodak;Sally E. Carty

  • RAS Point Mutations and PAX8-PPARγ Rearrangement in Thyroid Tumors: Evidence for Distinct Molecular Pathways in Thyroid Follicular Carcinoma

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Roy A. Lynch;Paul W. Biddinger;Erik K. Alexander

  • Molecular Testing for Mutations in Improving the Fine-Needle Aspiration Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;David L. Steward;Toni M. Robinson-Smith;Bryan R. Haugen

  • MicroRNA Expression Profiling of Thyroid Tumors: Biological Significance and Diagnostic Utility

    Marina N. Nikiforova;George C. Tseng;David Steward;Donna Diorio

  • Guidelines for Validation of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Oncology Panels: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology and College of American Pathologists.

    Lawrence J. Jennings;Maria E. Arcila;Christopher Corless;Suzanne Kamel-Reid;Suzanne Kamel-Reid

  • Proximity of Chromosomal Loci That Participate in Radiation-Induced Rearrangements in Human Cells

    Marina N. Nikiforova;James R. Stringer;Ruthann Blough;Mario Medvedovic

  • Oncogenic AKAP9-BRAF fusion is a novel mechanism of MAPK pathway activation in thyroid cancer.

    Raffaele Ciampi;Jeffrey A. Knauf;Roswitha Kerler;Manoj Gandhi

  • Highly accurate diagnosis of cancer in thyroid nodules with follicular neoplasm/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm cytology by ThyroSeq v2 next-generation sequencing assay.

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Sally E. Carty;Simon I. Chiosea;Christopher Coyne

  • Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Panel (ThyroSeq) for Detection of Mutations in Thyroid Cancer

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Abigail I. Wald;Somak Roy;Mary Beth Durso

  • Molecular profile and clinical-pathologic features of the follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. An unusually high prevalence of ras mutations.

    Zhaowen Zhu;Manoj Gandhi;Marina N. Nikiforova;Andrew H. Fischer

  • PAX8-PPARγ rearrangement in thyroid tumors: RT-PCR and immunohistochemical analyses

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Paul W. Biddinger;Christy M. Caudill;Todd G. Kroll

  • Impact of the Multi-Gene ThyroSeq Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance Cytology

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Sally E. Carty;Simon I. Chiosea;Christopher Coyne

  • Molecular diagnostics and predictors in thyroid cancer

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Yuri E. Nikiforov

  • Performance of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Thyroid Nodules With Indeterminate Cytology: A Prospective Blinded Multicenter Study.

    David L. Steward;Sally E. Carty;Rebecca S. Sippel;Samantha Peiling Yang

  • Molecular genetics of thyroid cancer: implications for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

    Marina N Nikiforova;Yuri E Nikiforov

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuri E. Nikiforov
Yuri E. Nikiforov University of Pittsburgh
Ronald L. Hamilton
Ronald L. Hamilton University of Pittsburgh
Raja R. Seethala
Raja R. Seethala University of Pittsburgh
Randall E. Brand
Randall E. Brand University of Pittsburgh
Craig Horbinski
Craig Horbinski Northwestern University
David L. Bartlett
David L. Bartlett University of Pittsburgh
Ian F. Pollack
Ian F. Pollack University of Pittsburgh
Herbert J. Zeh
Herbert J. Zeh The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
James A. Fagin
James A. Fagin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Samuel A. Yousem
Samuel A. Yousem University of Pittsburgh

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