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Robert H. Young is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the field of medicine, with a specialization in reproductive medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology. Their research spans over 140 publications, focusing primarily on diagnostic and treatment methods related to various cancers and diseases within these fields.

Their notable areas of study include ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, sarcoma diagnosis and treatment, uterine myomas and treatments, testicular diseases and treatments, endometrial and cervical cancer treatments, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, and gestational trophoblastic disease studies.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their work include:

  • Esther Oliva
  • Kyle M. Devins
  • Jaclyn C. Watkins
  • Jennifer A. Bennett
  • Sabrina Croce

Robert H. Young has published extensively in several recognized venues such as:

  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • International Journal of Gynecological Pathology
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Modern Pathology
  • Histopathology

Some of the recent papers associated with their research include:

  • Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumor (UTROSCT), 2020, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • A Distinctive Adnexal (Usually Paratubal) Neoplasm Often Associated With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome and Characterized by STK11 Alterations (STK11 Adnexal Tumor), 2021, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary, 2020, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • High-grade transformation of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas lacking YWHAE and BCOR genetic abnormalities, 2020, Modern Pathology
  • Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine corpus: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis of 21 cases highlighting a frequent association with DICER1 mutations, 2021, Modern Pathology

Best Publications

  • WHO classification of tumours of female reproductive organs

    Robert J. Kurman;Maria Luisa Carcangiu;C. Simon Herrington;Robert H. Young

  • The World Health Organization/International Society of Urological Pathology consensus classification of urothelial (transitional cell) neoplasms of the urinary bladder

    Jonathan I. Epstein;Mahul B. Amin;Victor R. Reuter;Fathollah K. Mostofi

  • Tumors of the ovary, maldeveloped gonads, fallopian tube, and broad ligament

    Robert E. Scully;Robert H. Young;Philip B. Clement

  • Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: a clinicopathologic analysis of 107 cases

    Joseph Misdraji;Rhonda K. Yantiss;Fiona M. Graeme-Cook;Ulysses J. Balis

  • Juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the ovary. A clinicopathological analysis of 125 cases.

    Robert Young;G. Dickersin;Robert Scully

  • Advanced prostate cancer: The results of a randomized comparative trial of high dose irradiation boosting with conformal protons compared with conventional dose irradiation using photons alone

    William U. Shipley;Lynn J. Verhey;John E. Munzenrider;Herman D. Suit

  • Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. A clinicopathological analysis of 150 cases

    Robert H. Young;Esther Oliva;Robert E. Scully

  • Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 207 Cases

    Robert H. Young;Robert E. Scully

  • Ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules. Review of 74 cases including 27 with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and four with adenoma malignum of the cervix†

    Robert H. Young;William R. Welch;G. Richard Dickersin;Robert E. Scully

  • Leydig cell tumors of the testis. A clinicopathological analysis of 40 cases and review of the literature.

    Insun Kim;Robert H. Young;Robert E. Scully

  • Recurrent Somatic DICER1 Mutations in Nonepithelial Ovarian Cancers

    Alireza Heravi-Moussavi;Michael S Anglesio;S-W Grace Cheng;Janine Senz

  • An immunohistochemical analysis of endometrial stromal and smooth muscle tumors of the uterus: a study of 54 cases emphasizing the importance of using a panel because of overlap in immunoreactivity for individual antibodies.

    Esther Oliva;Robert H Young;Mahul B Amin;Philip B Clement

  • Mucinous tumors of the appendix associated with mucinous tumors of the ovary and pseudomyxoma peritonei. A clinicopathological analysis of 22 cases supporting an origin in the appendix.

    Robert Young;C. Gilks;Robert Scully

  • Transitional cell neoplasms (carcinomas and inverted papillomas) of the uterine cervix: a report of five cases

    Jorge Albores-saavedra;Robert H. Young

  • The distinction between primary and metastatic mucinous carcinomas of the ovary: gross and histologic findings in 50 cases

    Kenneth R Lee;Robert H Young

  • Non-endometrioid carcinomas of the uterine corpus: a review of their pathology with emphasis on recent advances and problematic aspects.

    Philip B Clement;Robert H Young

  • Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma of the Kidney. A Report of Five Cases With a Prominent and Diagnostically Confusing Epithelioid Smooth Muscle Component

    J.N. Eble;M.B. Amin;R.H. Young

  • Krukenberg tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic analysis of 120 cases with emphasis on their variable pathologic manifestations.

    Takako Kiyokawa;Robert H Young;Robert E Scully

  • Adenoma malignum (minimal deviation adenocarcinoma) of the uterine cervix. A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 26 cases.

    C. Gilks;Robert Young;Pascasio Aguirre;Ronald DeLellis

  • Endometriosis of the intestinal tract: a study of 44 cases of a disease that may cause diverse challenges in clinical and pathologic evaluation.

    Rhonda K. Yantiss;Philip B. Clement;Robert H. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Scully
Robert E. Scully Harvard University
Esther Oliva
Esther Oliva Harvard University
Thomas M. Ulbright
Thomas M. Ulbright Indiana University
Mahul B. Amin
Mahul B. Amin University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Judith A. Ferry
Judith A. Ferry Harvard University
John R. Srigley
John R. Srigley University of Toronto
Andrew E. Rosenberg
Andrew E. Rosenberg University of Miami
Jaime Prat
Jaime Prat Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jonathan I. Epstein
Jonathan I. Epstein Johns Hopkins University
Victor E. Reuter
Victor E. Reuter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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