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Thomas Mentzel is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has a research focus primarily in Medicine, with 129 publications. Their work spans multiple subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rheumatology, and Dermatology.

Their research covers a variety of main topics such as:

  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
  • Tumors and Oncological Cases
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions
  • Cardiac tumors and thrombi
  • Soft tissue tumor case studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Thomas Mentzel has published in several frequently appearing academic venues, including:

  • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
  • Modern Pathology
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
  • Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Recurrent Fusions Between YAP1 and KMT2A in Morphologically Distinct Neoplasms Within the Spectrum of Low-grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma and Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma, 2020, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the genitourinary tract: evidence for a distinct DICER1-associated subgroup, 2021, Modern Pathology
  • Myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma-a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, molecular genetic and epigenetic study of 12 cases, suggesting a possible relationship with conventional pleomorphic liposarcoma, 2021, Modern Pathology
  • The clinicopathologic spectrum and genomic landscape of de-/trans-differentiated melanoma, 2021, Modern Pathology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Mar Llamas-Velasco, Anne Lene Wagenblast, David Hebbelstrup Jensen, Michael Mørk Petersen, and Mikkel Herly, each having contributed to eight joint publications.

Thomas Mentzel also contributed to book publications, including one titled Nonmelanocytic Tumors of the Skin published by American Registry of Pathology Arlington, Virginia eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms of soft tissue and gynecologic origin: a clinicopathologic study of 26 cases and review of the literature.

    Andrew L Folpe;Thomas Mentzel;Hans-Anton Lehr;Cyril Fisher

  • Most osteomalacia-associated mesenchymal tumors are a single histopathologic entity: an analysis of 32 cases and a comprehensive review of the literature.

    Andrew L. Folpe;Julie C. Fanburg-Smith;Steven D. Billings;Michele Bisceglia

  • Myxofibrosarcoma. Clinicopathologic analysis of 75 cases with emphasis on the low-grade variant.

    Thomas Mentzel;Eduardo Calonje;Catherine Wadden;Richard S. Camplejohn

  • Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of skin and soft tissues: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 30 cases

    Thomas Mentzel;Alfred Beham;Eduardo Calonje;Detlef Katenkamp

  • Fibrosarcomatous ("high-grade") dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of a series of 41 cases with emphasis on prognostic significance.

    T. Mentzel;A. Beham;D. Katenkamp;A. P. Dei Tos

  • Dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Clinicopathologic analysis of 32 cases suggesting a better prognostic subgroup among pleomorphic sarcomas

    Deirdre McCormick;Thomas Mentzel;Alfred Beham;Christopher D.M. Fletcher

  • Low-Grade Myofibroblastic Sarcoma: Analysis of 18 Cases in the Spectrum of Myofibroblastic Tumors

    Thomas Mentzel;Sarah Dry;Detlef Katenkamp;Christopher D.M. Fletcher

  • Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling

    Christian Koelsche;Christian Koelsche;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf;Damian Stichel;Martin Sill

  • Mutations of the BRAF gene in benign and malignant melanocytic lesions.

    Amir S. Yazdi;Gabriele Palmedo;Michael J. Flaig;Ursula Puchta

  • Solitary fibrous tumour: clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural analysis of 12 cases arising in soft tissues, nasal cavity and nasopharynx, urinary bladder and prostate

    T Mentzel;T C Bainbridge;D Katenkamp

  • Postradiation cutaneous angiosarcoma after treatment of breast carcinoma is characterized by MYC amplification in contrast to atypical vascular lesions after radiotherapy and control cases: clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of 66 cases.

    T Mentzel;H U Schildhaus;G Palmedo;R Büttner

  • Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: clinicopathological analysis of eleven new cases in support of a distinct entity

    J.R. Goodlad;T. Mentzel;C.D.M. Fletcher

  • Pleomorphic liposarcoma: clinicopathologic analysis of 57 cases.

    Jason L Hornick;Marcus W Bosenberg;Thomas Mentzel;Máirín E McMenamin

  • Cellular benign fibrous histiocytoma : clinicopathologic analysis of 74 cases of a distinctive variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma with frequent recurrence

    E. Calonje;T. Mentzel;C. D. M. Fletcher

  • Myopericytoma of skin and soft tissues: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 54 cases.

    Thomas Mentzel;Angelo P. Dei Tos;Zoltan Sapi;Heinz Kutzner

  • Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in adults: a clinicopathologic study of 38 cases with emphasis on morphologic variants and recent skeletal muscle-specific markers.

    Mary A Furlong;Thomas Mentzel;Julie C Fanburg-Smith

  • Infantile hemangiopericytoma versus infantile myofibromatosis. Study of a series suggesting a continuous spectrum of infantile myofibroblastic lesions.

    Thomas Mentzel;Eduardo Calonje;Antonio G. Nascimento;Christopher D.m. Fletcher

  • Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations occur in epidermal nevi and seborrheic keratoses with a characteristic mutation pattern.

    Christian Hafner;Elena López-Knowles;Nuno M. Luis;Agustí Toll

  • Angioinvasive lymphomatoid papulosis: a new variant simulating aggressive lymphomas.

    Werner Kempf;Dmitry V. Kazakov;Leo Schärer;Arno Rütten

  • Mutations of the BRAF gene in benign and malignant melanocytic lesions. Commentary

    Amir S. Yazdi;Gabriele Palmedo;Michael J. Flaig;Ursula Puchta

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher D.M. Fletcher
Christopher D.M. Fletcher Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eduardo Calonje
Eduardo Calonje St Thomas' Hospital
Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Michal Michal
Michal Michal Charles University
Alexander Enk
Alexander Enk Heidelberg University
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Dirk Schadendorf
Dirk Schadendorf University of Duisburg-Essen
Arndt Hartmann
Arndt Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Antje Sucker
Antje Sucker University of Duisburg-Essen

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