Markku Martti Miettinen
General Surgical Pathology Section
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Miettinen earned the degrees of M.D. in 1977 and Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Helsinki Medical School, where he also completed his residency in anatomic pathology in 1982. Previously he served as a Chairman and Registrar and Distinguished Scientist of the Department of Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Pathology in the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for 15 years and Professor of Pathology and attending pathologist in the Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was also an attending pathologist and assistant professor of pathology in the University of Helsinki and the affiliated hospitals. He serves in the editorial boards of American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Human Pathology, Journal of Pathology, and Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology.
Research Interest
Cancer Biology, Clinical Research
Publications
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Immunohistochemistry of soft tissue tumours - review with emphasis on 10 markers. Miettinen M. Histopathology. 64: 101-18, 2014.
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GATA3: a multispecific but potentially useful marker in surgical pathology: a systematic analysis of 2500 epithelial and nonepithelial tumors. Miettinen M, McCue PA, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Rys J, Czapiewski P, Wazny K, Langfort R, Waloszczyk P, Biernat W, Lasota J, Wang Z. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 38: 13-22, 2014.
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Characterization of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 in small-cell lung cancer. Thomas A, Lee JH, Abdullaev Z, Park KS, Pineda M, Saidkhodjaeva L, Miettinen M, Wang Y, Pack SD, Giaccone G. J Thorac Oncol. 9: 567-71, 2014.
