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Markku Martti Miettinen, M.D., Ph.D.

Markku Martti Miettinen, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Senior Clinician
Laboratory of Pathology
Head, General Surgical Pathology Section

RESEARCH SUMMARY

The mission of Division of the Surgical Pathology is to provide the most accurate and timely pathology consultations serving the clinical trials of the NCI/NIH using the latest technology integrated in morphologic evaluation. Dr. Miettinen's research interests include pathology of soft tissue tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). His group has delineated the prognostication system for GIST and clinicopathologic profile or GISTs of different sites. Current work includes prognostic, molecular, and biomarker analysis of sporadic and syndromic GISTs and evaluation of new diagnostic markers for soft tissue sarcomas and related tumors.

Areas of Expertise

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Publications

Selected Recent Publications

Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Gene Rearrangement in Children and Young Adults With Mesothelioma

Mian I, Abdullaev Z, Morrow B, Kaplan RN, Gao S, Miettinen M, Schrump DS, Zgonc V, Wei JS, Khan J, Pack S, Hassan R.
J Thorac Oncol. 15(3): 457-61, 2020. [ Journal Article ]

A Phase II Trial of Vandetanib in Children and Adults with Succinate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Glod J, Arnaldez FI, Wiener L, Spencer M, Killian JK, Meltzer P, Dombi E, Derse-Anthony C, Derdak J, Srinivasan R, Linehan WM, Miettinen M, Steinberg SM, Helman L, Widemann BC.
Clin Cancer Res. 25(21): 6302-8, 2019. [ Journal Article ]

Primary malignant melanoma of esophagus: clinicopathologic characterization of 20 cases including molecular genetic profiling of 15 tumors

Lasota J, Kowalik A, Felisiak-Golabek A, Zięba S, Waloszczyk P, Masiuk M, Wejman J, Szumilo J, Miettinen M.
Mod Pathol. 32(7): 957-66, 2019. [ Journal Article ]

ASXL3 Is a Novel Pluripotency Factor in Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Shukla V, Rao M, Zhang H, Beers J, Wangsa D, Wangsa D, Buishand FO, Wang Y, Yu Z, Stevenson HS, Reardon ES, McLoughlin KC, Kaufman AS, Payabyab EC, Hong JA, Zhang M, Davis S, Edelman D, Chen G, Miettinen MM, Restifo NP, Ried T, Meltzer PA, Schrump DS.
Cancer Res. 77(22): 6267-81, 2017. [ Journal Article ]

Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma: a clinicopathologic analysis of 104 cases, with emphasis on predictors of outcome

Laskin WB, Fetsch JF, Miettinen M.
Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 38: 41651, 2014. [ Journal Article ]

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Modern Soft Tissue Pathology - cover

Modern Soft Tissue Pathology

Published Date

This book comprehensively covers modern soft tissue pathology and includes both tumors and non-neoplastic entities. Soft tissues make up a large bulk of the human body, and they are susceptible to a wide range of diseases. Many soft-tissue tumors are biologically very aggressive, and the chance of them metastasizing to vital organs is quite high. In recent years, the outlook for soft-tissue cancers has brightened dramatically due to the increased accuracy of the pathologist's tools. All methods of diagnosis are covered here, with an emphasis on the newest immunoassays and other genetic, molecular, and immunologic diagnostic modalities. This book's systematic description of benign and malignant primary soft tissue tumors with didactic, comprehensive panels of illustrations allows the reader to formulate a complete understanding of the morphology of tumor entities at one glance. The book covers both the most common tumor entities and more unusual diseases using more than 1,500 color images, making it a resource for beginning and senior pathologists.

Citation

M. Miettenen, ed. (2010). Modern Soft Tissue Pathology Tumors and Non-Neoplastic Conditions. New York, NY:  Cambridge University Press.