Positions
- Professor
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Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- Advanced Training from Vanderbilt University Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1991 - Nashville, TN United States
- Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1990 - Houston, TX United States
- Advanced Training from Vanderbilt University Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1989 - Nashville, TN United States
- Advanced Training from East Tennessee State University Medical School
- 01/1985 - Johnson City, TN United States
- Advanced Training from Tulane University Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1983 - New Orleans, LA United States
- M.D. from University Centrode Estudios Tecnicos, Dominican Rep.
- 01/1983 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- B.A. from University Of South Florida
- 01/1979 - Tampa, FL United States
- A.A. from University Of South Florida
- 01/1977 - Tampa, FL United States
Websites
Selected Publications
- Zahnow CA, Cardiff RD, Laucirica R, Medina D, Rosen JM "A role for CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta-liver-enriched inhibitory protein in mammary epithelial cell proliferation.." Cancer Res.. 2001 Jan 1;61(1):261-9. Pubmed PMID: 11196172
- Gupta V, Barzilla JE, Mendez JS, Stephens EH, Lee EL, Collard CD, Laucirica R, Weigel PH, Grande-Allen KJ "Abundance and location of proteoglycans and hyaluronan within normal and myxomatous mitral valves.." Cardiovasc. Pathol..;18(4):191-7. Pubmed PMID: 18621549
- Jones JM, Attardi L, Godley LA, Laucirica R, Medina D, Jacks T, Varmus HE, Donehower LA "Absence of p53 in a mouse mammary tumor model promotes tumor cell proliferation without affecting apoptosis.." Cell Growth Differ.. 1997 Aug;8(8):829-38. Pubmed PMID: 9269892
- Granville LA, Laucirica R, Verstovsek G "Clinical significance of cultures collected from fine-needle aspiration biopsy.." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 2008 Feb;36(2):85-8. Pubmed PMID: 18181190
- Laucirica R, Schwartz MR "Clinical utility of flow cytometry in body fluid cytology: to flow or not to flow? That is the question.." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 2001 May;24(5):305-6. Pubmed PMID: 11335958
- McKenzie LJ, El-Zimaity H, Krotz S, Laucirica R, Carson S, Buster JE "Comparative genomic hybridization of ectopic pregnancies that fail methotrexate therapy.." Fertil. Steril.. 2005 Nov;84(5):1517-9. Pubmed PMID: 16275259
- Clayton AC, Bentz JS, Wasserman PG, Schwartz MR, Souers RJ, Chmara BA, Laucirica R, Clary KM, Moriarty AT "Comparison of ThinPrep Preparations to Other Preparation Types in Gastrointestinal Cytology: Observations From the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2010 Aug;134(8):1116-20. Pubmed PMID: 20670130
- Hadsell DL, Murphy KL, Bonnette SG, Reece N, Laucirica R, Rosen JM "Cooperative interaction between mutant p53 and des(1-3)IGF-I accelerates mammary tumorigenesis.." Oncogene. 2000 Feb 17;19(7):889-98. Pubmed PMID: 10702797
- Rosen D, Herrington B, Bhargava P, Laucirica R, Verstovsek G "Correlation of tissue biopsy and fine needle aspiration cytology with positron emission tomography results.." Patholog Res Int. 2011;2011:323051. Pubmed PMID: 21559200
- Laucirica R, Font RL "Cytologic evaluation of lymphoproliferative lesions of the orbit/ocular adnexa: an analysis of 46 cases.." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 1996 Sep;15(3):241-5. Pubmed PMID: 8955609
- Font RL, Laucirica R, Ramzy I "Cytologic evaluation of tumors of the orbit and ocular adnexa: an analysis of 84 cases studied by the squash technique"."." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 1994;10(2):135-42. Pubmed PMID: 8187592
- Laucirica R, Mody D, MacLeay L, Kearns RJ, Ramzy I "Adamantinoma. A case report with aspiration cytology and differential diagnostic and immunohistochemical considerations.." Acta Cytol..;36(6):951-6. Pubmed PMID: 1449035
- Laucirica R, Ostrowski ML "Cytology of nonneoplastic occupational and environmental diseases of the lung and pleura.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2007 Nov;131(11):1700-8. Pubmed PMID: 17979490
- Kuperwasser C, Hurlbut GD, Kittrell FS, Dickinson ES, Laucirica R, Medina D, Naber SP, Jerry DJ "Development of spontaneous mammary tumors in BALB/c p53 heterozygous mice. A model for Li-Fraumeni syndrome.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2000 Dec;157(6):2151-9. Pubmed PMID: 11106587
- Madjidi A, Cole P, Laucirica R "Digital acrometastasis: a rare initial sign of occult pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma.." 2009 Oct;62(10):e365-7. Pubmed PMID: 18640087
- Mann S, Laucirica R, Carlson N, Younes PS, Ali N, Younes A, Li Y, Younes M "Estrogen receptor beta expression in invasive breast cancer.." Hum. Pathol.. 2001 Jan;32(1):113-8. Pubmed PMID: 11172304
- Laucirica R, Bentz JS, Souers RJ, Wasserman PG, Crothers BA, Clayton AC, Henry MR, Chmara BA, Clary KM, Fraig MM, Moriarty AT "Do liquid-based preparations of urinary cytology perform differently than classically prepared cases? Observations from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2010 Jan;134(1):19-22. Pubmed PMID: 20073599
- Jeanty P, Laucirica R, Luna SK "Extra-amniotic pregnancy. A trip to the extraembryonic coelom.." J Ultrasound Med. 1990 Dec;9(12):733-6. Pubmed PMID: 2277404
- Laucirica R, Farnum JB, Leopold SK, Kalin GB, Youngberg GA "False-positive diagnosis in fine-needle aspiration of an atypical Warthin's tumor: histochemical differential stains for cytodiagnosis.." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 1989;5(4):412-5. Pubmed PMID: 2482156
- Rosen DG, Laucirica R, Verstovsek G "Fine needle aspiration of male breast lesions.." Acta Cytol..;53(4):369-74. Pubmed PMID: 19697719
- Laucirica R, Schwartz MR, Ramzy I "Fine needle aspiration of pancreatic cystic epithelial neoplasms.." Acta Cytol..;36(6):881-6. Pubmed PMID: 1449026
- Youngberg GA, Laucirica R, Leicht SS "Frequency of occurrence of diagnostic cytologic parameters in basal cell carcinoma. A retrospective review of 25 cases.." Am. J. Clin. Pathol.. 1989 Jan;91(1):24-30. Pubmed PMID: 2910013
- Younes M, Brown RW, Mody DR, Fernandez L, Laucirica R "GLUT1 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with known prognostic markers.." Anticancer Res..;15(6):2895-8. Pubmed PMID: 8669885
- Auger M, Moriarty AT, Laucirica R, Souers R, Chmara BA, Fatheree LA, Wilbur DC "Granulomatous inflammation-an underestimated cause of false-positive diagnoses in lung fine-needle aspirates: observations from the college of american pathologists nongynecologic cytopathology interlaboratory comparison program.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2010 Dec;134(12):1793-6. Pubmed PMID: 21128777
- Ducatman BS, Bentz JS, Fatheree LA, Souers R, Ostrowski S, Moriarty AT, Henry M, Laucirica R, Booth CN, Wilbur DC "Gynecologic cytology proficiency testing failures: what have we learned?: observations from the college of american pathologists gynecologic cytology proficiency testing program.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2011 Nov;135(11):1442-6. Pubmed PMID: 22032572
- Lemos LB, Qu Z, Laucirica R, Fred HL "Hyperinfection syndrome in strongyloidiasis: report of two cases.." Ann Diagn Pathol. 2003 Apr;7(2):87-94. Pubmed PMID: 12715333
- Font RL, Laucirica R, Patrinely JR "Immunoblastic B-cell malignant lymphoma involving the orbit and maxillary sinus in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.." Ophthalmology. 1993 Jun;100(6):966-70. Pubmed PMID: 8510913
- Brooks EG, Evans MF, Adamson CS, Peng Z, Rajendran V, Laucirica R, Cooper K "In Situ Hybridization Signal Patterns in Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Papillomas Indicate that HPV Integration Occurs at an Early Stage.." Head Neck Pathol. 2012 Mar;6(1):32-7. Pubmed PMID: 22052184
- Tyner SD, Choi J, Laucirica R, Ford RJ, Donehower LA "Increased tumor cell proliferation in murine tumors with decreasing dosage of wild-type p53.." Mol. Carcinog.. 1999 Mar;24(3):197-208. Pubmed PMID: 10204804
- Laucirica R "Intraoperative assessment of the breast: guidelines and potential pitfalls.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2005 Dec;129(12):1565-74. Pubmed PMID: 16329729
- Younes M, Laucirica R "Lack of prognostic significance of histological grade in node-negative invasive breast carcinoma.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 1997 Apr;3(4):601-4. Pubmed PMID: 9815726
- Bilen MA, Laucirica R, Rimawi MF, Nangia JR, Cyprus GS "Jejunal intussusception due to malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast.." Clin. Breast Cancer. 2012 Jun;12(3):219-21. Pubmed PMID: 22381472
- Dietrich JE, Edwards C, Laucirica R, Kaufman RH "Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the vulva: two case reports.." J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2004 Apr;8(2):147-9. Pubmed PMID: 15874853
- Furth PA, Bar-Peled U, Li M, Lewis A, Laucirica R, Jäger R, Weiher H, Russell RG "Loss of anti-mitotic effects of Bcl-2 with retention of anti-apoptotic activity during tumor progression in a mouse model.." Oncogene. 1999 Nov 11;18(47):6589-96. Pubmed PMID: 10597263
- Font RL, Laucirica R, Rosenbaum PS, Patrinely JR, Boniuk M "Malignant lymphoma of the ocular adnexa associated with the benign lymphoepithelial lesion of the parotid glands. Report of two cases.." Ophthalmology. 1992 Oct;99(10):1582-7. Pubmed PMID: 1454326
- Fishman A, Demirel D, Laucirica R, Ramzy I, Klima T, Lyzak J, Kaplan AL "Malignant tumors arising in endometriosis: clinical-pathological study and flow cytometry analysis.." Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol.. 1996 Dec;70(1):69-74. Pubmed PMID: 9031923
- Netscher DT, Mosharrafa AM, Laucirica R "Massive asymmetric virginal breast hypertrophy.." South. Med. J.. 1996 Apr;89(4):434-7. Pubmed PMID: 8614890
- Reiman S, Fisher R, Dodds C, Trinh C, Laucirica R, Whigham CJ "Mesenteric arteriographic findings in a patient with strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection.." J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Jun;13(6):635-8. Pubmed PMID: 12050306
- Wang Z, Herrington B, Schwartz MR, Laucirica R "Myoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland metastatic to the kidney: Case report and review of the literature.." Diagn. Cytopathol.. 2010 Apr;38(4):279-82. Pubmed PMID: 19859970
- Overholt SM, Donovan DT, Schwartz MR, Laucirica R, Green LK, Alford BR "Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx.." Laryngoscope. 1995 Aug;105(8):789-94. Pubmed PMID: 7630288
- Zahnow CA, Younes P, Laucirica R, Rosen JM "Overexpression of C/EBPbeta-LIP, a naturally occurring, dominant-negative transcription factor, in human breast cancer.." J. Natl. Cancer Inst.. 1997 Dec 17;89(24):1887-91. Pubmed PMID: 9414177
- Demirel D, Laucirica R, Fishman A, Owens RG, Grey MM, Kaplan AL, Ramzy I "Ovarian tumors of low malignant potential. Correlation of DNA index and S-phase fraction with histopathologic grade and clinical outcome.." Cancer. 1996 Apr 15;77(8):1494-500. Pubmed PMID: 8608534
- Younes M, Lebovitz RM, Bommer KE, Cagle PT, Morton D, Khan S, Laucirica R "p53 accumulation in benign breast biopsy specimens.." Hum. Pathol.. 1995 Feb;26(2):155-8. Pubmed PMID: 7860045
- Laucirica R, Bentz JS, Khalbuss WE, Clayton AC, Souers RJ, Moriarty AT "Performance characteristics of mucinous (colloid) carcinoma of the breast in fine-needle aspirates: observations from the college of american pathologists interlaboratory comparison program in nongynecologic cytopathology.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2011 Dec;135(12):1533-8. Pubmed PMID: 22129179
- Arpino G, Laucirica R, Elledge RM "Premalignant and in situ breast disease: biology and clinical implications.." Ann. Intern. Med.. 2005 Sep 20;143(6):446-57. Pubmed PMID: 16172443
- Domingue GJ, Roberts JA, Laucirica R, Ratner MH, Bell DP, Suarez GM, Kallenius G, Svenson S "Pathogenic significance of P-fimbriated Escherichia coli in urinary tract infections.." J. Urol.. 1985 Jun;133(6):983-9. Pubmed PMID: 2860251
- Shariat SF, Weizer AZ, Green A, Laucirica R, Frolov A, Wheeler TM, Lerner SP "Prognostic value of P53 nuclear accumulation and histopathologic features in T1 transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.." Urology. 2000 Nov 1;56(5):735-40. Pubmed PMID: 11068290
- Ostrowski ML, Pindur J, Laucirica R, Chakraborty S, Ramzy I "Proliferative activity in invasive breast carcinoma: a comprehensive comparison of MIB-1 immunocytochemical staining in aspiration biopsies to image analytic, flow cytometric and histologic parameters.." Acta Cytol..;45(6):965-72. Pubmed PMID: 11726126
- Ostrowski ML, Chakraborty S, Laucirica R, Brown RW, Greenberg SD "Quantitative image analysis of MIB-1 immunoreactivity. A comparison with flow cytometric assessment of proliferative activity in invasive carcinoma of the breast.." Anal. Quant. Cytol. Histol.. 1995 Feb;17(1):15-24. Pubmed PMID: 7766265
- Powers T, Laucirica R, Brooks S, Leopold S, Whitson M, Farnum J "Remote metastases from uveal melanoma.." J Tenn Med Assoc. 1990 Jan;83(1):41582. Pubmed PMID: 2403613
- Zarrin-Khameh N, Citron DR, Stager CE, Laucirica R "Pulmonary paragonimiasis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2008 Jun;46(6):2137-40. Pubmed PMID: 18385444
- Singh G, Lakkis CL, Laucirica R, Epner DE "Regulation of prostate cancer cell division by glucose.." J. Cell. Physiol.. 1999 Sep;180(3):431-8. Pubmed PMID: 10430183
- Mootha RK, Butler R, Laucirica R, Scardino PT, Lerner SP "Renal cell carcinoma with an infrarenal vena caval tumor thrombus.." Urology. 1999 Sep;54(3):561. Pubmed PMID: 10754141
- Truong LD, Caraway N, Ngo T, Laucirica R, Katz R, Ramzy I "Renal lymphoma. The diagnostic and therapeutic roles of fine-needle aspiration.." Am. J. Clin. Pathol.. 2001 Jan;115(1):18-31. Pubmed PMID: 11190804
- Cagle PT, Allen TC, Dacic S, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Chirieac LR, Laucirica R, Ro JY, Kerr KM "Revolution in lung cancer: new challenges for the surgical pathologist.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2011 Jan;135(1):110-6. Pubmed PMID: 21204716
- Li M, Lewis B, Capuco AV, Laucirica R, Furth PA "WAP-TAg transgenic mice and the study of dysregulated cell survival, proliferation, and mutation during breast carcinogenesis.." Oncogene. 2000 Feb 21;19(8):1010-9. Pubmed PMID: 10713684
- Williams J, Chierico G, Myers J, Laucirica R, Friedlander ER, Dralle W "Waldenström's macroglobulinemia with pulmonary involvement.." J Tenn Med Assoc. 1988 Jul;81(7):431-4. Pubmed PMID: 3135449
- Domingue GJ, Laucirica R, Baliga P, Covington S, Robledo JA, Li SC "Virulence of wild-type E. coli uroisolates in experimental pyelonephritis.." Kidney Int.. 1988 Dec;34(6):761-5. Pubmed PMID: 2905397
- Laucirica R, Buja LM, Milam JD, Hausner RJ "The Texas society of pathologists: a historical perspective of the first 90 years.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2011 Jan;135(1):41616. Pubmed PMID: 21204708
- Moriarty AT, Bentz JS, Winkler B, Fischer AH, Laucirica R, Souers RJ, Thomas N, Zhao C "The College of American Pathologists' first 3 years' experience with high-risk human papillomavirus proficiency testing for cytology and other laboratories.." Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med.. 2013 May;137(5):606-9. Pubmed PMID: 23627450
- Tran T, Hung P, Laucirica R, Hilal RE, Goodgame RW "The clinical significance of thickened gastric folds found on upper gastrointestinal series.." J. Clin. Gastroenterol.. 2002 Aug;35(2):138-43. Pubmed PMID: 12172358
- Younes M, Lane M, Miller CC, Laucirica R "Stratified multivariate analysis of prognostic markers in breast cancer: a preliminary report.." Anticancer Res..;17(2):1383-90. Pubmed PMID: 9137503
- Fischer AH, Cibas ES, Howell LP, Kurian EM, Laucirica R, Moriarty AT, Renshaw AA, Zakowski MF, Young NA "Role of cytology in the management of non-small-cell lung cancer.." J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011 Aug 20;29(24):3331-2. Pubmed PMID: 21768461
- Jerry DJ, Kittrell FS, Kuperwasser C, Laucirica R, Dickinson ES, Bonilla PJ, Butel JS, Medina D "A mammary-specific model demonstrates the role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in tumor development.." Oncogene. 2000 Feb 21;19(8):1052-8. Pubmed PMID: 10713689
- Li B, Murphy KL, Laucirica R, Kittrell F, Medina D, Rosen JM "A transgenic mouse model for mammary carcinogenesis.." Oncogene. 1998 Feb 26;16(8):997-1007. Pubmed PMID: 9519874
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