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Virchows Archiv
The European Journal of Pathology
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGY
Editor-in-Chief
Daniela Massi, Florence, Italy
Senior Editorial Consultant
Fred T. Bosman, Lausanne, Switzerland
Associate Editors
Volkan Adsay, Atlanta, GA, USA
Cord Langner, Graz, Austria
Sigurd F. Lax, Graz, Austria
George Netto, Birmingham, AL, USA
Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Tübingen, Germany
Ales Ryska, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Editorial Consultants Ex Officio ESP
Pierre Bedossa, Paris, France
Ilmo Leivo, Helsinki, Finland
Marco Santucci, Florence, Italy
Past Editors
Maria de Fátima Carneiro, Porto, Portugal
Manfred Dietel, Berlin, Germany
Vincenzo Eusebi, Bologna, Italy
Heinz Höfler, Munich, Germany
Günter Klöppel, Munich, Germany
Hans Kreipe, Hannover, Germany
Han van Krieken, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sunil Lakhani, Brisbane, Australia
Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Porto, Portugal
Editorial Board
Abbas Agaimy, Erlangen, Germany
Kerstin Amann, Erlangen, Germany
Thomas Brenn, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Reinhard Büttner, Bonn, Germany
Beatrix Cochand-Priollet, Paris, France
Jane Dahlstrom , Adelaide, Australia
Ben Davidson, Oslo, Norway
Ronald de Krijger, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Laurence de Leval , Lausanne, Switzerland
Michael den Bakker, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Joachim Diebold, Lucerne, Switzerland
Arzu Ensari , Ankara, Turkey
Irene Esposito, Düsseldorf, Germany
Fabio Facchetti, Brescia, Italy
Falko Fend, Tübingen, Germany
Jean-Francois Flejou, Paris, France
Christopher Fletcher, Boston, MA, USA
Maria Pia Foschini, Bologna, Italy
Ondrej Hes, Plzen, Czech Republic
Jason L. Hornick , Boston, MA, USA
Shu Ichihara, Nagoya, Japan
Thomas Kirchner, Munich, Germany
David Klimstra, New York, NY, USA
Janina Kulka, Budapest, Hungary
Alexander Lazar, Houston, TX, USA
Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Cordoba, Spain
Xavier Matias-Guiu , Barcelona, Spain
Thomas Mentzel, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Markku Miettinen, Bethesda, MD, USA
Holger Moch, Zürich, Switzerland
Rodolfo Montironi, Ancona, Italy
Mauro Papotti, Turin, Italy
Giuseppe Pelosi, Milan, Italy
Aurel Perren, Bern, Switzerland
Guido Rindi, Rome, Italy
Christoph Röcken, Kiel, Germany
Andreas Rosenwald, Würzburg, Germany
Anna Sapino, Turin, Italy
Aldo Scarpa, Verona, Italy
Peter Schirmacher, Heidelberg, Germany
Kurt Werner Schmid, Essen, Germany
Fernando Schmitt, Porto, Portugal
Puay-Hoon Tan, Singapore
Tibor Tot, Falun, Sweden
Marc van de Vijver, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zsuzsanna Varga , Zürich, Switzerland
Giuseppe Viale , Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Zamboni, Verona, Italy
Nina Zidar, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Aims and Scope
Mission statement: To advance the scientific basis
of human pathology by the publication
(encouragement and dissemination) of high quality
research (including molecular and translational
studies) and thereby contribute to patient care.
Manuscripts of original studies reinforcing the
evidence base of modern diagnostic pathology,
using immunocytochemical, molecular and
ultrastructural techniques, will be welcomed. In
addition, papers on critical evaluation of diagnostic
criteria but also broadsheets and guidelines with a
solid evidence base will be considered.
Consideration will also be given to reports of work
in other fields relevant to the understanding of
human pathology as well as manuscripts on the
application of new methods and techniques in
pathology. Submission of purely experimental
articles is discouraged but manuscripts on
experimental work applicable to diagnostic
pathology are welcomed. Biomarker studies are
welcomed but need to abide by strict rules (e.g.
REMARK) of adequate sample size and relevant
marker choice. Single marker studies on limited
patient series without validated application will as a
rule not be considered. Case reports will only be
considered when they provide substantial new
information with an impact on understanding
disease or diagnostic practice.
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