Robin Tutt Vollmer | Scholars@Duke

Robin Tutt Vollmer
Associate Professor of Pathology

My research interests have to do with practical problems in the interface between the practice of pathology and clinical outcomes of patients, including their diagnosis, prognosis, and events of failure. Often I use mathematical or statistical approaches to deal with these issues.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 2009

Contact Information

Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
F3198 VA Med Ctr, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705
vollm002@duke.edu (919) 286-0411

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Duke University 1975 - 1998
- M.D., Duke University 1967
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 2006 - 2009
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 1998 - 2006
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 1994 - 1998
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 1975 - 1981
Research
Selected Grants
- Phase I/II Trial of ZD1839 and Celecoxib in Ex-Smokers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2007
- Cancer And Leukemia Group B awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1998
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Vollmer, RT. "Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Concentration, PSA Mass, and Obesity: A Mathematical Analysis." American journal of clinical pathology 149, no. 3 (February 7, 2018): 262-266. Full Text
  - Dias-Santagata, D, Selim, MA, Su, Y, Peng, Y, Vollmer, R, Chłopik, A, Tell-Marti, G, Paral, KM, Shalin, SC, Shea, CR, Puig, S, Fernandez-Figueras, MT, Biernat, W, Ryś, J, Marszalek, A, and Hoang, MP. "KIT mutations and CD117 overexpression are markers of better progression-free survival in vulvar melanomas." The British journal of dermatology 177, no. 5 (November 2017): 1376-1384. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Defining Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid: A Short Review and Analysis." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 148, no. 2 (August 2017): 100-107. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Gleason Grading, Biochemical Failure, and Prostate Cancer-Specific Death." American journal of clinical pathology 147, no. 3 (March 2017): 273-277. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "A Review of Outcomes for Colorectal Adenomas." American journal of clinical pathology 146, no. 5 (November 2016): 567-571. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "A Review of Outcomes for Stage Ta Bladder Tumors." American journal of clinical pathology 146, no. 2 (August 2016): 215-220. (Review) Full Text
  - Martin, LW, D'Cunha, J, Wang, X, Herzan, D, Gu, L, Abraham, N, Demmy, TL, Detterbeck, FC, Groth, SS, Harpole, DH, Krasna, MJ, Kernstine, K, Kohman, LJ, Patterson, GA, Sugarbaker, DJ, Vollmer, RT, Maddaus, MA, and Kratzke, RA. "Detection of Occult Micrometastases in Patients With Clinical Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Analysis of Mature Results of CALGB 9761 (Alliance)." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34, no. 13 (May 2016): 1484-1491. Full Text
  - Armstrong, AJ, Healy, P, Halabi, S, Vollmer, R, Lark, A, Kemeny, G, Ware, K, and Freedland, SJ. "Evaluation of an epithelial plasticity biomarker panel in men with localized prostate cancer." Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 19, no. 1 (March 2016): 40-45. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Vollmer, RT. "Probabilistic issues with sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanoma." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 144, no. 3 (September 2015): 464-472. Full Text
  - Azrad, M, Vollmer, RT, Madden, J, Polascik, TJ, Snyder, DC, Ruffin, MT, Moul, JW, Brenner, D, He, X, and Demark-Wahnefried, W. "Disparate results between proliferation rates of surgically excised prostate tumors and an in vitro bioassay using sera from a positive randomized controlled trial." Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission 90, no. 3 (April 2015): 184-189. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "A review of survival in mycosis fungoides." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 141, no. 5 (May 2014): 706-711. (Review) Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Epidermal dynamics and patterns of intraepidermal melanoma." J Cutan Pathol 41, no. 3 (March 2014): 297-302. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Epidermal dynamics and patterns of intraepidermal melanoma." Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 41, no. 3 (March 1, 2014): 297-302. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "A probabilistic analysis of mitotic counts in melanoma." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 141, no. 2 (February 2014): 213-218. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Revisiting overdiagnosis and fatality in thyroid cancer." Am J Clin Pathol 141, no. 1 (January 2014): 128-132. Full Text Link to Item
  - Klink, JC, Bañez, LL, Gerber, L, Lark, A, Vollmer, RT, and Freedland, SJ. "Intratumoral inflammation is associated with more aggressive prostate cancer." World J Urol 31, no. 6 (December 2013): 1497-1503. Full Text Link to Item
  - Azrad, M, Vollmer, RT, Madden, J, Dewhirst, M, Polascik, TJ, Snyder, DC, Ruffin, MT, Moul, JW, Brenner, DE, and Demark-Wahnefried, W. "Flaxseed-derived enterolactone is inversely associated with tumor cell proliferation in men with localized prostate cancer." J Med Food 16, no. 4 (April 2013): 357-360. Full Text Link to Item
  - Graziano, SL, Lacas, B, Vollmer, R, Kratzke, R, Popper, H, Filipits, M, Seymour, L, Shepherd, FA, Rosell, R, Veillard, AS, Taron, M, and Pignon, J-P. "Cross-validation analysis of the prognostic significance of mucin expression in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy: Results from IALT, JBR.10 and ANITA." Lung Cancer 82, no. 1 (2013): 149-155. Full Text
  - Graziano, SL, Lacas, B, Vollmer, R, Kratzke, R, Popper, H, Filipits, M, Seymour, L, Shepherd, FA, Rosell, R, Veillard, AS, and al, E. "Cross-validation analysis of the prognostic significance of mucin expression in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy: Results from IALT, JBR.10 and ANITA." Lung Cancer (2013). Full Text
  - West, DS, Papalas, JA, Selim, MA, and Vollmer, RT. "Dermatopathology of the foreskin: an institutional experience of over 400 cases." J Cutan Pathol 40, no. 1 (January 2013): 11-18. Full Text Link to Item
  - West, DS, Papalas, JA, Selim, MA, and Vollmer, RT. "Dermatopathology of the foreskin: An institutional experience of over 400 cases." Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 40, no. 1 (2013): 11-18. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "The dynamics of death in melanoma." J Cutan Pathol 39, no. 12 (December 2012): 1075-1082. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "The dynamics of death in prostate cancer." Am J Clin Pathol 137, no. 6 (June 2012): 957-962. Full Text Link to Item
  - Azrad, M, Zhang, K, Vollmer, RT, Madden, J, Polascik, TJ, Snyder, DC, Ruffin, MT, Moul, JW, Brenner, D, Hardy, RW, and Demark-Wahnefried, W. "Prostatic alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is positively associated with aggressive prostate cancer: a relationship which may depend on genetic variation in ALA metabolism." PLoS One 7, no. 12 (2012): e53104-. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Gottipati, S, Warncke, J, Vollmer, R, and Humphrey, PA. "Usual and unusual histologic patterns of high gleason score 8 to 10 adenocarcinoma of the prostate in needle biopsy tissue." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 36, no. 6 (2012): 900-907. Full Text
  - Hudson, J, Cao, D, Vollmer, R, Kibel, AS, Grewal, S, and Humphrey, PA. "Foamy gland adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Incidence, Gleason grade, and early clinical outcome." Human Pathology 43, no. 7 (2012): 974-979. Full Text
  - Heymach, JV, Shackleford, TJ, Tran, HT, Yoo, S-Y, Do, K-A, Wergin, M, Saintigny, P, Vollmer, RT, Polascik, TJ, Snyder, DC, Ruffin, MT, Yan, S, Dewhirst, M, Kunnumakkara, AB, Aggarwal, BB, and Demark-Wahnefried, W. "Effect of low-fat diets on plasma levels of NF-κB-regulated inflammatory cytokines and angiogenic factors in men with prostate cancer." Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4, no. 10 (October 2011): 1590-1598. Full Text
  - Kim, HS, Moreira, DM, Jayachandran, J, Gerber, L, Bañez, LL, Vollmer, RT, Lark, AL, Donovan, MJ, Powell, D, Khan, FM, and Freedland, SJ. "Prostate biopsies from black men express higher levels of aggressive disease biomarkers than prostate biopsies from white men." Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 14, no. 3 (September 2011): 262-265. Full Text Link to Item
  - Papalas, JA, Wylie, JD, and Vollmer, RT. "Osteosarcoma after radiotherapy for prostate cancer." Ann Diagn Pathol 15, no. 3 (June 2011): 194-197. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bismar, TA, Yoshimoto, M, Vollmer, RT, Duan, Q, Firszt, M, Corcos, J, and Squire, JA. "PTEN genomic deletion is an early event associated with ERG gene rearrangements in prostate cancer." Bju International 107, no. 3 (February 2011): 477-485. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Editorial comment." Journal of Urology 185, no. 1 (2011): 125--. Full Text
  - Bañez, LL, Klink, JC, Jayachandran, J, Lark, AL, Gerber, L, Hamilton, RJ, Masko, EM, Vollmer, RT, and Freedland, SJ. "Association between statins and prostate tumor inflammatory infiltrate in men undergoing radical prostatectomy." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19, no. 3 (March 2010): 722-728. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kim, SJ, Rabbani, ZN, Dong, F, Vollmer, RT, Schreiber, E-G, Dewhirst, MW, Vujaskovic, Z, and Kelley, MJ. "Phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in localized non-small cell lung cancer." Med Oncol 27, no. 1 (March 2010): 91-97. Full Text Link to Item
  - Klebe, S, Brownlee, NA, Mahar, A, Burchette, JL, Sporn, TA, Vollmer, RT, and Roggli, VL. "Sarcomatoid mesothelioma: a clinical-pathologic correlation of 326 cases." Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 23, no. 3 (March 2010): 470-479. Full Text
  - Shaco-Levy, R, Bean, SM, Vollmer, RT, Jewell, E, Jones, EL, Valdes, CL, Bentley, RC, Selim, MA, and Robboy, SJ. "Paget disease of the vulva: a study of 56 cases." Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 149, no. 1 (March 2010): 86-91. Full Text Link to Item
  - Uhlman, MA, Sun, L, Stackhouse, DA, Caire, AA, Polascik, TJ, Robertson, CN, Madden, J, Vollmer, R, Albala, DM, and Moul, JW. "Tumor volume, tumor percentage involvement, or prostate volume: which is predictive of prostate-specific antigen recurrence?." Urology 75, no. 2 (February 2010): 460-466. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Dissecting the dynamics of serum prostate-specific antigen." Am J Clin Pathol 133, no. 2 (February 2010): 187-193. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, Friszt, M, Corcos, J, and Bismar, TA. "Syndecan-1 expression in prostate cancer and its value as biomarker for disease progression." BJU International 106, no. 3 (2010): 418-423. Full Text
  - Cao, D, Vollmer, RT, Luly, J, Jain, S, Roytman, TM, Ferris, CW, and Hudson, MA. "Comparison of 2004 and 1973 world health organization grading systems and their relationship to pathologic staging for predicting long-term prognosis in patients with urothelial carcinoma." Urology 76, no. 3 (2010): 593-599. Full Text
  - Graziano, SL, Gu, L, Wang, X, Tatum, AH, Vollmer, RT, Strauss, GM, Kratzke, R, Dudek, AZ, Vokes, EE, and Green, MR. "Prognostic significance of mucin and P53 expression in stage ib non-small cell lung cancer: A laboratory companion study to CALGB 9633." Journal of Thoracic Oncology 5, no. 6 (2010): 810-817. Full Text
  - Papalas, JA, Vollmer, RT, Gonzalez-Gronow, M, Pizzo, SV, Burchette, J, Youens, KE, Johnson, KB, and Selim, MA. "Patterns of GRP78 and MTJ1 expression in primary cutaneous malignant melanoma." Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 23, no. 1 (January 2010): 134-143. Full Text
  - Shaco-Levy, R, Bean, SM, Vollmer, RT, Papalas, JA, Bentley, RC, Selim, MA, and Robboy, SJ. "Paget disease of the vulva: a histologic study of 56 cases correlating pathologic features and disease course." Int J Gynecol Pathol 29, no. 1 (January 2010): 69-78. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Editorial Comment." Journal of Urology 183, no. 5 (2010): 1814--. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Editorial Comment." Journal of Urology 183, no. 3 (2010): 1001-1002. Full Text
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, Case, B, Aprikian, A, Kassouf, W, and Auger, M. "Accuracy of urine cytology and the significance of an atypical category." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 132, no. 5 (November 2009): 785-793. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Primary lung cancer vs metastatic breast cancer: a probabilistic approach." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 132, no. 3 (September 2009): 391-395. Full Text
  - Bean, SM, Meara, RS, Vollmer, RT, Conner, MG, Crowe, DR, Novak, L, Eltoum, IA, Robboy, SJ, and Chhieng, DC. "p16 Improves interobserver agreement in diagnosis of anal intraepithelial neoplasia." J Low Genit Tract Dis 13, no. 3 (July 2009): 145-153. Full Text Link to Item
  - Donovan, MJ, Khan, FM, Fernandez, G, Mesa-Tejada, R, Sapir, M, Zubek, VB, Powell, D, Fogarasi, S, Vengrenyuk, Y, Teverovskiy, M, Segal, MR, Karnes, RJ, Gaffey, TA, Busch, C, Haggman, M, Hlavcak, P, Freedland, SJ, Vollmer, RT, Albertsen, P, Costa, J, and Cordon-Cardo, C. "Personalized prediction of tumor response and cancer progression on prostate needle biopsy." J Urol 182, no. 1 (July 2009): 125-132. Full Text Link to Item
  - Heinz, T. "Reporting Confidence Intervals for Myelodysplasia Blast Counts." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 132, no. 1 (July 1, 2009): 147-148. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Differential diagnosis in immunohistochemistry with Bayes theorem." Am J Clin Pathol 131, no. 5 (May 2009): 723-730. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gross, M, Ramirez, C, Luthringer, D, Nepomuceno, E, Vollmer, R, Burchette, J, and Freedland, SJ. "Expression of androgen and estrogen related proteins in normal weight and obese prostate cancer patients." Prostate 69, no. 5 (April 1, 2009): 520-527. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Blast counts in bone marrow aspirate smears: analysis using the poisson probability function, bayes theorem, and information theory." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 131, no. 2 (February 2009): 183-188. Full Text
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, and Bismar, TA. "Re: The Number of Cores Positive for High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia on Initial Biopsy is Associated With Prostate Cancer on Second Biopsy. C. De Nunzio, A. Trucchi, R. Miano, A. Stoppacciaro, H. Fattahi, A. Cicione and A. Tubaro J Urol 2009; 181: 1069-1075." Journal of Urology 182, no. 4 SUPPL. (2009): 1653-1654. Full Text
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, and Bismar, TA. "The significance of syndecan-1 expression in patients treated with radical prostatectomy." BJU International 104, no. 1 (2009): 125--. Full Text
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, and Bismar, TA. "Fraction of positive cores in prostate needle biopsy is significantly predictive of pathological stage in radical prostatectomy." Histopathology 54, no. 3 (2009): 374-375. Full Text
  - Darnel, AD, Behmoaram, E, Vollmer, RT, Corcos, J, Bijian, K, Sircar, K, Su, J, Jiao, J, Alaoui-Jamali, MA, and Bismar, TA. "Fascin regulates prostate cancer cell invasion and is associated with metastasis and biochemical failure in prostate cancer." Clinical Cancer Research 15, no. 4 (2009): 1376-1383. Full Text
  - Darnel, AD, LaFargue, CJ, Vollmer, RT, Corcos, J, and Bismar, TA. "TMPRSS2-ERG fusion is frequently observed in gleason pattern 3 prostate cancer in a canadian cohort." Cancer Biology and Therapy 8, no. 2 (2009): 125-130.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Panel vs. single marker for discriminating desmoplastic trichoepithelioma from morpheaform/infiltrative basal cell carcinoma." Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 36, no. 2 (2009): 283--. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Percentage of tumor in prostatectomy specimens: a study of American Veterans." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 131, no. 1 (January 2009): 86-91. Full Text
  - Demark-Wahnefried, W, Polascik, TJ, George, SL, Switzer, BR, Madden, JF, Ruffin, MT, Snyder, DC, Owzar, K, Hars, V, Albala, DM, Walther, PJ, Robertson, CN, Moul, JW, Dunn, BK, Brenner, D, Minasian, L, Stella, P, and Vollmer, RT. "Flaxseed supplementation (not dietary fat restriction) reduces prostate cancer proliferation rates in men presurgery." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 17, no. 12 (December 2008): 3577-3587. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Percentage of tumor and tumor length in prostate biopsy specimens: a study of American veterans." Am J Clin Pathol 130, no. 6 (December 2008): 940-943. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, Corcos, J, Kotar, K, Bégin, LR, Humphrey, PA, and Bismar, TA. "Prognostic value of various morphometric measurements of tumour extent in prostate needle core tissue." Histopathology 53, no. 2 (August 2008): 177-183. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Tumor length in prostate cancer." Am J Clin Pathol 130, no. 1 (July 2008): 77-82. Full Text Link to Item
  - D'Amico, AV, Halabi, S, Vollmer, R, Loffredo, M, McMahon, E, Sanford, B, Archer, L, Vogelzang, NJ, Small, EJ, Kantoff, PW, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B, . "p53 protein expression status and recurrence in men treated with radiation and androgen suppression therapy for higher-risk prostate cancer: a prospective phase II Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study (CALGB 9682)." Urology 71, no. 5 (May 2008): 933-937. Full Text Link to Item
  - Roggli, VL, and Vollmer, RT. "Twenty-five years of fiber analysis: what have we learned?." Hum Pathol 39, no. 3 (March 2008): 307-315. Full Text Link to Item
  - Demark-Wahnefried, W, George, SL, Switzer, BR, Snyder, DC, Madden, JF, Polascik, TJ, Ruffin, MT, and Vollmer, RT. "Overcoming challenges in designing and implementing a phase II randomized controlled trial using a presurgical model to test a dietary intervention in prostate cancer." Clinical Trials (London, England) 5, no. 3 (January 2008): 262-272. Full Text
  - Bañez, LL, Hamilton, RJ, Partin, AW, Vollmer, RT, Sun, L, Rodriguez, C, Wang, Y, Terris, MK, Aronson, WJ, Presti, JC, Kane, CJ, Amling, CL, Moul, JW, and Freedland, SJ. "Obesity-related plasma hemodilution and PSA concentration among men with prostate cancer." Jama 298, no. 19 (November 2007): 2275-2280. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Solar elastosis in cutaneous melanoma." Am J Clin Pathol 128, no. 2 (August 2007): 260-264. Full Text Link to Item
  - Selim, MA, Vollmer, RT, Herman, CM, Pham, TTN, and Turner, JW. "Melanocytic nevi with nonsurgical trauma: a histopathologic study." The American Journal of Dermatopathology 29, no. 2 (April 2007): 134-136. Full Text
  - Attis, MG, and Vollmer, RT. "Mitotic rate in melanoma: a reexamination." Am J Clin Pathol 127, no. 3 (March 2007): 380-384. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bismar, TA, Humphrey, P, and Vollmer, RT. "Information content of five nomograms for outcomes in prostate cancer." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 128, no. 5 (2007): 803-807. Full Text
  - Brimo, F, Vollmer, RT, Corcos, J, Humphrey, PA, and Bismar, TA. "Outcome for repeated biopsy of the prostate: Roles of serum PSA, small atypical glands, and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 128, no. 4 (2007): 648-652. Full Text
  - Butnor, KJ, Vollmer, RT, Blaszyk, H, and Glatz, K. "Interobserver agreement on what constitutes visceral pleural invasion by non-small cell lung carcinoma: An internet-based assessment of international current practices." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 128, no. 4 (2007): 638-647. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Entropy and information content of laboratory test results." Am J Clin Pathol 127, no. 1 (January 2007): 60-65. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Analysis of turnaround times in pathology: an approach using failure time analysis." Am J Clin Pathol 126, no. 2 (August 2006): 215-220. Full Text Link to Item
  - Volmar, KE, Vollmer, RT, Routbort, MJ, and Creager, AJ. "Pancreatic and bile duct brushing cytology in 1000 cases: review of findings and comparison of preparation methods." Cancer 108, no. 4 (August 2006): 231-238. Full Text
  - Grunkemeier, MN, and Vollmer, RT. "Predicting prostate biopsy results: The importance of PSA, age, and race." Am J Clin Pathol 126, no. 1 (July 2006): 110-112. Full Text Link to Item
  - Turner, J, and Vollmer, RT. "Lymph nodes in colorectal carcinoma. The Poisson probability paradigm." Am J Clin Pathol 125, no. 6 (June 2006): 866-872. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Predictive probability of serum prostate-specific antigen for prostate cancer: an approach using Bayes rule." Am J Clin Pathol 125, no. 3 (March 2006): 336-342. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Regarding workload and error rates in anatomic pathology." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 126, no. 6 (2006): 833--. Full Text
  - Alexander, RT, Lathrop, S, Vollmer, R, Blue, L, Russell, SD, and Steenbergen, C. "Graft vascular disease after cardiac transplantation and its relationship to mean acute rejection score." Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 129, no. 10 (October 2005): 1283-1287. Full Text
  - Kim, SJ, Rabbani, ZN, Dewhirst, MW, Vujaskovic, Z, Vollmer, RT, Schreiber, E-G, Oosterwijk, E, and Kelley, MJ. "Expression of HIF-1alpha, CA IX, VEGF, and MMP-9 in surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer." Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 49, no. 3 (September 2005): 325-335. Full Text
  - Stewart, LE, Tyler, DS, and Vollmer, RT. "The importance of total number of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with stage N0 cutaneous melanoma." Am J Clin Pathol 124, no. 1 (July 2005): 77-82. Link to Item
  - Volmar, KE, Vollmer, RT, Jowell, PS, Nelson, RC, and Xie, HB. "Pancreatic FNA in 1000 cases: a comparison of imaging modalities." Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 61, no. 7 (June 2005): 854-861. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Analysis of lymph nodal metastases in malignant melanoma using the poisson probability paradigm and Bayes rule." Am J Clin Pathol 123, no. 5 (May 2005): 707-715. Link to Item
  - Arcasoy, MO, Amin, K, Vollmer, RT, Jiang, X, Demark-Wahnefried, W, and Haroon, ZA. "Erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor expression in human prostate cancer." Mod Pathol 18, no. 3 (March 2005): 421-430. Full Text Link to Item
  - Govindan, R, Kratzke, RA, Herndon, JE, Niehans, GA, Vollmer, R, Watson, D, Green, MR, Kindler, HL, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB 30101), . "Gefitinib in patients with malignant mesothelioma: a phase II study by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 11, no. 6 (March 2005): 2300-2304. Full Text
  - Kim, SJ, Rabbani, ZN, Vollmer, RT, Schreiber, E-G, Oosterwijk, E, Dewhirst, MW, Vujaskovic, Z, and Kelley, MJ. "Carbonic anhydrase IX in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 10, no. 23 (December 2004): 7925-7933. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Use of Bayes rule and MIB-1 proliferation index to discriminate Spitz nevus from malignant melanoma." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 122, no. 4 (October 2004): 499-505. Full Text
  - Snyder, MJ, Robboy, SJ, Vollmer, RT, and Dodd, LG. "An abnormal cervicovaginal cytology smear in uterine carcinosarcoma is an adverse prognostic sign: analysis of 25 cases." Am J Clin Pathol 122, no. 3 (September 2004): 434-439. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Race and the linkage between serum prostate-specific antigen and prostate cancer: a study of American veterans." Am J Clin Pathol 122, no. 3 (September 2004): 338-344. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gong, JZ, Snyder, MJ, Lagoo, AS, Vollmer, RT, Dash, RR, Madden, JF, Buckley, PJ, and Jones, CK. "Diagnostic impact of core-needle biopsy on fine-needle aspiration of non-Hodgkin lymphoma." Diagn Cytopathol 31, no. 1 (July 2004): 23-30. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Patient age in Spitz nevus and malignant melanoma: implication of Bayes rule for differential diagnosis." Am J Clin Pathol 121, no. 6 (June 2004): 872-877. Full Text Link to Item
  - Demark-Wahnefried, W, Robertson, CN, Walther, PJ, Polascik, TJ, Paulson, DF, and Vollmer, RT. "Pilot study to explore effects of low-fat, flaxseed-supplemented diet on proliferation of benign prostatic epithelium and prostate-specific antigen." Urology 63, no. 5 (May 2004): 900-904. Full Text Link to Item
  - Nguyen, PL, Schultz, D, Renshaw, AA, Vollmer, RT, Welch, WR, Cote, K, and D'Amico, AV. "The impact of pathology review on treatment recommendations for patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate." Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations 22, no. 4 (2004): 295-299. Full Text
  - Yamaguchi, NH, Lichtenfels, AJDFC, Demarchi, LMM, Silva, APD, Garippo, AL, Alves, VFA, Michelin, C, Azevedo, PM, Moya, T, Takagaki, T, Saldiva, PH, Vollmer, RT, and Capelozzi, VL. "COX-2, MMP-9, and Noguchi Classification Provide Additional Prognostic Information about Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: A Study of 117 Patients from Brazil." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 121, no. 1 (2004): 78-86. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, Herndon, JE, D'Cunha, J, Abraham, NZ, Solberg, J, Fatourechi, M, Maruska, A, Kern, JA, Green, MR, Kratzke, RA, Maddaus, MA, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9761, . "Immunohistochemical detection of occult lymph node metastases in non-small cell lung cancer: anatomical pathology results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9761." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 9, no. 15 (November 2003): 5630-5635.
  - Pinto, CA, Carvalho, PEDO, Antonângelo, L, Garippo, A, Da Silva, AGP, Soares, F, Younes, R, Beyruti, R, Takagaki, T, Saldiva, P, Vollmer, RT, and Capelozzi, VL. "Morphometric evaluation of tumor matrix metalloproteinase 9 predicts survival after surgical resection of adenocarcinoma of the lung." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 9, no. 8 (August 2003): 3098-3104.
  - Vollmer, RT, Govindan, R, Graziano, SL, Gamble, G, Garst, J, Kelley, MJ, and Christenson, RH. "Serum CYFRA 21-1 in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer: an early measure of response." Clin Cancer Res 9, no. 5 (May 2003): 1728-1733. Link to Item
  - Jamieson, TA, Brizel, DM, Killian, JK, Oka, Y, Jang, H-S, Fu, X, Clough, RW, Vollmer, RT, Anscher, MS, and Jirtle, RL. "M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity in head and neck cancer associated with poor patient prognosis." BMC Cancer 3 (February 13, 2003): 4-. Link to Item
  - Bismar, TA, Jr, JSL, Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Multiple measures of carcinoma extent versus perineural invasion in prostate needle biopsy tissue in prediction of pathologic stage in a screening population." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 27, no. 4 (2003): 432-440. Full Text
  - Jamieson, TA, Brizel, DM, Killian, JK, Oka, Y, Jang, H-S, Fu, X, Clough, RW, Vollmer, RT, Anscher, MS, and Jirtle, RL. "M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity in head and neck cancer associated with poor patient prognosis." BMC Cancer 3 (2003). Full Text
  - Thorson, P, Swanson, PE, Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Basal cell hyperplasia in the peripheral zone of the prostate." Modern Pathology 16, no. 6 (2003): 598-606. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, Amin, MB, and Tamboli, P. "Impact of histologic subtyping of renal epithelial neoplasms [2] (multiple letters)." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 27, no. 7 (2003): 1021-1024.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Tumor volume in prostate cancer and serum prostate-specific antigen. Analysis from a kinetic viewpoint." Am J Clin Pathol 119, no. 1 (January 2003): 80-89. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Cerroni, L, Fink-Puches, R, Bäck, B, and Kerl, H. "Mycosis fungoides and follicular mucinosis." Archives of Dermatology 138, no. 12 (December 1, 2002): 1613-1615.
  - Lewis, JS, Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Carcinoma extent in prostate needle biopsy tissue in the prediction of whole gland tumor volume in a screening population." Am J Clin Pathol 118, no. 3 (September 2002): 442-450. Full Text Link to Item
  - Roggli, VL, Vollmer, RT, Butnor, KJ, and Sporn, TA. "Tremolite and mesothelioma." Ann Occup Hyg 46, no. 5 (July 2002): 447-453. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Kantoff, PW, Dawson, NA, and Vogelzang, NJ. "Importance of serum hemoglobin in hormone refractory prostate cancer." Clin Cancer Res 8, no. 4 (April 2002): 1049-1053. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Egawa, S, Kuwao, S, and Baba, S. "The dynamics of prostate specific antigen during watchful waiting of prostate carcinoma: a study of 94 Japanese men." Cancer 94, no. 6 (March 15, 2002): 1692-1698. Link to Item
  - Eastwood, JD, Vollmer, RT, and Provenzale, JM. "Diffusion-weighted imaging in a patient with vertebral and epidural abscesses." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 23, no. 3 (March 2002): 496-498. Link to Item
  - Roggli, VL, Sharma, A, Butnor, KJ, Sporn, T, and Vollmer, RT. "Malignant mesothelioma and occupational exposure to asbestos: a clinicopathological correlation of 1445 cases." Ultrastructural Pathology 26, no. 2 (March 2002): 55-65. Full Text
  - Hill, DA, O'Sullivan, MJ, Zhu, X, Vollmer, RT, Humphrey, PA, Dehner, LP, and Pfeifer, JD. "Practical application of molecular genetic testing as an aid to the surgical pathologic diagnosis of sarcomas: A prospective study." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 26, no. 8 (2002): 965-977. Full Text
  - Schettino, IAL, Ab'Saber, AM, Vollmer, R, Saldiva, PHN, Carvalho, CRR, Kairalla, RA, and Capelozzi, VL. "Accuracy of high resolution CT in assessing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis histology by objective morphometric index." Pathology Research and Practice 198, no. 5 (2002): 347-354.
  - Vollmer, RT, Cerroni, L, Fink-Puches, R, Bäck, B, and Kerl, H. "Mycosis fungoides and follicular mucinosis." Archives of Dermatology 138, no. 12 (2002): 1613-1615.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Bos, AB. "Endocervical cells, pathology of the cervix, and time (multiple letters) [2]." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 117, no. 1 (2002): 166-167.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Renshaw, AA. "ROC curves for thyroid FNA and HER-2/neu in breast cancer [1] (multiple letters)." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 117, no. 3 (2002): 493-494.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Longitudinal analysis of histologic high-grade disease after negative cervical cytology according to endocervical status." Cancer 96, no. 5 (2002): 316-318. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Erratum: (American Journal of Clinical Pathology (November 2001) (783))." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 117, no. 1 (2002): 167--.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "The relative importance of anatomic and PSA factors to outcomes after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer." Am J Clin Pathol 116, no. 6 (December 2001): 864-870. Full Text Link to Item
  - Demark-Wahnefried, W, Price, DT, Polascik, TJ, Robertson, CN, Anderson, EE, Paulson, DF, Walther, PJ, Gannon, M, and Vollmer, RT. "Pilot study of dietary fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation in men with prostate cancer before surgery: exploring the effects on hormonal levels, prostate-specific antigen, and histopathologic features." Urology 58, no. 1 (July 2001): 47-52. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Using a continuous transformation of the Breslow thickness for prognosis in cutaneous melanoma." Am J Clin Pathol 115, no. 2 (February 2001): 205-212. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kaleem, Z, White, G, and Vollmer, RT. "Critical Analysis and Diagnostic Usefulness of Limited Immunophenotyping of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas by Flow Cytometry." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 115, no. 1 (2001): 136-142. Full Text
  - Naughton, M, Picus, J, Zhu, X, Catalona, WJ, Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Scatter factor-hepatocyte growth factor elevation in the serum of patients with prostate cancer." Journal of Urology 165, no. 4 (2001): 1325-1328.
  - Owen, SA, Sanders, LL, Edwards, LJ, Seigler, HF, Tyler, DS, and Grichnik, JM. "The correlation of serial prostate specific antigen measurements with clinical outcome after external beam radiation therapy of patients for prostate carcinoma [2]." Cancer 91, no. 5 (2001): 1063-1065. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, Capelozzi, V, and Saldiva, P. "Letters to the editor." Modern Pathology 14, no. 4 (2001): 366-367.
  - Vollmer, RT, Swaanenburg, JCJM, and DeJongste, MJL. "Serum markers, myocardial marker content, and infarct size [3]." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 116, no. 5 (2001): 783-784.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Transforming growth factor-β1 level correlates with angiogenesis, tumor progression, and prognosis in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma." Cancer 91, no. 5 (2001): 964-971. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "A model for pretest probability of lymph node metastasis from cutaneous Melanoma." Am J Clin Pathol 114, no. 6 (December 2000): 875-879. Full Text Link to Item
  - Christenson, RH, Vollmer, RT, Ohman, EM, Peck, S, Thompson, TD, Duh, SH, Ellis, SG, Newby, LK, Topol, EJ, and Califf, RM. "Relation of temporal creatine kinase-MB release and outcome after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI Study Group." The American Journal of Cardiology 85, no. 5 (March 2000): 543-547. Full Text
  - Gökden, N, Nappi, O, Swanson, PE, Pfeifer, JD, Vollmer, RT, Wick, MR, and Humphrey, PA. "Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid features." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 24, no. 10 (2000): 1329-1338. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, Perkins, SL, and Chang, C-C. "Coexpression of c-Myc and p53 as a marker of survival time [2] (multiple letters)." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 114, no. 6 (2000): 983-985.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Montana, GS. "The dynamics of prostate-specific antigen after definitive radiation therapy for prostate cancer." Clin Cancer Res 5, no. 12 (December 1999): 4119-4125. Link to Item
  - Bubley, GJ, Carducci, M, Dahut, W, Dawson, N, Daliani, D, Eisenberger, M, Figg, WD, Freidlin, B, Halabi, S, Hudes, G, Hussain, M, Kaplan, R, Myers, C, Oh, W, Petrylak, DP, Reed, E, Roth, B, Sartor, O, Scher, H, Simons, J, Sinibaldi, V, Small, EJ, Smith, MR, Trump, DL, and Wilding, G. "Eligibility and response guidelines for phase II clinical trials in androgen-independent prostate cancer: recommendations from the Prostate-Specific Antigen Working Group." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 17, no. 11 (November 1999): 3461-3467. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, and Montana, GS. "Predicting tumor failure in prostate carcinoma after definitive radiation therapy: limitations of models based on prostate-specific antigen, clinical stage, and Gleason score." Clin Cancer Res 5, no. 9 (September 1999): 2476-2484. Link to Item
  - Shea, CR, Vollmer, RT, and Prieto, VG. "Correlating architectural disorder and cytologic atypia in Clark (dysplastic) melanocytic nevi." Human Pathology 30, no. 5 (May 1999): 500-505. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT, Kantoff, PW, Dawson, NA, and Vogelzang, NJ. "A prognostic score for hormone-refractory prostate cancer: analysis of two cancer and leukemia group B studies." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 5, no. 4 (April 1999): 831-837.
  - Vollmer, RT, Berry, DA, and Budman, DR. "Re: Dose and dose intensity as determinants of outcome in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer [2] (multiple letters)." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 91, no. 3 (1999): 286-287.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Pathologists' assistants in surgical pathology: The truth is out." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 112, no. 5 (1999): 597-598.
  - Iselin, CE, Box, JW, Vollmer, RT, Layfield, LJ, Robertson, JE, and Paulson, DF. "Surgical control of clinically localized prostate carcinoma is equivalent in African-American and white males." Cancer 83, no. 11 (December 1, 1998): 2353-2360. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Dawson, NA, and Vogelzang, NJ. "The dynamics of prostate specific antigen in hormone refractory prostate carcinoma: an analysis of cancer and leukemia group B study 9181 of megestrol acetate." Cancer 83, no. 9 (November 1, 1998): 1989-1994. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Keetch, DW, and Humphrey, PA. "Predicting the pathology results of radical prostatectomy from preoperative information: a validation study." Cancer 83, no. 8 (October 15, 1998): 1567-1580. Link to Item
  - Mangano, WE, Cagle, PT, Churg, A, Vollmer, RT, and Roggli, VL. "The diagnosis of desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma and its distinction from fibrous pleurisy: a histologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 31 cases including p53 immunostaining." Am J Clin Pathol 110, no. 2 (August 1998): 191-199. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Humphrey, PA, Swanson, PE, Wick, MR, and Hudson, ML. "Invasion of the bladder by transitional cell carcinoma: its relation to histologic grade and expression of p53, MIB-1, c-erb B-2, epidermal growth factor receptor, and bcl-2." Cancer 82, no. 4 (February 15, 1998): 715-723. Link to Item
  - Forton, F, and Vollmer, RT. "Demodex-associated folliculitis (multiple letters) [2]." American Journal of Dermatopathology 20, no. 5 (1998): 536-537. Full Text
  - Humphrey, PA, Kaleem, Z, Swanson, PE, and Vollmer, RT. "Pseudohyperplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 22, no. 10 (1998): 1239-1246. Full Text
  - Kaleem, Z, Swanson, PE, Vollmer, RT, and Humphrey, PA. "Prostatic adenocarcinoma with atrophic features: A study of 202 consecutive completely embedded radical prostatectomy specimens." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 109, no. 6 (1998): 695-703.
  - Persons, DA, Garst, J, Vollmer, R, and Crawford, J. "Tumor lysis syndrome and acute renal failure after treatment of non- small-cell lung carcinoma with combination irinotecan and cisplatin." American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 21, no. 4 (1998): 426-429. Full Text
  - Thorson, P, Vollmer, RT, Arcangeli, C, Keetch, DW, and Humphrey, PA. "Minimal carcinoma in prostate needle biopsy specimens: Diagnostic features and radical prostatectomy follow-up." Modern Pathology 11, no. 6 (1998): 543-551.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Use of serum markers to measure acute myocardial infarct size: lessons of a nonlinear dynamical model." J Theor Biol 187, no. 2 (July 21, 1997): 195-205. Full Text Link to Item
  - Humphrey, PA, and Vollmer, RT. "Percentage carcinoma as a measure of prostatic tumor size in radical prostatectomy tissues." Mod Pathol 10, no. 4 (April 1997): 326-333. Link to Item
  - Mooney, EE, Dodd, LG, Vollmer, RT, and Bossen, EH. "Fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of primary bronchial basaloid-squamous carcinoma." Diagn Cytopathol 16, no. 2 (February 1997): 187-188. (Letter) Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Demodex-associated folliculitis." Am J Dermatopathol 18, no. 6 (December 1996): 589-591. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Multivariate statistical analysis for anatomic pathology. Part II: failure time analysis." Am J Clin Pathol 106, no. 4 (October 1996): 522-534. (Review) Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Younger women with breast carcinoma have a poorer prognosis than older women." CANCER 78, no. 7 (October 1, 1996): 1518-1519. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lemon, HM, Rodriguez-Sierra, JF, Vollmer, RT, Chung, M, Chang, HR, Wanebo, HJ, Bland, KI, and Cole, B. "Younger women with breast carcinoma have a poorer prognosis than older women [3]." Cancer 78, no. 7 (1996): 1517-1519. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "Discordance of tumor diagnosis for bronchial biopsies." Chest 109, no. 5 (1996): 1138-1139.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Multivariate statistical analysis for pathologist. Part I, The logistic model." Am J Clin Pathol 105, no. 1 (January 1996): 115-126. (Review) Link to Item
  - Humphrey, PA, Zhu, X, Zarnegar, R, Swanson, PE, Ratliff, TL, Vollmer, RT, and Day, ML. "Hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor (c-MET) in prostatic carcinoma." The American Journal of Pathology 147, no. 2 (August 1995): 386-396.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Interpretation of bronchial brush specimens." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 104, no. 5 (1995): 603-604.
  - Merlo, A, Gabrielson, E, Mabry, M, Vollmer, R, Baylin, SB, and Sidransky, D. "Homozygous deletion on chromosome 9p and loss of heterozygosity on 9q, 6p, and 6q in primary human small cell lung cancer." Cancer Research 54, no. 9 (1994): 2322-2326.
  - Merlo, A, Mabry, M, Gabrielson, E, Vollmer, R, Baylin, SB, and Sidransky, D. "Frequent microsatellite instability in primary small cell lung cancer." Cancer Research 54, no. 8 (1994): 2098-2101.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Do not abandon the Breslow thickness." Am J Dermatopathol 15, no. 5 (October 1993): 478-481. Link to Item
  - Corder, EH, Guess, HA, Hulka, BS, Friedman, GD, Sadler, M, Vollmer, RT, Lobaugh, B, Drezner, MK, Vogelman, JH, and Orentreich, N. "Vitamin D and prostate cancer: a prediagnostic study with stored sera." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2, no. 5 (September 1993): 467-472. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Christenson, RH, Reimer, K, and Ohman, EM. "Temporal creatine kinase curves in acute myocardial infarction. Implications of a good empiric fit with the log-normal function." Am J Clin Pathol 100, no. 3 (September 1993): 293-298. Link to Item
  - Humphrey, PA, Frazier, HA, Vollmer, RT, and Paulson, DF. "Stratification of pathologic features in radical prostatectomy specimens that are predictive of elevated initial postoperative serum prostate-specific antigen levels." Cancer 71, no. 5 (March 1, 1993): 1821-1827. Link to Item
  - Slingluff, CL, Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Multiple primary melanoma: incidence and risk factors in 283 patients." Surgery 113, no. 3 (March 1993): 330-339. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Correspondence re: D. McDonagh, R.T. Vollmer, and J.D. Shelburne. Intercellular junctions and tumor behavior in lung cancer. Mod Pathol 4:436, 1991." Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 5, no. 1 (1992): 96-97.
  - Humphrey, PA, Walther, PJ, Currin, SM, and Vollmer, RT. "Histologic grade, DNA ploidy, and intraglandular tumor extent as indicators of tumor progression of clinical stage B prostatic carcinoma. A direct comparison." Am J Surg Pathol 15, no. 12 (December 1991): 1165-1170. Link to Item
  - Crowley, NJ, Dodge, R, Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Malignant melanoma in black Americans. A trend toward improved survival." Arch Surg 126, no. 11 (November 1991): 1359-1364. Link to Item
  - Christenson, RH, Ohman, EM, Vollmer, RT, Clemmensen, P, Grande, P, and Wagner, GS. "Serum release of the creatine kinase tissue-specific isoforms MM3 and MB2 is simultaneous during myocardial reperfusion." Clin Chim Acta 200, no. 1 (August 15, 1991): 23-33. Link to Item
  - McDonagh, D, Vollmer, RT, and Shelburne, JD. "Intercellular junctions and tumor behavior in lung cancer." Mod Pathol 4, no. 4 (July 1991): 436-440. Link to Item
  - Humphrey, PA, and Vollmer, RT. "Extramedullary hematopoiesis in the prostate." Am J Surg Pathol 15, no. 5 (May 1991): 486-490. Link to Item
  - Slingluff, CL, Vollmer, R, and Seigler, HF. "Acral melanoma: a review of 185 patients with identification of prognostic variables." Journal of Surgical Oncology 45, no. 2 (October 1990): 91-98. Full Text
  - Benning, TL, Vollmer, RT, Crain, BJ, and Shelburne, JD. "Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the oral cavity." Mod Pathol 3, no. 5 (September 1990): 631-634. Link to Item
  - Humphrey, PA, and Vollmer, RT. "Intraglandular tumor extent and prognosis in prostatic carcinoma: application of a grid method to prostatectomy specimens." Hum Pathol 21, no. 8 (August 1990): 799-804. Link to Item
  - Slingluff, CL, Reintgen, DS, Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Malignant melanoma arising during pregnancy. A study of 100 patients." Ann Surg 211, no. 5 (May 1990): 552-557. Link to Item
  - Christenson, RH, Clemmensen, P, Ohman, EM, Toffaletti, J, Silverman, LM, Grande, P, Vollmer, RT, and Wagner, GS. "Relative increase in creatine kinase MB isoenzyme during reperfusion after myocardial infarction is method dependent." Clinical Chemistry 36, no. 8 (1990): 1444-1449.
  - Humphrey, PA, and Vollmer, RT. "Reply." Human Pathology 21, no. 3 (1990): 353--.
  - Humphrey, PA, and Vollmer, RT. "Sampling of prostatic tissue (I: Reply)." Human Pathology 21, no. 3 (1990): 353--.
  - Skinner, MA, Vollmer, R, Huper, G, Abbott, P, and Iglehart, JD. "Loss of heterozygosity for genes on 11p and the clinical course of patients with lung carcinoma." Cancer Research 50, no. 8 (1990): 2303-2306.
  - Slingluff, CL, Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Anorectal melanoma: clinical characteristics and results of surgical management in twenty-four patients." Surgery 107, no. 1 (January 1990): 1-9. Link to Item
  - Christenson, RH, Ohman, EM, Clemmensen, P, Grande, P, Toffaletti, J, Silverman, LM, Vollmer, RT, and Wagner, GS. "Characteristics of creatine kinase-MB and MB isoforms in serum after reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction." Clin Chem 35, no. 11 (November 1989): 2179-2185. Link to Item
  - Olsen, EA, Kelly, FF, Vollmer, RT, Buddin, DA, and Weck, PK. "Comparative study of systemic interferon alfa-nl and isotretinoin in the treatment of resistant condylomata acuminata." J Am Acad Dermatol 20, no. 6 (June 1989): 1023-1030. Link to Item
  - Olsen, EA, Rosen, ST, Vollmer, RT, Variakojis, D, Roenigk, HH, Diab, N, and Zeffren, J. "Interferon alfa-2a in the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma." J Am Acad Dermatol 20, no. 3 (March 1989): 395-407. Link to Item
  - Reintgen, DS, Vollmer, R, and Seigler, HF. "Juvenile malignant melanoma." Surg Gynecol Obstet 168, no. 3 (March 1989): 249-253. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Malignant melanoma. A multivariate analysis of prognostic factors." Pathol Annu 24 Pt 1 (1989): 383-407. (Review) Link to Item
  - Slingluff, CL, Vollmer, R, and Seigler, HF. "Stage II malignant melanoma: presentation of a prognostic model and an assessment of specific active immunotherapy in 1,273 patients." J Surg Oncol 39, no. 3 (November 1988): 139-147. Link to Item
  - Dang-Vu, AP, Olsen, EA, Vollmer, RT, Greenberg, ML, and Hershfield, MS. "Treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma with 2'-deoxycoformycin (pentostatin)." J Am Acad Dermatol 19, no. 4 (October 1988): 692-698. Link to Item
  - Tabatowski, K, Vollmer, RT, Tello, JW, Iglehart, JD, Shelburne, JD, Schlom, J, and Johnston, WW. "The use of a panel of monoclonal antibodies in ultrastructurally characterized small cell carcinomas of the lung." Acta Cytol 32, no. 5 (September 1988): 667-674. Link to Item
  - Slingluff, CL, Vollmer, RT, Reintgen, DS, and Seigler, HF. "Lethal "thin" malignant melanoma. Identifying patients at risk." Ann Surg 208, no. 2 (August 1988): 150-161. Link to Item
  - Elson, CE, Roggli, VL, Vollmer, RT, Greenberg, SD, Fraire, AE, Spjut, HJ, and Yesner, R. "Prognostic indicators for survival in stage I carcinoma of the lung: a histologic study of 47 surgically resected cases." Mod Pathol 1, no. 4 (July 1988): 288-291. Link to Item
  - Olsen, EA, Crawford, JR, and Vollmer, RT. "Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy. Case report and review of a multisystemic disease with cutaneous infiltrates." J Am Acad Dermatol 18, no. 6 (June 1988): 1322-1332. (Review) Link to Item
  - Humphrey, P, and Vollmer, RT. "The ratio of prostate chips with cancer: a new measure of tumor extent and its relationship to grade and prognosis." Hum Pathol 19, no. 4 (April 1988): 411-418. Link to Item
  - Pratt, PC, and Vollmer, RT. "Effect of alcohol consumption on emphysema or pulmonary function." American Review of Respiratory Disease 138, no. 5 (1988): 1358-1359.
  - Vernon, HJ, Olsen, EA, and Vollmer, RT. "Autosomal dominant multiple cylindromas associated with solitary lung cylindroma." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 19, no. 2 II SUPPL. (1988): 397-400.
  - Wiener, MD, Halvorsen, RA, Vollmer, RT, Foster, WL, and Roberts, L. "Focal intrahepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis mimicking neoplasm." AJR Am J Roentgenol 149, no. 6 (December 1987): 1171-1172. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reintgen, DS, Vollmer, R, Tso, CY, and Seigler, HF. "Prognosis for recurrent stage I malignant melanoma." Arch Surg 122, no. 11 (November 1987): 1338-1342. Link to Item
  - Fraire, AE, Roggli, VL, Vollmer, RT, Greenberg, SD, McGavran, MH, Spjut, HJ, and Yesner, R. "Lung cancer heterogeneity. Prognostic implications." Cancer 60, no. 3 (August 1, 1987): 370-375. Link to Item
  - Linder, J, Stein, RB, Roggli, VL, Vollmer, RT, Croker, BP, Postlethwait, RW, and Shelburne, JD. "Polypoid tumor of the esophagus." Human Pathology 18, no. 7 (July 1987): 692-700. Full Text
  - Johnson, DH, Einhorn, LH, Birch, R, Vollmer, R, Perez, C, Krauss, S, Omura, G, and Greco, FA. "A randomized comparison of high-dose versus conventional-dose cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: A phase III trial of the Southeastern Cancer Study Group." Journal of Clinical Oncology 5, no. 11 (1987): 1731-1738.
  - Vollmer, RT, Phillips, ME, Sober, AJ, and Jr, MCM. "Minimal deviation melanoma." Human Pathology 18, no. 8 (1987): 869-870.
  - Vollmer, RT, Shelburne, JD, and Iglehart, JD. "Intercellular junctions and tumor stage in small cell carcinoma of the lung." Hum Pathol 18, no. 1 (January 1987): 22-27. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Likelihood ratio vs a multivariate model." Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 111, no. 2 (1987): 110-111.
  - Wain, SL, Kier, R, Vollmer, RT, and Bossen, EH. "Basaloid-squamous carcinoma of the tongue, hypopharynx, and larynx: report of 10 cases." Hum Pathol 17, no. 11 (November 1986): 1158-1166. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Prostate cancer and chip specimens: complete versus partial sampling." Hum Pathol 17, no. 3 (March 1986): 285-290. Link to Item
  - Friedman, KJ, and Vollmer, RT. "Malignant melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a patient treated for severe pustular psoriasis." Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology 12, no. 12 (1986): 1290-1294.
  - Kinney, RB, Burton, CS, and Vollmer, RT. "Necrotizing sialometaplasia: A sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test." Archives of Dermatology 122, no. 2 (1986): 208-210.
  - Szpak, CA, Johnston, WW, Roggli, V, Kolbeck, J, Lottich, SC, Vollmer, R, Thor, A, and Schlom, J. "The diagnostic distinction between malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and adenocarcinoma of the lung as defined by a monoclonal antibody (B72.3)." American Journal of Pathology 122, no. 2 (1986): 252-260.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Roggli, VL. "Asbestos body concentrations in human lung: predictions from asbestos body counts in tissue sections with a mathematical model." Hum Pathol 16, no. 7 (July 1985): 713-718. Link to Item
  - Roggli, VL, Vollmer, RT, Greenberg, SD, McGavran, MH, Spjut, HJ, and Yesner, R. "Lung cancer heterogeneity: a blinded and randomized study of 100 consecutive cases." Hum Pathol 16, no. 6 (June 1985): 569-579. Link to Item
  - Reintgen, DS, McCarty, KS, Vollmer, R, Cox, E, and Seigler, HF. "Malignant melanoma and pregnancy." Cancer 55, no. 6 (March 15, 1985): 1340-1344. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT, Birch, R, Ogden, L, and Crissman, JD. "Subclassification of small cell cancer of the lung: the Southeastern Cancer Study Group experience." Hum Pathol 16, no. 3 (March 1985): 247-252. Link to Item
  - RUSTGI, AK, ROTOLO, FS, PEETE, WPJ, VOLLMER, RT, and MEYERS, WC. "SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF LATE-ONSET PRIMARY LYMPHATIC HYPOPLASIA." SURGERY 97, no. 6 (1985): 714-720. Link to Item
  - Ware, JL, Lieberman, AP, Webb, KS, and Vollmer, RT. "Factors influencing phenotypic diversity of human prostate carcinoma cells metastasizing in athymic nude mice." Experimental Cell Biology 53, no. 5 (1985): 163-169.
  - Vollmer, RT, Ogden, L, and Crissman, JD. "Separation of small-cell from non-small-cell lung cancer. The Southeastern Cancer Study Group pathologists' experience." Arch Pathol Lab Med 108, no. 10 (October 1984): 792-794. Link to Item
  - Pratt, PC, and Vollmer, RT. "The beneficial effect of alcohol consumption on the prevalence and extent of centrilobular emphysema. A retrospective autopsy analysis." Chest 85, no. 3 (1984): 372-377.
  - Vollmer, RT. "Surgical pathology reports." Human Pathology 15, no. 6 (1984): 598--.
  - Reintgen, DS, Cox, EB, McCarty, KS, Vollmer, RT, and Seigler, HF. "Efficacy of elective lymph node dissection in patients with intermediate thickness primary melanoma." Ann Surg 198, no. 3 (September 1983): 379-385. Link to Item
  - Jr, WLF, Vollmer, RT, Jr, RAH, and Williford, ME. "Ultrasonographic findings of small hypernephroma associated with renal cyst." Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 11, no. 8 (1983): 463-466.
  - Linder, J, Croker, BP, Vollmer, RT, and Shelburne, J. "Systemic kappa light-chain deposition. An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study." American Journal of Surgical Pathology 7, no. 1 (1983): 85-93.
  - Ose, D, Vollmer, R, Shelburne, J, McComb, R, and Harrelson, J. "Histiocytoid hemangioma of the skin and scapula. A case report with electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry." Cancer 51, no. 9 (1983): 1656-1662.
  - SZPAK, CA, CREASMAN, WT, VOLLMER, RT, and JOHNSTON, WW. "Prognostic Value of Cytologic Examination of Peritoneal Washings in Patients with Endometrial Carcinoma." Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 37, no. 10 (October 1982): 638-640. Full Text
  - Vollmer, RT. "The effect of cell size on the pathologic diagnosis of small and large cell carcinomas of the lung." Cancer 50, no. 7 (October 1, 1982): 1380-1383. Link to Item
  - Merchant, JA. "Airways obstruction among cotton textile workers." Archives of environmental health 36, no. 1 (January 1981): 43-45. (Letter) Full Text
  - Szpak, CA, Creasman, WT, Vollmer, RT, and Johnston, WW. "Prognostic value of cytologic examination of peritoneal washings in patients with endometrial carcinoma." Acta Cytologica 25, no. 6 (1981): 640-646.
  - Burger, PC, and Vollmer, RT. "Histologic factors of prognostic significance in the glioblastoma multiforme." Cancer 46, no. 5 (1980): 1179-1186.
  - Pratt, PC, Vollmer, RT, and Miller, JA. "Prevalence and severity of morphologic emphysema and bronchitis in non-textile and cotton-textile workers." Chest 77, no. 2 Suppl (1980): 323-325.
  - Pratt, PC, Vollmer, RT, and Miller, JA. "Epidemiology of pulmonary lesions in nontextile and cotton textile workers: A retrospective autopsy analysis." Archives of Environmental Health 35, no. 3 (1980): 133-138.
  - Pratt, PC, Vollmer, RT, Shelburne, JD, and Crapo, JD. "Pulmonary morphology in a multihospital collaborative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation project. I. Light microscopy." Am J Pathol 95, no. 1 (April 1979): 191-214. Link to Item
  - Greeley, D, Crapo, JD, and Vollmer, RT. "Estimation of the mean caliper diameter of cell nuclei. I. Serial section reconstriction method and endothelial nuclei from human lung." J Microsc 114, no. 1 (September 1978): 31-39. Link to Item
  - Woodard, BH, Shelburne, JD, Vollmer, RT, and Postlethwait, RW. "Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report." Hum Pathol 9, no. 3 (May 1978): 352-354. Link to Item
  - Greeley, DA, Crapo, JD, and Vollmer, RT. "Morphometric analysis of human lung." American Review of Respiratory Disease 115, no. 4 II (1977): 332--.
  - Vollmer, RT, and Caspary, WJ. "Computer analysis of ESR data. Integration for concentration determination and resolution of multiple-component spectra." Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969) 27, no. 2 (1977): 181-189.
  - Lockhart, JL, Dalton, DL, Vollmer, RT, and Glenn, JF. "Nonfunctioning interstitial cell carcinoma of testis." Urology 8, no. 4 (1976): 392-394.
  - McCarty, KS, Vollmer, RT, and McCarty, KS. "Improved computer program data for the resolution and fractionation of macromolecules by isokinetic sucrose density gradient sedimentation." Anal Biochem 61, no. 1 (September 1974): 165-183. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Computer construction of isokinetic sucrose centrifugation gradients." Comput Biomed Res 7, no. 3 (June 1974): 189-199. Link to Item
  - Vollmer, RT. "Twin concordance: a set theoretic and probability theory approach." J Theor Biol 36, no. 2 (August 1972): 367-378. Link to Item

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