Griffith University

FACHSE, FRACMA, FRCPA, MHLADM, MBBS
Adjunct Associate Professor

Gold Coast Health Service District - Director Pathology Department

Contact details for Adjunct Associate Professor Stephen Weinstein

Research interests

• Thyroid Cancer
• Breast Cancer

Current research project

• Thyroid Cancer tumor markers study

Current grants

• $1,710,000 - "Thyroid Cancer", Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry Smart State Fellowships Program, Collaboration between Griffith University and Queensland Health, SR Weinstein and A Lam - 2008 - 2011
• $120,000 - "Thyroid Cancer tumour markers study", SERTF - 2006 - 2009

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Gopalan V, Smith RA, Nassiri MR, Yasuda K, Salajegheh A, Kim SK, Ho Y-H, Weinstein S, Tang J C-O, Lam A K-Y (2010) GAEC1 and colorectal cancer: a study of the relationships between a novel oncogene and clinicopathologic features. Human Pathology, 41:1009-1015.
• Zhao H, Dong Y, Quan J, Smith R, Lam A, Weinstein S, Clements J, Johnson NW, Gao J (2010) Correlation of the expression of human Kallikrein-related peptidases 4 and 7 with prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Head and Neck, 1-8.
• Boslooper K, Lam A, Gao J, Weinstein S, Johnson N (2008) The clinicopathological roles of alpha b-crystallin and p53 expression in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Pathology, 40(5):500-504.
• Haupt ML, Irving RE, Weinstein SR, Irving MG, Griffiths LR (2008) Stromal/Epithelial interactions of Matrix metalloproteinases localised by In Situ-RT-PCR in archival human breast biopsy material. Molecular & Cellular Probes, 22:83-89.
• Lam AKY, Weinstein SR, Tiban K (2007) Surgical pathology of patients living in Kiribati. Pathology, 39(6):606-609.
• Stone M, McGuire LJ, Moore M, Hamilton D, Weinstein SR (2007)  Bilateral Nasal Obstruction in a 50-year old woman. Pathology, 39(5):516-518.
• Smith RA, Lea RA, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2007) Progesterone, glucocorticoid, but not estrogen receptor mRNA is altered in breast cancer stroma. Cancer Letters, 255(1):77-84.
• Smith RA, Lea RA, Weinstein SR, Griffiths L (2006) Detection of mRNA levels for the estrogen alpha, estrogen beta and androgen nuclear receptor genes in archival breast cancer tissue. Cancer letters, 237(2):248-255.
  
• Ashton KJ, Weinstein SR, Maguire DJ, Griffiths LR (2003) Chromosomal aberrations in squamous cell carcinoma and solar keratoses revealed by comparative genomic hybridization. Arch Dermatology. 139(7):876-82.
• Mellick AS, Blackmore D, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2003) An Assessment of MMP and TIMP Gene Expression in Cell Lines and Stroma – Tumour Differences in Microdissected Breast Cancer Biopsies. Tumor Biology, 24:258-270.
• Withers T, Klevansky A, Weinstein SR (2003) Lipomeningioma: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 10(6):712-714.
• Smith RA, Lea RA, Curran JE, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2003) Expression of glucorticoid and progesterone nuclear receptor genes in archival breast cancer tissue.  Breast Cancer Research, 5(1):R9-R12.
• Mellick AS, Day CJ, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR, Morrison NA (2002) Differential gene expression in breast cancer cell lines and stroma-tumor differences in microdissected breast cancer biopsies revealed by display array analysis.  International Journal of Cancer, 100:172-180.
• Weinstein SR (2002) Pathology in East Timor. Pathology, 34:471-472.
• Curran JE, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2002) Polymorphic variants of NFKB1 and its inhibitory protein NFKBIA, and their involvement in sporadic breast cancer. Cancer Letters, 188:103-107.
• Smith RA, Curran JE, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2001) Investigation of glutathione S-transferase zeta and the development of sporadic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 3(6):409–411.
• Ashton KJ, Williams BF, Weinstein SR, Maguire DJ, Griffiths L (2001) Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma DNA Using Comparative Genomic Hybridization. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 117:683-686.
• Curran JE, Lea RA, Rutherford S, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2001) Association of Estrogen Receptor and Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Polymorphism with Sporadic Breast Cancer. International Journal of Cancer, 95:271-275.
• Carless MA, Curran JE, Gaffney P, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2001) Association Analysis of Somatostatin Receptor (SSTR1 and SSTR2) Polymorphisms in Breast Cancer and Solar Keratosis. Cancer Letters, 166:193-197.
• Weinstein SR, Bewtra C (2000) Pathology in Madagascar. Pathology, 32(3):228-232.
• Ashton KJ, Williams BF, Weinstein SR, Maguire DJ, Griffiths LR (2000) Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma Representative DNA using Comparative Genomic Hybridisation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 117:683.
• Curran JE, Weinstein SR, Griffiths LR (2000) Polymorphisms of Glutathione S-Transferase Genes (GSTM1, GSTP1 and GSTT1) and Breast Cancer Susceptibility. Cancer Letters, 153:113-120.