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Prognosis
Prognosis Tests that help determine the selection of therapy for tumours may also have additiona...
Prognostic factors for malignant tumours
Prognostic factors for malignant tumours Tissue assessment is important for cancer prognosis. Sta...
Other terms
Other terms Other specific tissue abnormalities are also detectable by microscopy . Histopathologi...
PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis of m
PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis of malignancy Neoplasia is a broad term that includ...
PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis of malignancy
PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis of malignancy Neoplasia is a broad term that includ...
Molecular changes and drug therapy
Molecular changes and drug therapy An increasingly common reason for molecular testing and relate...
Molecular profile examples of specific tumours
Molecular profile: examples of specific tumours Colorectal carcinoma In CRC, the anti-EGFR monoclon...
Non-neoplastic and inflammatory conditions
Non-neoplastic and inflammatory conditions The diagnosis, assessment and management of non-neopla...
Learning objectives
Learning objectives To understand: The value and limitations of tissue diagnosis • Approaches to ...
Microscopic features of inflammation
Microscopic features of inflammation Acute inflammation is characterised histologically by neutro -...
Mismatch repair gene abnormalities in tumours
Mismatch repair gene abnormalities in tumours High levels of microsatellite instability (MSI-H),...
Immunohistochemistry tumour pathology
Immunohistochemistry: tumour pathology Immunohistochemistry has multiple applications in tumour p...
Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemistry Immunohistochemistry emerged in the 1970s and has had a major impact on hist...
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Pre-nineteenth century tissue diagnosis depended on naked eye examination of autops...
Histology specimen
Histology specimen On arrival in the pathology laboratory , specimens receive a unique identificat...
Histology
Histology Specimens for histology are classified as biopsies and resec - tions, although strictly ...
Histological types of malignancy
Histological types of malignancy A malignant tumour showing features of epithelial di ff erentia ...
Genomic changes in tumours
Genomic changes in tumours In normal circumstances, there is precise control of the divi - sion ...
HER2 gene amplification
HER2 gene amplification HER2 status influences the selection of therapy for breast cancer and meta...
Histological assessment
Histological assessment In a histological preparation, the microscopic structure of the tissue r...