Currently, cancer is present in one in 10 biopsies ordered by physicians, but all must be
analyzed by pathologists to identify the extent and volume of the disease, determine if it has spread and whether the patient has an aggressive or indolent cancer and needs chemotherapy or a less drastic treatment.
The current method for distinguishing between cancerous and benign tissue during surgery is to cut out and freeze small samples to be
analyzed by pathologists.
To determine if the mass is cancerous or benign, a doctor would order a biopsy, which involves the removal of a small tissue sample that is then
analyzed by a pathologist.
Not exact matches
The researchers also
analyzed samples of human neural tissue from embryos that had been stored
by a hospital
pathologist..
March 23, 2018 - In the not - so - distant future, surgeons could ensure the complete removal of malignant tumors, and
pathologists could
analyze tissue more efficiently,
by using a device invented at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
The cells are then
analyzed by a veterinary clinical
pathologist.
Grading is judged
by a
pathologist, after
analyzing a tumor sample under the microscope.