Diagnostic pathology refers to the branch of medicine that focuses on analyzing and identifying diseases by examining tissue samples, cells, and specimens. It helps doctors to determine the cause, nature, and extent of a disease, allowing them to make accurate diagnoses and recommend appropriate treatments for patients.
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«We can use expansion pathology to push conventional light microscopes beyond their current limits, which could have important applications
in diagnostic pathology,» said the study's co-lead author, Octavian Bucur, MD, PhD, of the Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Institute at BIDMC, who is also a Ludwig Cancer Center Research Investigator.
Fully implemented targeted sequencing - based assays in routine
diagnostic pathology laboratories are currently lacking in lymphoid cancer care,» explained Christian Steidl, MD, Senior Scientist at the BC Cancer and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The journal covers all aspects of surgical pathology, including
classic diagnostic pathology, prognosis - related diagnosis (tumor stages, prognosis markers, such as MIB - percentage, hormone receptors, etc.), and therapy - related findings.
Another aspect that I found intimidating was the fact that my primary interest was
diagnostic pathology, whereas the faculty was strongly research oriented.
His research interests include the molecular characterization of hematopoietic cells and their neoplastic counterparts and the application of emerging molecular technologies to
diagnostic pathology.
Biosketch: As a comparative anatomic pathologist, my interests range from mouse models of flaviviral infection to
diagnostic pathology in several species.
Dr. Scruggs is a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and has been involved in
diagnostic pathology and production medicine for more than 25 years, focusing on beef and swine production medicine and diagnostic pathology.
Those samples will be submitted to
a diagnostic pathology laboratory for microscopic assessment through a process called histopathology.