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A Progressive pathologist with Special interest in Oncopathology.
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January 26, 2012
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India’s first virtual Cancer Pathology diagnostic centre

Its is my great pleasure to inform you that  Oncopath Diagnostics-India’s first virtual Cancer Pathology centre has started at Pune. !!!! With the help of India’s first and Only digital pathology slide scanning  system at Oncopath diagnostics, pathologists from USA, UK and Canada will be able to provide expert consultation to patients in India !!!! This centre will be specially helpful for patients and physicians/pathologists [...]

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August 25, 2011
11:06 pm

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Mimics of Prostate Cancer

www.oncopathology.info. Atrophy looks suspicious for adenocarcinoma at first glance. the nuclei are small and hyperchromatic. No prominent nucleoli are seen. Some glands are lined by obviously benign flattened atrophic epithelium. The immunostain for high molecular weight cytokeratin can be helpful in distinguishing between atrophy (fragmented basal cell layer) from atrophic variant of prostatic adenocarcinoma (no [...]

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March 2, 2010
6:28 pm

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High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN)

High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN): Common questions asked about HGPIN are : -How do we as pathologists make these diagnoses? -What do they mean for the patient in terms of cancer risk? -What is/are the optimal strategies for follow-up so that if cancer does eventually develop it is caught at an early, curable stage? [...]

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September 24, 2009
12:33 pm

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Dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease

The pathologic reporting of endoscopic biopsy specimens with inflammatory bowel disease must convey an assessment of the disease activity and distribution. In addition, the pathologist must render an opinion on the presence or absence of dysplasia. Agreeing on the terminology is relatively easy. Agreeing on the morphologic presence or absence of dysplasia is another issue. [...]

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September 16, 2009
10:18 am

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Making Sure Your Lab Reports Are Easy to Understand

         A portion of clinical error results from the misinterpretation of laboratory data. Powsner et al reported that surgeons misunderstood 30% of pathology reports.        Whether one communicates test results electronically, by fax, or on paper, one should periodically review the content and layout of the reports to make sure they are as useful as [...]

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July 3, 2009
9:43 am

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Immunopheotype of Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST)

Histogenesis: It has been suggested that GISTs originate from the interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC), or from a primitive stem cell that differentiates towards both the ICC and smooth muscle phenotye. Sites: GISTs occur at every level of the GI tract. Most tumours arise in the stomach (60%) and about 20–30% occur in the small [...]

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