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A Progressive pathologist with Special interest in Oncopathology.
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June 2, 2009
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Significance of Atypical Small Ascinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy

Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because of concern about over diagnosis. These are the cases, which are labelled as ASAP–atypical small acinar proliferation. Diagnostic criteria for ASAP and its clinical significance is discussed at www.oncopathology.blogspot.com

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May 20, 2009
9:35 am

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Sentinel Lymph node biopsy in Melanoma

Clinical Significance of Sentinel Lymph node in melanoma: SLNB is very accurate in predicting the status of the remaining regional lymph nodes.It is currently the most significant independent prognostic indicator for survival when compared with all other factors, including tumour thickness and the presence of ulceration. According to recent studies,the relapse rate for H&E detected [...]

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May 12, 2009
3:31 pm

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Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP)

It is often important to determine the site of origin of a metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site, particularly because this may affect the choice of the treatment. Determination of the primary site may take several steps. Clinical features, such as age, sex, and site of metastases may give a first indication.A detailed pathologic examination [...]

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April 29, 2009
12:30 pm

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Updates on Molecular Cancer Pathology

www.oncopathology.blogspot.com 1) Molecular profiling may help determine patient’s response to cancer therapies, research suggests. A pilot study of molecular profiling of tumors, helped to identify therapies that ultimately had an impact on the disease.The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center are “striving to profile individual tumors so that [...]

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April 20, 2009
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Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping-Pathology Protocol

www.oncopathology.blogspot.com Sentinel lymph node mapping is now performed on selected patients who opt for conservative surgery to treat their breast cancer. The procedure involves the surgical identification of those axillary lymph nodes that theoretically would be the first ‘‘sentinel’’ nodes to receive the lymphatic drainage from the breast harboring the invasive cancer. If these nodes [...]

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April 13, 2009
11:06 am

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Reporting parameters for positive prostate needle biopsy

The Parameters required for reporting positive prostate needle biopsy can be divided in Mandatory and Optional. The college of American pathologists (CAP) parameters required for reporting positive prostate biopsies are simplified and published at ww.oncopathology.blogspot.com.

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