Pathology News
The answer to February's Case of the Month is pancreatoblastoma (metastatic to liver). Representative images from slide available for review: ...
A number of people have asked me recently if healthcare IT initiatives will receive any funding from the recently passed stimulus package. Here is a nice summary I saw recently: The $787 billion economic stimulus package includes $19...
Came across this post from NY Times Health blog this week. Couple of thoughts: Biopsies required to fix for certain time should need for certain IHC (i.e. HER2) required. Formal guidelines coming on ER/PR as well just as we...
The use of digital pathology techniques without stains or reagents is gaining traction for use in clinical practice, particularly for "gray" diagnostic areas where tride-and-true physical stains and or chemicals may not provide high...
TOP STORIES CAP Electronic Cancer ChecklistsNow Available in XML FormatThe College of American Pathologists electronic Cancer Checklists are now even easier to use! The checklists, which assist pathologists in reporting over 60 common and...
With thanks to Dr. Karl Robstad, a pathology resident in Albany, New York for the tip on this offering from Leica. The new Leica LMD7000 is a laser microdissection system with a power-adjustable, high precision laser. For the first time, high...
