Prostate biopsy interpretation: an illustrated guide /
<p>Prostate needle biopsy specimens account for an important portion of a surgical pathologist's daily work. There is, however, a significant error rate when diagnosing prostate cancer in needle biopsies. Furthermore, the modified Gleason grading scheme is being only slowly adopted, and t...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012.
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| Summary: | <p>Prostate needle biopsy specimens account for an important portion of a surgical pathologist's daily work. There is, however, a significant error rate when diagnosing prostate cancer in needle biopsies. Furthermore, the modified Gleason grading scheme is being only slowly adopted, and there is considerable variation in reporting. <br><br>This book covers all the practical issues related to the interpretation of prostatic biopsies in day-to-day practice, including: biopsy sampling and processing; the diagnosis of limited cancer; differentiation of prostate cancers from benign lesions and recognition of histologic variants; the recognition and clinical significance of "atypical" diagnoses and HGPIN; the identification of recently described entities; the contemporary approach to Gleason grading; the utility of immunohistochemical markers and emerging molecular markers; and the reporting of prostate biopsies. The book contains numerous carefully selected, high-quality color images and uses algorithms, flow charts, and tables to simulate the thought and decision-making process upon encountering common clinical scenarios during sign-out of prostate biopsy. It will appeal especially to practicing surgical pathologists as well as to pathology residents and fellows in training who require a handy resource designed for use in daily practice.</p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 185 pages) 199 illustration. in color. digital. |
| ISBN: | 9783642213694 |