Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (2-Volume Set)

Presents advanced diagnostic techniques and information on currently known disease entities. This third edition text has been revised and includes additional information on the intestinal tract, breast, kidney, urinary bladder, prostate, testis and thorax. The authors highlight the expanding diagnostic applications of immunohistochemistry and molecular biologic techniques. Among the topics discussed are the REAL and WHO classifications of lymphomas; new classifications of kidney tumours and papillary urothelial neoplasms, inflammatory lesions of the mesentery and retroperitoneum; newer techniques for handling breast specimens; immunohistochemical differentiation of pleural lesion; and advances in regard to early-stage prostate cancer.