Large-Format Histology in Diagnosing Breast Carcinoma

Tibor Tot,Vincenzo Eusebi,Julio A Ibarra

doi:10.1155/2012/618796

Abstract

This special issue represents a unique effort to review the experience with this beneficial technique in different pathology laboratories from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Although large-format histology was the topic of a few monographs and has also been discussed in individual reports in a number of journal articles, this special issue is the first to collect knowledge and experience with this technique as used in routine diagnostic histopathology.

Highlights

Received 6 December 2012; Accepted 6 December 2012. This special issue represents a unique effort to review the experience with this beneficial technique in different pathology laboratories from the United States, Canada, and Europe
Large-format histology was the topic of a few monographs and has been discussed in individual reports in a number of journal articles, this special issue is the first to collect knowledge and experience with this technique as used in routine diagnostic histopathology
Ibarra reports on his unique experience with combining standard sections and large-format sections to assess surgical specimens removed following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a community hospital in the USA, which is an increasingly important issue in every pathology laboratory diagnosing breast carcinomas

Summary

Introduction

Despite the distance between the laboratories and the differences in working conditions, the experience and expert opinions reported in the papers of this special issue is consistent in evidencing advantages of the large-format histopathology method over the traditional small-block sampling method both as a substitute for standard histopathology and as an adjunctive tool. Editorial Large-Format Histology in Diagnosing Breast Carcinoma This special issue represents a unique effort to review the experience with this beneficial technique in different pathology laboratories from the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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