Lymph node metastasis informs prognosis and is a key factor in deciding further
management, particularly adjuvant chemotherapy. It is core to all contemporary staging …

The British Society for Clinical Cytology Code of Practice on fine needle aspiration cytology
complements that on exfoliative cytopathology, which was published in the last issue …

INTRODUCTION Gall bladder carcinoma is a rare malignancy that carries a very poor
prognosis. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is established as the gold-standard …

The use of immunohistochemistry in the reporting of prostate biopsies is an important
adjunct when the diagnosis is not definite on haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) morphology …

Introduction Endoscopic biopsy procedures increasingly generate multiple tissue samples
from multiple sites, and frequently retrieve concurrent cytologic specimens and small core …

Objective Assess the work environment of salaried pathologists via (1) the national workload
system (L4E),(2) work distribution among/in three hospital groups, and (3) the frequency of …

Objective Current practice to diagnose pancreatic cancer is accomplished by endoscopic
ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS–FNA) using a cytological approach. This …

Healthcare processes contain various complexities which make them difficult to model.
These include: multiple-participant activities with flexible resourcing; dynamic task priorities; …

Exfoliative cytopathology (often referred to as non‐gynaecological cytology) is an important
part of the workload of all diagnostic pathology departments. It clearly has a role in the …

Large laboratory systems that include facilities with a range of capabilities and capacity are
being created within consolidated healthcare systems. This paradigm shift is being driven by …