Pathologists’ Roles in Clinical Utilization Management

Clinical pathologists--a threatened species?

All pathologists, and especially those of you who are of my generation, have been giving increasing thought to the career prospects for young doctors and share, with me, concern with the declining recruitment to our speciality. Like you, I can look back over some twenty or thirty years to the days of numerous applicants for Consultant Pathologist posts, impressive short-lists with candidates of...

Roles of pathologists in molecular targeted cancer therapy

Molecular targeted cancer therapy (MTCT) is the "personalized" or "individualized" approaches toward cancer which targets the particular molecular or genetic changes, i.e. over-expression of molecules, and genetic amplification, mutations and translocations. MTCT is generally composed of two mechanisms, (1) humanized monoclonal antibodies (hMAB) and (2) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). Somatos...

Association of Clinical Pathologists: 44th Scientific Meeting.

Association of Clinical Pathologists, Wessex Branch

s of Papers given at the Autumn Meeting held at the Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath, 23rd November 1982 CONGO 'BLUE' STAINING: A HISTOCHEMICAL

Association of Clinical Pathologists, Wessex Branch

vascular arrangement is in fact a feature of all human lymph nodes. Our study was designed to reinvestigate this traditional view of lymph nodal vascular supply. The arterial tree supplying lymph nodes from human cadavers was injected with a radio-opaque barium suspension (75%w/v). Superficial lymph nodes from the groin and deep lymph nodes from the small intestinal mesentery were studied by me...