Tumor Cytogenetic alteration Fusion genes [significance] Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma t(2;13)(q35;q14) PAX3–FOXO1(FKHR) Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma t(1;13)(p36;q14) PAX7–FOXO1(FKHR) – [favorable prognosis] Alveolar soft part sarcoma t(X;17)(p11;q25) TFE3–ASPSCR1(ASPL) – [sensitive to MET inhibitors] Clear cell…
Fig. 9.1. Barcode scanning at gross station equipped with barcoding scanners for material tracking. Historical Perspective 1960–2000 ♦ Interdisciplinary field at the cross section of biology, medicine, computer science,…
Fig. 10.1. The “no blame box”. Specimens can be charted into one of the four categories of cancer/no cancer and good quality/poor quality. This method often illustrates that errors are…
(1) Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK Abstract Cervical adenocarcinomas are increasing in incidence and now account for approximately 25 % of cervical carcinomas in most developed…
(1) Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, UK Abstract This chapter covers the many benign endocervical glandular lesions, some of which may mimic premalignant and malignant…
(1) Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK Abstract In this chapter the appearance of in situ and invasive glandular neoplasms of the cervix and their…
(1) Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK Abstract This chapter deals with uncommon primary cervical neoplasms. Tumours covered in this chapter include neuroendocrine neoplasms of which the…
(1) Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK Abstract Premalignant endocervical glandular lesions are increasing in incidence. The various terminologies applied to these lesions (adenocarcinoma in situ or…
(1) Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK Abstract In this chapter the anatomy and appearance of the normal cervix in histology and cytology specimens will…
