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Pathologists study cells, tissues, and body fluids and make diagnoses based on the findings in these tissues and fluids. This makes pathology a unique branch of medicine. Because anatomic diagnostic pathologists do not see patients, they use all of the available information including patient history, physical examination results, family history, and radiological findings to arrive at the most definitive diagnosis based on the tissue biopsy or resected specimen. The diagnosis established by the surgical pathologist serves as guides for the treatment and prognosis of many human diseases. Many other areas of pathology including cytopathology, pediatric pathology, autopsy patholgy, and forensic pathology will be discussed in the book.
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Lloyd, R.V. (2023). Introduction. In: Pathology: Historical and Contemporary Aspects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39554-3_1
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