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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: The Role of Surgical Pathologist: A Surgeon's Perspective -- Introduction -- Preoperative Input -- Intraoperative Input -- Postoperative Input -- References -- 2: Histopathology Versus Cytopathology -- Further Reading -- Part II: The Surgical Pathology Report -- 3: The Surgical Pathology Request Form, What Is Mandatory To Fill-In? -- Further Reading -- 4: The Surgical Pathology Report Simplified -- Further Reading -- 5: Clarifying Jargon in Pathology Reports -- Further Reading

Part III: The Journey of Specimens -- 6: The Journey of Specimens: From the Operating Table to the Microscope -- 7: At the Grossing Station: Principles of Specimen Handling and Cut-Up -- 8: Basics of Tissue Processing -- Further Reading -- 9: A Primer on Gross Pathology Examination and Selected Images of Gross Specimens -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Specimen's 'Essentials'! -- 10: Formalin -- Further Reading -- 11: The Paraffin Block -- Further Reading -- Part V: The Intraoperative Consultation -- 12: The Pathologist and the Intraoperative Consultation: A Surgeon's Perspective -- References

13: Intraoperative Diagnoses Techniques -- Further Reading -- 14: Frozen Sections -- Further Reading -- Part VI: The Biopsy -- 15: Biopsies in Oncology: Role, Types, and Principles of Optimal Sampling -- Limitations -- Potential Competing Alternatives: The Liquid Biopsy -- Further Reading -- Part VII: Ancillary Studies in Surgical Pathology -- 16: Ancillary Studies in Surgical Pathology -- Further Reading -- 17: Commonly Used Immunohistochemical Stains and Their Diagnostic, Theranostic, and Prognostic Utilities -- Introduction -- Diagnostic Use -- Organ Diagnosis -- Differentiation

Inflammation -- Tumor Subtypes -- Infections -- Theranostic Use -- Prognostic Use -- Further Reading -- Part VIII: A Primar on Surgical Oncology -- 18: Grading and Staging in Pathology -- Grading -- Staging -- Further Reading -- 19: A Primer on Clinical Stage Classifications of Malignant Tumors (cTNM) -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 20: Selected Tables of Pathologic Stage Classification (pTNM) -- Further Reading -- 21: Surgical Margin Assessment -- Extent of Resection: A Rough Guide -- Further Reading -- 22: Metastases: A Visual Guide -- High Yield Facts -- Metastases -- General Rules

Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) -- Further Reading -- Part IX: The Modern Surgical Pathology -- 23: Virtual Microscopy and Telepathology -- Further Reading -- 24: The Modern Pathologist Role at MDT Meeting -- Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meeting -- Further Reading -- Part X: Errors in Surgical Pathology -- 25: Sources of Error in Surgical Pathology -- Further Reading -- Index