Description
Original release date:Â October 31, 2023
Videos+PDFs
Course Description
Join expert pathologists as they guide you through the nomenclature, staging, and ancillary studies for your everyday surgical pathology practice. Faculty will help distinguish between what looks atypical but benign from those that look bland but are malignant. Through the case-based discussion, faculty will discuss histological features that are needed to make a specific diagnosis; how histology plays a role in outcomes; whether staging is important and what system to use. Topics will cover Breast, Bone and Soft Tissue, Genitourinary, Gastrointestinal, Thoracic, and Head and Neck Pathology.
Target Audience
Practicing academic and community pathologists, and pathologists-in-training
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:
- Determine which cases need to be worked further with immunohistochemistry or molecular techniques.
- Become familiar with the different nomenclatures
- Become familiar with the different staging schemas
- Determine which features are important in separating benign and unusual from bland and malignant
