Clinical care

What exactly is a multidisciplinary team – and what is the pathologist’s role in it?

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leica Biosystems have formed a unique partnership to make a 100% digital pathology service a reality

Not only is artificial intelligence not intended to replace pathologists – at the moment, it can’t function without them!

Pathologists hold the key to diagnostic management teams – and diagnostic management teams have a lot to contribute to patient care

A new DNA test that can detect treatment-resistant mutations could prove crucial for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, providing an early indication that targeted therapeutic intervention is needed

A combination of magnetic particles that bind circulating tumor cells and a magnetic wire that samples them directly from the vein could lead to earlier diagnosis

This dangerous condition can cause sudden death during surgery – but until now, testing has been unreliable and often painful and invasive

The serum free light chain assay for myeloma may miss as many as one in four cases of lambda chain-associated disease, so additional testing is advised

Digital spatial profiling technology may enable researchers to identify biomarkers that indicate how patients with high-risk melanoma will respond to treatment

Can you diagnose this 73-year-old female’s oval lesion of the scalp?