BACKGROUND Changes in cancer care have increased the importance of cancer registries in monitoring trends and outcomes. Registries are increasingly using computerised systems, such as patient administration and histopathology, as data sources. Omissions by registries can cause interpretation errors, but use of multiple data sources can overcome this. METHODS Registrations of new colorectal ca...

The histopathological changes in Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) overlap with those of sinusoidal obstruction (SOS) and cardiac or pericardiac disorders resulting right failure. These conditions, however, are different on both clinical pathological grounds need to be differentiated from BCS. This review is centred the three main aspects BCS diagnostic liver histopathology: (1) general histopathology...

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the 2011 International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) colposcopic terminology. Methods The clinicopathological data of 2262 patients who underwent colposcopy from September 2012 to September 2016 were reviewed. The colposcopic findings, colposcopic impression, and cervical histopathology of the patients were analyzed. ...

OF THE THESIS Automated Image-based Detection and Grading of Lymphocytic Infiltration in Breast Cancer Histopathology By Ajay Basavanhally Thesis Director: Dr. Anant Madabhushi The identification of phenotypic changes in breast cancer (BC) histopathology is of significant clinical importance in predicting disease outcome and prescribing appropriate therapy. One such example is the presence of l...

Background: The presence of granuloma, visualized in histopathology for diagnosing tuberculosis in tissue samples, is not a specific finding. Moreover, histopathological examination of tissue sections needs one to two weeks for final reporting. A rapid and sensitive method is therefore needed for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in these paucibacillary tissue samples. Methodology: A PCR-...