| Summary: | Histopathology Reporting: Guidelines for Surgical Cancer provides aneasily comprehensible and practicable framework for standardisedhistopathology reports in surgical cancer. The book details the grossdescription, histological classification, tumour differentiation, extentof local tumour spread, involvement of lymphovascular channels, lymphnodes and excision margins of the common carcinomas and also summarisesnon-carcinomatous malignancies. The 5th edition TNM classification ofcancers is incorporated, with comments on any associated pathology,diagnostic clues and prognostic criteria. Staging information issupplemented visually by line diagrams.The aim of Histopathology Reporting: Guidelines for Surgical Cancer is tobe educative and applied. The book:* emphasises those gross and histological features that are relevantto clinical management and prognosis.* uses a systematic and analytical approach to the description ofsurgical pathology specimens resulting in focused histopathology reports.* acts as a companion or aide-memoire for routine reporting of thecommon cancers and also lists diagnostic options and summary features ofrarer cancers.* facilitates audit of specimen type and quality and gives guidancefor pathological, surgical and oncological practice.Derek Allen is Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Histopathologyand Cytology at the Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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