Pathology
Interactive Atlas: Inside the Coronavirus
24 Jun, 2020 | 03:32h | UTCInside the Coronavirus – Scientific American
“What scientists know about the inner workings of the pathogen that has infected the world”.
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This is terrific! An interactive look at the novel coronovirus & how it infects humans, @markfischetti @FalconieriV @brittaspen – https://t.co/PbejT01doE #COVID19 #science @sciam kudos! to @laurahelmuth
— Elaine Schattner MD, MA (@ESchattner) June 23, 2020
Neuropathological Features of Covid-19
15 Jun, 2020 | 03:35h | UTCNeuropathological Features of Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine
Study Shows Abnormalities in Placentas from COVID-19-positive Pregnant Women
26 May, 2020 | 10:00h | UTCPlacental Pathology in COVID-19 – American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Commentaries: Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury – Northwestern University AND Expert reaction to study looking at placentas from COVID19-positive pregnant women – Science Media Centre AND Covid-19 appears to attack placenta during pregnancy, study says – CNN AND Placenta Injury Observed in Pregnant Women Who Test Positive For Coronavirus – Forbes
Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:59h | UTCCommentary: Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Related: Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome: Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series – Annals of Internal Medicine AND Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Autopsies Find High Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Covid-19
7 May, 2020 | 09:18h | UTCRelated Study: Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Lung Pathology of COVID-19: Is AFOP in Play?
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:58h | UTCLung pathology of COVID-19: is AFOP in play? – PulmCrit
Pathological Evidence of Pulmonary Thrombotic Phenomena in Severe COVID-19
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:24h | UTC* We congratulate the authors for this significant contribution to the understanding of this disease.
ASCO Guideline Update: Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer
14 Jan, 2020 | 00:27h | UTCNews Release: Updated Breast Cancer Guideline Refines Testing to Better Identify Patients Likely to Benefit from Treatment – College of American Pathologists (free)
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology — New Tools for Diagnosis and Precision Oncology
1 Dec, 2019 | 22:03h | UTC
Study: Pan-cancer Whole-genome Analyses of Metastatic Solid Tumors
25 Oct, 2019 | 08:41h | UTCPan-cancer whole-genome analyses of metastatic solid tumours – Nature (free)
Commentaries: Huge whole-genome study of human metastatic cancers – Nature (free) AND Whole-genome study of metastatic tumors provides a catalog of genetic features of metastatic cancer – MedicalXpress (free)
Study: Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Represents a Form of Airway-centered Chemical Pneumonitis
3 Oct, 2019 | 01:15h | UTCPathology of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Vaping-related lung injuries resemble chemical burns, study finds – STAT (free) AND U.S. doctors rule out pneumonia due to inhaled oil as cause of vaping injuries – Reuters (free) AND Lung Damage From Vaping Resembles Chemical Burns, Report Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: CDC Report: 76.9% of Patients with Vaping-related Lung Illnesses Used a THC-Containing Product (free) AND Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use (free)
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New letter describes 17 patients, all of whom vaped, who had lung biopsies after presenting with symptoms and bilateral pulmonary opacities that led to a clinical diagnosis of #vaping-associated lung injury. https://t.co/n5rF2OOOwq
— NEJM (@NEJM) October 2, 2019
Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use
9 Sep, 2019 | 00:12h | UTCEditorial: Vaping-Induced Lung Injury (free)
Related: Imaging of Vaping-Associated Lung Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Electronic-Cigarette–Product Use — Interim Guidance – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: CDC Says Number Of Possible Cases Of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Has Doubled – NPR (free) AND Cases of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Surge, Health Officials Say – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Pneumonia cases linked to vaping are still rising. And federal officials don’t know what’s causing them – STAT (free)
AI-Powered Microscope Can Detect Tumor Cells in Histology Slides
15 Aug, 2019 | 07:41h | UTCAn augmented reality microscope with real-time artificial intelligence integration for cancer diagnosis – Nature Medicine (free for a limited period)
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Researchers at @GoogleAI have designed an #ArtificialIntelligence -powered microscope able to detect tumor cells in histology slides that could accelerate #pathology workflows for #cancer diagnosis―Read full paper 👉 https://t.co/mTa9z5rUdK #digitalmedicine #Biotechnology #AI pic.twitter.com/CPhEPRCRwE
— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) August 12, 2019
Meta-Analysis: MRI plus Targeted Biopsy vs. Systematic Biopsy Alone for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCCommentaries: The Evolving Paradigm of Prostate Cancer Screening – JAMA Network Open (free) AND MRIs Improve Targeting of Biopsies for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Cochrane Review: MRI Pathway vs. Systematic Biopsy for Detecting Prostate Cancer (free)
“Prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging combined with targeted biopsy is associated with improved detection of clinically significant prostate cancer and reduced numbers of biopsy cores per procedure, while potentially avoiding unnecessary biopsies.”
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: 2-cm vs. 4-cm Surgical Excision Margins for Cutaneous Melanoma Thicker than 2 mm
24 Jul, 2019 | 02:10h | UTC2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: long-term follow-up of a multicentre, randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does Size of Surgical Excision Margins for Thick Localized Cutaneous Melanoma Affect Survival Outcomes? – The ASCO Post (free) AND Quick Take: 2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
In randomized study of 2 cm vs 4 cm margins for patients with thick (>2 mm) localised cutaneous melanoma, at 19.6 years of follow up, the narrow excision margin was as oncologically effective as the wider margin.: https://t.co/orX2wnLbnb #melsm #surgonc
— NatureRevClinOncol (@NatRevClinOncol) July 12, 2019
[Abstract Only] Study: Artificial Intelligence System Could Guide Pancreatic Cyst Management and Avoid 60% to 74% of Surgeries
18 Jul, 2019 | 09:38h | UTCA multimodality test to guide the management of patients with a pancreatic cyst – Science Translational Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Test shown to improve accuracy in identifying precancerous pancreatic cysts – Johns Hopkins Medicine (free) AND Machine Learning Guides Pancreatic Cyst Management in Patients – American Association for the Advancement of Science (free) AND An experimental AI system can predict when pancreatic cysts will become cancerous – STAT (free)
Ulcerated Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: Clinical and Histologic Review
22 Apr, 2019 | 01:41h | UTCUlcerated Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: Clinical and Histologic Review – Head and Neck Pathology (free)
Review: HPV-Related Papillary Lesions of the Oral Mucosa
22 Apr, 2019 | 01:39h | UTCHPV-Related Papillary Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: A Review – Head and Neck Pathology (free)
Supplement: The International Society of Gynecological Pathologists (ISGyP) Endometrial Carcinoma Project
10 Apr, 2019 | 12:07h | UTCThe International Society of Gynecological Pathologists (ISGyP) Endometrial Carcinoma Project – International Journal of Gynecological Pathology (free articles)
Pathologic Differential Diagnosis of Metastatic Carcinoma in the Liver
1 Apr, 2019 | 11:53h | UTC
Italian Consensus for the Classification and Reporting of Thyroid Cytology: The Risk of Malignancy Between Indeterminate Lesions at Low or High Risk
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:55h | UTC
Best Practices Recommendations for Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry in Lung Cancer
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:00h | UTCBest Practices Recommendations for Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry in Lung Cancer – Journal of Thoracic Oncology (free for a limited period)
Study: Machine Learning Model for the Histologic Classification of Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCCommentary: A new machine learning model can classify lung cancer slides at the pathologist level – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (free)
Head to Head: Should We Rename Low Risk Cancers?
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:42h | UTCShould we rename low risk cancers? – The BMJ (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
I'm with @DrLauraEsserman on this: rename very low risk "#cancer"
like IDLE = indolent lesions of epithelial origin (breast, prostate, and others)https://t.co/f3fBWCsgdL @bmj_latest
stop the unnecessary surgery, treatment and alarm/anxiety pic.twitter.com/HkBdo8WacL— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 24, 2019
Position Statement: Bronchoscopic Lung Cryobiopsy
7 Jan, 2019 | 19:22h | UTCBronchoscopic lung cryobiopsy: An Indian association for bronchology position statement – Lung India (free)