Hematopathology Fellowship Job Market Robust
(Report of the ASCP Fellow In-Service Hematopathology Job Market Survey).
By Thomas J. Bollinger, MD, MPH.
The first-ever Fellow In-Service Hematopathology Exam (FISHE) was administered by the ASCP in 2008. In keeping with the pathology job market research survey conducted by the ASCP Resident Council, which is administered at the end of the [...]
Blood Testing Identifies Abnormal Cells Up To Six Years Prior To Leukemia Diagnosis
(Article from Quest Diagnostics Date: 21 Feb 2009 – 2:00 PST)
Testing of blood specimens may detect abnormal white blood cells in patients years before the chronic form of lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) develops, according to research published in the current issue of the New [...]
BLOOD SAMPLE PREPARATION
• For each 1 ml of blood, add 14 ml of room temperature FCM Lysing solution to lyse the red blood cells. The cells will not lyse correctly if the solution is cold.
• Incubate for 5 minutes at room temperature. Do not exceed 5 minutes, as the white blood cells will begin to [...]
MALT Lymphoma or Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma.
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) is an extranodal lymphoma comprising morphologically heterogeneous small B-cell including marginal zone (centrocyte-like) cells, cells resembling monocytoid cells, small lymphocytes, and scattered immunoblast and centroblast-like cells. The neoplastic cells typically infiltrate the epithelium, forming lymphoepithelial lesions. MALT lymphoma [...]
UCLA scientists develop ‘crystal ball’ for personalized cancer treatment
(New tool predicts how a chemotherapy drug will work on individual tumors).
By Elaine Schmidt
| 2/2/2009 2:00:00 PM
For many cancer patients, chemotherapy can be worse than cancer itself. A patient may respond to one drug but not another, or the tumor may mutate and stop responding to the [...]