Histological Typing of Soft Tissue Tumours (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1994)

The first edition of Histological Typing of Soft Tissue Tumours, pub- lished in 1969, represented a major step in the standardization of nomen- clature in this specialty area. Accompanied by a glass slide set of more than a hundred common and exotic tumours, this book resulted in the rapid assimilation of a universal set of guidelines and diagnostic defini- tions by pathologists in many countries. In the intervening two decades numerous changes have occurred, and our committee has been chal- lenged by the desire to incorporate new and exciting findings from the areas of immunohistochemistry and molecular biology into the classifi- cation with the need to develop a simple reproducible classification for practising pathologists. The current system, while based principally on standard microscopic observations, acknowledges and cites the use of di- agnostically valuable ancillary techniques. Changes in the Classification Although the original classification utilized the concept of "histogene- sis" or tissue of origin in defining tumours, we have departed from that point of view, acknowledging the impossibility of determining histogen- esis by morphologic means alone. This classification is based on the "line of differentiation", or stated simply, by comparing tumours to the nor- mal cell they most closely resemble without necessarily implying origin therefrom. As in the old classification we have interpreted the term "tu- mours" in the broadest sense of the word and have, therefore, included neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	WHO. World Health Organization. International Histological Classification of Tumours
Release date:	February 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	S.W. Weiss
Dimensions:	242 x 170 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	142
Edition:	2nd ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-56794-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Scientific nomenclature & classification Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Gross pathology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-540-56794-1
Barcode:	9783540567943

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