Track 14: Anatomical Pathology, Forensic Pathology, Autopsy Pathology
Anatomical pathology is a branch of medicine that focuses on identifying diseases by examining organs and tissues under macro-, microscopic-, biochemical-, immunologic-, and molecular microscopes. Surgical pathology has changed dramatically over the past century, from the traditional examination of entire bodies (autopsy) to a more sophisticated practise focused on the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer to inform oncology treatment decision-making. Clinical pathology, which involves the diagnosis of disease through the laboratory examination of biological fluids or tissues, is the other of the two areas of pathology. Anatomical pathology is one of them. A common practise among pathologists is general pathology, which combines anatomical and clinical pathology. Distinctions between clinical pathology Anatomic pathology deals with how a doctor skilled in pathological diagnosis processes, examines, and diagnoses surgical specimens. The department that handles test requests more familiar to