Main description:

This updated issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, edited by Martin H. Bluth, will focus on Molecular Pathology. Topics include, but are not limited to, The Impact of Molecular Pathology on the Practice of Pathology; Molecular pathology techniques; Clinical Implication of MicroRNAs in Molecular Pathology; Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology; Molecular Pathology in Transfusion Medicine; Molecular Diagnosis of Hematopoietic Neoplasms; Molecular Diagnostics in Colorectal Carcinoma; Molecular Diagnostics in the Neoplasms of Small Intestine and Appendix; Molecular Diagnostics in Esophageal and Gastric Neoplasms; Molecular Diagnostics in the Neoplasms of the Pancreas, Liver, Gall Bladder, and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract; Current Applications of Molecular Genetic Technologies to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cutaneous Melanocytic Neoplasms; Breast Carcinoma; and Gynecologic Cancers.

Contents:

Preface: Looking Good in Your Genes: Maximizing One's Personalized Molecular Fingerprint for Optimal Health

Introduction: Molecular Medicine in the Common Era: Applications and Impact of Molecular Pathology in Health and Disease

Molecular Pathology Techniques: Advances in 2018

Clinical Implication of MicroRNAs in Molecular Pathology: An Update for 2018

Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology: A 2018 Snapshot

Molecular Pathology in Transfusion Medicine: New Concepts and Applications

Molecular Diagnosis of Hematopoietic Neoplasms: 2018 Update

Molecular Diagnostics in Colorectal Carcinoma: Advances and Applications for 2018

Molecular Diagnostics in the Neoplasms of Small Intestine and Appendix: 2018 Update

Molecular Diagnostics in Esophageal and Gastric Neoplasms: 2018 Update

Molecular Diagnostics in the Neoplasms of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract: 2018 Update

An Update Regarding the Molecular Genetics of Melanocytic Neoplasms and the Current Applications of Molecular Genetic Technologies in Their Diagnosis and Treatment

Breast Carcinoma: Updates in Molecular Profiling 2018

Gynecologic Cancers: Molecular Updates 2018