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Histopathology is that the diagnosis and study of diseases of the tissues, and involves examining tissues and/or cells under a microscope. Histopathologists are liable for making tissue diagnoses and helping clinicians manage a patient’s care.Histopathologists are doctors who work closely with other clinical specialties. They can reach a diagnosis by examining a small piece of tissue from the skin, liver, kidney or other organ. This is called a biopsy.They examine the tissue carefully under a microscope, looking for changes in cells that might explain what is causing a patient’s illness. Around 20 million histopathology slides are examined within the UK annually. Histopathologists provide a diagnostic service for cancer; they handle the cells and tissues faraway from suspicious ‘lumps and bumps’, identify the character of the abnormality and, if malignant, provide information to the clinician about the sort of cancer, its grade and, for a few cancers, its responsiveness to certain treatments. With the help of sophisticated imaging techniques, biopsy tissue can now be obtained from previously inaccessible sites such as the pancreas or retroperitoneum (behind the peritoneum, the membrane lining the abdominal cavity). Tissue is then processed, usually overnight, before being examined under a microscope. In certain limited circumstances using special techniques, the specimen can be examined immediately.  

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