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Meera's report: understanding breast cancer markers

By Dr. Shraddha Krupa and Dr. Deepak Mohan

ER, PR, HER2 and Ki-67, explained through a hypothetical patient's report.

What Happens to Your Tissue Sample: The Pathologists' Assistant's Role

Before the pathologist ever sees your tissue, a Pathologists' Assistant has examined it, selected the pieces that matter most and prepared every slide. In this edition, our contributor Carol Beth Taylor, MHS, PA/HTL (ASCP) follows your sample's journey through the lab in plain language.

Understanding Your Biopsy Report: Margins, Grade and Stage, Explained by a Pathologist

Margins, grade and stage are three words that shape how a pathology report reads. In this edition, our contributing co-author Dr. Shraddha Krupa explains what they really mean in plain language, and the questions worth asking at your appointment.

Atypical cells: understanding the gray areas in your pathology report

Words like atypical, suspicious, insufficient, unsatisfactory and non-diagnostic sit between negative and positive in a pathology report. This edition explains what they usually mean, what they do not mean, and the questions worth asking your treating doctor.

Before the Result, After the Result: The Three Phases of Lab Work

Laboratory work runs in three phases - before the test, during the test, and after the test. This edition follows how the right question becomes a reliable result, and how a result becomes information that guides care.

The Doctor's Doctor: The Person Behind the Diagnosis, Providing the Answer Someone Is Waiting For

A diagnosis is an answer someone is waiting for. This edition looks at the pathologist and the laboratory team behind that answer - and what AI should help them do for patients.

The cancer vaccine that isn't Keytruda

A personalized mRNA vaccine (intismeran autogene), tested with Keytruda after melanoma surgery. What the 5-year data shows - and what it doesn't.

CRISPR: a guide cut, and the long road to treatment

The CTX310 story: editing cholesterol genes inside the body, and the long road from one cut to a real treatment.

What Happens to Your Blood After You Leave the Chair

After a blood donation, your contribution keeps moving. This first edition follows what can happen to red cells, platelets and plasma, and the people who rely on them.