Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert

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Desmoplastic melanoma, a common missed diagnosis. by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Introduction: Although desmoplastic melanoma represents less than 2 percent of all melanomas, it's frequently misdiagnosed, due to a lack of distinctive clinical presentation ... Read on »
Synoptic reporting of cancer by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Synoptic reporting of cancer: Research studies during the 1990s revealed a significant amount of variation in the content of cancer-related pathology reports.Although the repo ... Read on »
Importance of Tissue fixation in Cancer management by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer “Do you want a quick result, or the right result?”There is always a pressure on the laboratory (and the pathologist) to turn specimens around quickly, so that deci ... Read on »
Measuring size of DCIS by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Measuring Size (Extent) of DCIS Although not required for pT classification or stage assignment, the size (extent) of DCIS is an important factor in patient management. Althou ... Read on »
HER2/neu Marker in Breast Cancer by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Quality Management Requirements for HER2/neu Marker in Breast Cancer Recommendations of the HER2/neu Advisory Committee,Ontario,Canada The testing laboratory must have an est ... Read on »
Quirke's Method For Dissecting Colorectal Adenocarcinoma by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Quirke's Method For Dissecting Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. This is Philip Quirke's method for assessing colorectal adenocarcinoma as demonstrated for the MRC-CR07 trial partici ... Read on »
Guidelines for Colo rectal resection: Margins and lymph nodes by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Optimization of Pathological Quality Performance in Radical Surgery for Colon and Rectal Cancer: Margins and Lymph Nodes Guideline Recommendations : Cancer Care Ontario,Canada ... Read on »
Papillary Thyroid Ca Criteria in Cytology by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Papillary Thyroid Ca Criteria in Cytology (Kini) 5 criteria "Definite"; 4 criteria "Suspicious"; 3 criteria "Follicular Lesion" Adequate Specime ... Read on »
Guidelines for Radical Prostatectomy Specimen Handling by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Guideline for Optimization of Pathological Quality Performance for Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer Management: CANCER CARE ONTARIO,CANADA GUIDE LINES. Pathological Q ... Read on »
Significance of Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because of conc ... Read on »
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma (SLNB) by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Clinical Significance of Sentinel Lymph node in melanoma. :SLNB is very accurate in predicting the status of the remaining regional lymph nodes. It is currently the most sign ... Read on »
Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP) by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer It is often important to determine the site of origin of a metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site, particularly because this may affect the choice of the treatment. Dete ... Read on »
Updates on Molecular Cancer Pathology by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer 1) Molecular profiling may help determine patient's response to cancer therapies, research suggests. A pilot study of molecular profiling of tumors, helped to identify therapi ... Read on »
False positive diagnosis in breast FNAC. by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Some common lesion leading to false positive diagnosis in FNA of breast are listed with Keys to differentiate them. Artifactual Atypia Most common of these is disruption of ce ... Read on »
Reporting parameters for positive prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer According to college of American pathologists (CAP)the mandatory items for reporting positive prostate biopsies are:Histologic type - typically adenocarcinoma (conventional/ac ... Read on »
Importance of Immunohistochemistry in the Evaluation of follicular lymphoid lesion by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Before discussing the utility of particular immunostains, it is important to review and understand some basics about the normal lymphoid follicle, in order to interpret the im ... Read on »
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping-Pathology Protocol in Breast Cancer. by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping-Pathology Protocol. Sentinel lymph node mapping is now performed on selected patients who opt for conservative surgery to treat their breast cancer ... Read on »
Errors in Surgical Pathology by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Errors in Anatomic Pathology Extracts of the interview with Dr. Stephen Raab, Professor of Pathology, Vice-Chair for Quality and Director of Anatomic Pathology at the Universi ... Read on »
Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer As we all know, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents a risk for dysplasia and subsequent malignancy in patients with long standing disease. The risk for adenocarc ... Read on »
Making Sure Your Lab Reports Are Easy to Understand by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A portion of clinical error results from the misinterpretation of laboratory data. Powsner et al reported that surgeons misunderstood 30% of pathology reports. Whether one co ... Read on »