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Book Chapters and Institutional Manuals:

Qu Z, Ghorbani R. et al: Advantages of combined touch screen technology and text hyperlink for the pathology grossing manual: a simple approach to access instructive information in biohazardous environments. Hum Pathol. 2007 Mar;38(3):420-5.
Cancer Staging Manual, 7th and 8th Edition, American Joint Committee on Cancer, American Cancer Society, Lippincott-Raven, 1997-2018.
Cancer Protocols. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA)
Cancer Datasets and Tissue Pathways. The Royal College of Pathologists (RCP), UK Region.
Rosai J. Appendix H: Guidelines for Handling of Most Common and Important Surgical Specimens. In: Rosai J, ed. Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. 8th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, 1996: 2629-2725.
Hruban RH, Westra WH, Phelps TH, Isacson C. Surgical Pathology Dissection: An Illustrated Guide. New York, NY: Springer, 1990.
Lester SC. Manual of Surgical Pathology. Boston, MA: Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
Surgical Pathology Manual, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215
Manual of Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215
Surgical Grossing Manual, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Autopsy Procedure Manual, Boston Children's Hospital Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02215
Surgical Pathology Procedure Manual, University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Houston, TX
Surgical Pathology Procedure Manual, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Journal Articles:

Bone, Joint & Extremity

Breast

B. R. Leyland-Jones, et al. (2008). "Recommendations for collection and handling of specimens from group breast cancer clinical trials." J Clin Oncol 26(34): 5638-44. Link to View.
S. E. Pinder, et al. (2007). "Laboratory handling and histology reporting of breast specimens from patients who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy." Histopathology 50(4): 409-17. Link to View.

Cardiovascular

Endocrine

M. Scarpelli, et al. (2004). "Handling and pathology reporting of adrenal gland specimens." Eur Urol 45(6): 722-9. Link to View.

Female Reproductive

Gastrointestinal

H. Tanabe, et al. (2011). "[Point of handling of endoscopically resected specimens]." Nihon Rinsho 69 Suppl 3: 330-4. Link to View.
A. M. Veitch, et al. (1995). "An improved method of handling endoscopic biopsy specimens." Gastrointest Endosc 41(2): 183. Link to View.
N. B. Ibrahim (2000). "ACP. Best Practice No 155. Guidelines for handling oesophageal biopsies and resection specimens and their reporting." J Clin Pathol 53(2): 89-94. Link to View.

Head & Neck

T. R. Helliwell (2000). "ACP Best Practice No 157. Guidelines for the laboratory handling of laryngectomy specimens." J Clin Pathol 53(3): 171-6. Link to View.

Lymph Node & Bone Marrow

M. L. Cibull (1999). "Handling sentinel lymph node biopsy specimens.A work in progress." Arch Pathol Lab Med 123(7): 620-1. Link to View.
L. C. Horn, et al. (2005). "[Recommendations for the handling and oncologic pathology report of lymph node specimens submitted for evaluation of metastatic disease in gynecologic malignancies]." Pathologe 26(4): 266-72. Link to View.
K. Storli, et al. (2011). "Lymph node harvest in colon cancer specimens depends on tumour factors, patients and doctors, but foremost on specimen handling." Apmis 119(2): 127-34. Link to View.
P. L. Fitzgibbons, et al. (2000). "Recommendations for handling radioactive specimens obtained by sentinel lymphadenectomy. Surgical Pathology Committee of the College of American Pathologists, and the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology." Am J Surg Pathol 24(11): 1549-51. Link to View.

Male Reproductive

D. M. Berney, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 4: seminal vesicles and lymph nodes." Mod Pathol 24(1): 39-47. Link to View.
A. M. Cottrell, et al. (2008). "Suspected penile cancer: a method to improve handling of pathology specimens." BJU Int 101(10): 1325-8. Link to View.
L. Egevad (2012). "Handling of radical prostatectomy specimens." Histopathology 60(1): 118-24. Link to View.
L. Egevad, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) consensus conference on handling and staging of radical prostatectomy specimens: rationale and organization." Mod Pathol 24(1): 1-5. Link to View.
L. Egevad, et al. (2011). "International society of urological pathology consensus conference on handling and staging of radical prostatectomy specimens." Adv Anat Pathol 18(4): 301-5. Link to View.
C. Magi-Galluzzi, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 3: extraprostatic extension, lymphovascular invasion and locally advanced disease." Mod Pathol 24(1): 26-38. Link to View.
G. Mikuz, et al. (2004). "Handling and pathology reporting of circumcision and penectomy specimens." Eur Urol 46(4): 434-9. Link to View.
R. Montironi, et al. (2011). "Handling of radical prostatectomy specimens: total embedding with whole mounts, with special reference to the Ancona experience." Histopathology 59(5): 1006-10; author reply 1010-1. Link to View.
R. Montironi, et al. (2003). "Handling and pathology reporting of radical prostatectomy specimens." Eur Urol 44(6): 626-36. Link to View.
W. A. Sakr, et al. (1999). "Prostate. Practice parameters, pathologic staging, and handling radical prostatectomy specimens." Urol Clin North Am 26(3): 453-63, v. Link to View.
T. H. van der Kwast, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 2: T2 substaging and prostate cancer volume." Mod Pathol 24(1): 16-25. Link to View.
H. Samaratunga, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 1: specimen handling." Mod Pathol 24(1): 6-15. Link to View.
B. Vainer, et al. (2011). "Handling of radical prostatectomy specimens: total or partial embedding?" Histopathology 58(2): 211-6. Link to View.
M. T. Sung, et al. (2010). "Contemporary approaches for processing and handling of radical prostactomy specimens." Histol Histopathol 25(2): 259-65. Link to View.
P. H. Tan, et al. (2011). "International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 5: surgical margins." Mod Pathol 24(1): 48-57. Link to View.
A. M. Winstanley, et al. (2004). "Handling and reporting of biopsy and surgical specimens of testicular cancer." Eur Urol 45(5): 564-73. Link to View.
J. R. Srigley (2006). "Key issues in handling and reporting radical prostatectomy specimens." Arch Pathol Lab Med 130(3): 303-17. Link to View.
L. Cheng, et al. (2008). "[Handling and processing of radical prostatectomy specimens]." Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 37(12): 840-3. Link to View.

Pediatric / Placenta

D. S. Heller, et al. (2009). "Handling of perinatal specimens: a Society for Pediatric Pathology practice committee survey." Pediatr Dev Pathol 12(4): 307-8. Link to View.
I. M. Leiva, et al. (2003). "Handling of clinical tissue specimens for molecular profiling studies." Curr Issues Mol Biol 5(2): 27-35. Link to View.
L. S. Finn, et al. (1998). "Recommendations for handling of pediatric liver biopsy specimens." Semin Diagn Pathol 15(4): 300-5. Link to View.
Pinar H. et al (1996): REFERENCE VALUES FOR SINGLETON AND TWIN PLACENTAL WEIGHTS. Pediatr Pathol Lab Med. 16(16):901-907. Link to View.

Pulmonary & Thorax

Soft Tissue

Skin

Urinary System

F. Algaba, et al. (2012). "Handling and reporting of nephrectomy specimens for adult renal tumours: a survey by the European Network of Uropathology." J Clin Pathol 65(2): 106-13. Link to View.
F. Algaba, et al. (2004). "Handling and pathology reporting of renal tumor specimens." Eur Urol 45(4): 437-43. Link to View.
M. Che, et al. (2005). "Handling and reporting of tumor-containing kidney specimens." Clin Lab Med 25(2): 417-32. Link to View.
A. Lopez-Beltran, et al. (2011). "Handling and reporting of transurethral resection specimens of the bladder in Europe: a web-based survey by the European Network of Uropathology (ENUP)." Histopathology 58(4): 579-85. Link to View.
A. Lopez-Beltran, et al. (2004). "Handling and pathology reporting of specimens with carcinoma of the urinary bladder, ureter, and renal pelvis." Eur Urol 45(3): 257-66. Link to View.
A. Lopez-Beltran, et al. (2004). "Handling and pathology reporting of specimens with carcinoma of the urinary bladder, ureter, and renal pelvis. A joint proposal of the European Society of Uropathology and the Uropathology Working Group." Virchows Arch 445(2): 103-10. Link to View.