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- Pathologists diagnose and characterize diseases
- Cancer dignoses are usually made through an examination of biopsies
- For diagnosis gross, microscopic and molecular examinations are conducted
- Clinical pathology diagnoses diseases through laboratory examination
- Molecular pathology uses nucleic acid-based techniques
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Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease through an examination of organs, bodily fluids, tissues or the whole body. When the whole body is examined to identify a disease or cause of death, the process is also called autopsy. General pathology refers to the study of disease processes, without any specific reference to a particular person or a particular disease. Anatomical pathology and clinical pathology are the two branches of medical pathology. While veterinary pathology deals with animal diseases, phytopathology concerns itself with plant diseases. General pathology or investigative pathology is a very advanced medical field where the various processes of diseases, the injury to cells and tissues, and the body’s responses to... Read more
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