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To diagnose cancer, a sample of tissue, called a biopsy is taken from a patient and examined by a pathologist to determine if cancer cells are present. A pathologist is a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and classification of diseases by looking at cells under a microscope and through medical laboratory tests. The pathologist determines whether a […]

In November, 2013 (and issued several weeks earlier as an early on-line release), The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) issued a joint, updated guideline aimed at improving the accuracy and reporting of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing in patients with invasive breast cancer. The guideline, originally issued in […]