What is surgery pathology?

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Surgical pathology is the study of tissues removed from living

patients during surgery to help diagnose a disease and determine a

treatment plan. Often, the surgical pathologist provides

consultation services in a wide variety of organ symptoms and

subspecialties. Surgical pathologists provide diagnostic

information and/or second opinions. For example, when performing

Breast cancer surgery, a surgical pathologist's examination of

tissues removed during surgery can help the surgeon to determine

whether to remove lymph nodes under the arm, as well.Surgical

pathology includes both the physical examination of the tissue with

the naked eye, as well as examining processed tissue under a

microscope. New techniques of examination of tissue and cell

specimens involve molecular diagnostics (DNA/RNA analysis), which

involves analyzing DNA and proteins in the blood.