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Pathologist

The pathologist is a physician specializing in laboratory study of tissues and fluids removed from the body.  Diagnosis of a cancer is a pathological diagnosis, meaning that a pathologist will make that diagnosis.  Once a sample of suspicious tissue is removed from body, pathologist will prepare and study that sample under microscope.  In many occasions, specific staining procedure or other diagnostic studies are required to establish a correct diagnosis,

Nothing is more important than having an accurate diagnosis.   The role of pathologist is very crucial in management of cancer, since it is the pathologist who would review the biopsy samples and make the final diagnosis of a cancer.   It is not unusual to get second opinion on a pathological diagnosis or send the tissue samples to experts in the field.

The pathological study of this node, like any other tissue, and the accuracy of the results depends on the method used to detect cancer cells.   Normal pathological study involves sectioning of the node and removing a very small amount of tissue for study.  The more sections studied the higher the accuracy of the results.  Also the study methods used, such as simple viewing of the tissue under microscope as opposed to searching the sample with genetic markers can result in different levels of accuracy.