27 June 2016: A small primer on our internal textbook structure

It may be helpful for visitors to understand our internal textbook structure.  Each topic is associated with a particular chapter.  It will have the same advertisements as that Chapter's main page, and will appear on the Chapter's superpage (added when the entire chapter is converted to our new format).  

Topics that are relevant to additional chapters will also be listed in their Table of Contents, but will have different ads, and will not appear in their Superpages.

24 June 2016: New mailing address for advertising payments

We are moving to a check scanning service.  If you pay for your Job, Conference, Fellowship or Corporate ads by check, please send them to our address at:

30100 Telegraph Road, Suite 408
Bingham Farms, MI (USA) 48025.  

Of course, you can continue to pay online or by calling / faxing us your credit card information.  Mail sent to our prior Post Office Box will be forwarded, but delayed a few days.

24 June 2016: New Management Article, Product Questionnaires and New Product Announcement Posted

We have a new article link on our Management Page: "Billers Fee Schedule Oversight A Costly One For Southern Pathology Lab", by Mick Raich, Vachette Pathology. We will have another article available in approximately two weeks.

We recently posted several new and updated Product Questionnaires in the Imaging/ Digital/ Photography section. Take a look at product and company information from OPTRONICS, Photometrics, QImaging and ViewsIQ. These questionnaires can help pathologists compare and contrast the various products and services offered by participating companies.

 

QImaging also posted a New Product Announcement.

24 June 2016: Textbook updates

We have posted updated reviews of the following topics:

• Adrenal gland and paraganglia > Other adrenal malignancies > Lymphoma by Lan L. Gellert, M.D., Ph.D.
• Cervix > Carcinoma > Microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma by Ashwyna Sunassee, M.D.
• Mandible-Maxilla > Benign tumors > Ameloblastoma by Kelly Magliocca, D.D.S., M.P.H. and Anthony Martinez, M.D.
• Mandible-Maxilla > Benign tumors > Ameloblastoma - peripheral soft tissue variant by Kelly Magliocca, D.D.S., M.P.H. and Anthony Martinez, M.D.
• Mandible-Maxilla > Benign tumors > Ameloblastoma - unicystic variant by Kelly Magliocca, D.D.S., M.P.H. and Anthony Martinez, M.D.
• Ovary-nontumor > Non-neoplastic cysts / other > DD of small, cystic follicles by Aurelia Busca, M.D.
• Prostate > Other carcinomas > Neuroendocrine overview by Debra L. Zynger, M.D.
• Skin-Nonmelanocytic tumors > Benign nonmelanotic epidermal tumors / tumor-like lesions > Seborrheic keratosis by Hillary R. Elwood, M.D.
• Skin-nontumor / Clinical dermatology > Infestations > General by Priya Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D. and Liye Suo, M.D.
• Stains > Carbonic anhydrase IX by Satbir Thakur, Ph.D. and Emeka Enwere, Ph.D.
• Stains > NFKB by Angela Chan, MSc and Emeka Enwere, Ph.D.

22 June 2016: New Cytopathology Competency Assessments

In the Cytopathology chapter, we have added Cytopathology Competency Assessments for Breast, CNS, Cervix, Mediastinum, Molecular, Salivary Glands and Thyroid.  The Cytopathology Competency Assessments provide a comprehensive outline of important topics which should be mastered during residency and fellowship training in cytopathology, in a number of subject areas.  While there are a number of ways in which exposure to these subject areas may be obtained, these outlines represent realistic goals for all trainees in order to ensure competency in the field.

17 June 2016: Textbook updates

We have posted updated reviews of the following topics:

• Bladder > Cystitis > Chronic cystitis by Mirna Toukatly, M.D.
• Breast malignant, males, children > Sarcoma > General by Emily S. Reisenbichler, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Cysts & Inflammation by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Ectopic Thyroid and Parathyroid by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > General by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Germ Cell Tumors (GCT) by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Lymph Node by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Mesenchymal Tumors by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Metastases by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Neurogenic Tumors by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Mediastinum > Cytopathology Competency Assessment > Thymus by Gordon H. Yu, M.D.
• Prostate > Prostatic carcinoma > Grading (Gleason) by Kenneth Iczkowski, M.D.
• Prostate > Prostatitis > Prostatitis with eosinophils by Kenneth Iczkowski, M.D.
• Skin-nontumor > Infectious disorders > Abscess by Abha Soni, D.O., M.P.H.
• Stains > MSH2 by Sheren Younes, M.D., Ph.D.
• Thyroid gland > Other carcinoma > CASTLE by Shuanzeng Wei, M.D., Ph.D.and Zubair W. Baloch M.D., Ph.D.

16 June 2016: Changes to Website statistics

As noted in our June 8, 2016 blog, we recently started using the CloudFlare content delivery network to improve the speed and security of PathologyOutlines.com, which has forced us to change how we track website statistics.  Previously, we used Webalyzer, provided by our website host, to track visits, but with CloudFlare, many visitors actually view the content on a "proxy server", or a copy of our website, so our website host never sees the traffic.  

We are now using Google Analytics to track statistics.  Instead of visits, they use sessions, which is somewhat comparable although the details and values differ (click here for more details).    The advantage of Google Analytics is that it will be embedded on every page, and so can be tracked.  Right now, it is embedded on our Home Page, main chapter pages, all pages referenced directly from the Home Page, as well as about 1/3 of our 7,000 topic pages.  As a result, we believe the values for Sessions and Users are correct, except when visitors enter our site through a topic page (via a search engine) or for users who have disabled Javascript, which prevents page tracking.  The page views statistic is an undercount, but will be become more accurate as we convert the remaining 2/3 of our topic pages to our new format, which automatically includes the Google Analytics script / code.  

Let us know if you have any questions.

9 June 2016: Textbook updates

We have posted updated reviews of the following topics:

• Cervix > Carcinoma > WHO classification of cervical tumors by Ashwyna Sunassee, M.D.
• Colon tumor > Mesenchymal tumors > Mucosal Schwann cell hamartoma by Raul Gonzalez, M.D.
• Heart > Cardiomyopathies > Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Saranya Singaravel, DCP, DNB
• Lymph nodes - not lymphoma > Inflammatory disorders > Erythrophagocytosis by Jaya Balakrishna, M.D.
• Kidney tumor - cysts, children, adult benign > Benign (usually) adult tumors > Spiradenocylindroma by Pallav Gupta M.D. and Mandolin Ziadie, M.D.
• Ovary tumor > Metastases to ovary > Appendiceal neoplasms by Carlos Parra-Herran, M.D.
• Uterus > Epithelial tumors - benign > Endometrial polyp with atypical (bizarre) stromal cells by Vijay Shankar, M.D.

9 June 2016: Reminders!

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8 June 2016: Faster website access

We have made some changes to our website to reduce wait times and down times.  We have added a content delivery network, which basically makes copies of our website and distributes it to dozens of servers throughout the world.  The advantages are (a) when you access PathologyOutlines.com, you are accessing a server close to you, which reduces wait times, (b) there is less load on our server, reducing wait times, (c) there is less likelihood of a slowdown because of a malicious attack on the server, since users are not actually accessing our server most of the time, and because the Content Delivery Network has specific protections against these attacks, (d) the site is almost never down, because users can be routed to copies worldwide.  Let Dr. Pernick know if you have any questions or concerns at NatPernick@gmail.com.

8 June 2016: New Management Article, Product Questionnaires and New Product Announcement Posted

We have a new article link on our Management Page: Trump And Clinton On Health Care: The Status Quo Vs. An Undefined Vision, by Alex Mitchell, Vachette Pathology. We will have another article available in two weeks.

We recently posted several new Product Questionnaires from Olympus America and Swift Optical Instruments in the Imaging/ Digital/ Photography section. These questionnaires can help pathologists compare and contrast the various products and services offered by participating companies.

 

BoardVitals posted a New Product Announcement.

6 June 2016: New Quarterly Newsletter - What's New in Pathology

We have started a new Quarterly newsletter - What's New in Pathology, to be written by our Editorial Board.  Our first newsletter focuses on GU pathology, and was written by Dr. Debra Zynger, The Ohio State University.  The initial newsletter was sent to anyone receiving any of our subscription emails (Case of the Week; Commercial / Promotions; Jobs, Fellowships and Conferences; or Website News and New Books).  In the future, individuals must sign up / subscribe to this newsletter (click here).

6 June 2016: Textbook updates

We have posted updated reviews of the following topics:

• Breast - nonmalignant > Benign (usually) tumors / tumor like-changes > Adenomyoepithelioma by Monika Roychowdhury, M.D.
• CNS non tumor > Toxic and metabolic disorders > Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration by Kymberly Gyure, M.D.
• Laboratory administration > Laboratory safety > Bloodborne pathogens by Dan Scungio, MT
• Lung tumor > Benign tumors > Pleomorphic adenoma by Roseann Wu, M.D.
• Muscle > General > Polymyositis by Meggen Walsh, D.O., M.S.-P.A.
• Ovary tumor > Metastases to ovary > Upper gastrointestinal tract by Carlos Parra-Herran, M.D.
• Prostate > Microscopic mimics of prostatic carcinoma > Basal cell hyperplasia with prominent nucleoli by Andres Matoso, M.D.
• Prostate > Microscopic mimics of prostatic carcinoma > Florid basal cell hyperplasia by Andres Matoso, M.D.
• Thyroid gland > Papillary carcinoma > Non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) by Rachel Jug, M.D. and Xiaoyin "Sara" Jiang, M.D.

1 June 2016: New Book Series listings

We have added a new section of our Books page for Book Series.  Now you can check your favorite series to see the latest books offered (books are sorted by most recent publishing date first).  If your favorite series is not listed, please email Erin at erinthomas3161@gmail.com with the details.