In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Christopher J. VandenBussche brings his considerable expertise to the topic of The Current and Future Impact of Cytopathology on Patient Care. Top experts discuss how minimally invasive procedures can provide critical information to guide patient management—for example, cytopathology specimens that allow for the timely and personalized treatment of patients, reducing the number of more costly and invasive procedures. This issue focuses on the recognition of critical cytomorphologic features, current and developing options for ancillary testing, and the potential use of cytopathology specimens in precision medicine (precision cytopathology). - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including cervical HPV testing: current and future impact on patient care; lymph node fine needle aspiration: current and future impact on patient care; machine learning in cytopathology; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the current and future impact of cytopathology on patient care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Rondell P. Graham brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Gastrointestinal Pathology. The first half of this issue answers questions from the general pathologist about what new technologies and techniques can confidently be incorporated into daily practice. The second half addresses longstanding riddles and recurring tests, making this issue an excellent resource for practicing pathologists facing new and continuing challenges in GI pathology. - Contains 11 practice-oriented topics including artificial intelligence-enabled gastric cancer interpretations: are we there yet?; non-conventional dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease; a practical approach to small round blue cell tumors involving the GI tract and abdomen infectious disease pathology of the GI tract: diagnosing the challenging cases; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gastrointestinal pathology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Gregory Charville brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Soft Tissue Pathology. Top experts in the field offer a timely update of our current understanding of various emerging and evolving entities in soft tissue pathology. This collection of articles not only serves as a guide for the practical diagnostic approach to these tumors, but also stimulates further discoveries related to their diagnosis and treatment. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma; low-grade inflammatory myogenic tumor/inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumor; atypical spindle cell/pleomorphic lipomatous tumor; sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on soft tissue pathology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alain Borczuk brings his considerable expertise to the topic of New Frontiers in Thoracic Pathology. Top experts provide new insights into emerging technology that will affect thoracic pathology in both neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease. This issue covers updates in the utilization of molecular testing in surgical pathology of lung cancer and mesothelioma, highlights uncommon tumors in the differential of common tumors, and shares new approaches to non-neoplastic disease, including new clinicopathologic entities. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including silicosis and non-asbestos associated pneumoconiosis; pathology of COVID-19 lung disease; salivary gland type lung cancer; microsatellite instability, mismatch repair and tumor mutation burden in lung cancer; artificial intelligence in lung pathology; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on new frontiers in thoracic pathology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. James Lewis, Jr. brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Sinonasal Pathology. Top experts discuss current research findings of internal and external sinonasal issues in pathology, including undifferentiated and poorly differentiated carcinomas; hamartomas; fungal infections and their differential diagnosis; adenocarcinomas; noninfectious inflammatory disorders; and more. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including papillomas; HPV and other viral-driven tumors; melanoma; neuropathology entities involving the sinonasal tract; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on sinonasal pathology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This edition stresses not just the diagnostic cytological features of the various conditions encountered, but also the diagnostic pitfalls and the grey areas between so as to enable the reader to give more evidence-based reports. In recognition of their rapid expansion, there are new chapters on recent technological developments and on the cytodiagnosis of childhood tumours. A special section on the importance of multidisciplinary team meetings that include the cytopathologist as a core member of the team has also been included at the end of each chapter. As active members of this team, cytopathologists can define their role in the management pathway and thus bring the patient and the microscope together as never before. The full text can be accessed online and images downloaded via Expert Consult.

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.