Pathology is the medical science - and specialty practice -
that is concerned with virtually all aspects of disease,
including the essential nature, cause, process and
development of disease, as well as the abnormal structural
(anatomical, cellular, molecular) and functional
manifestations of disease.
This website contains documents
primarily for medical education in human pathology in the
categories of
Neoplasia (Oncology/Cancer); Immunopathology
(Hypersensitivity, Autoimmune, Immune-Complex Disorders, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) and Amyloidosis;Joint (Rheumatic) Disorders; Bone (Orthopedic) Disorders;
and
HIV/AIDS.
Updates 2006: Neoplasia Update, 2006, Molecular Biology/Pathology; Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Update, 2006, Molecular Targets of Therapy; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Update, 2006; Osteoporosis (Bone/Metabolic Disease) Update, 2006.
These
documents were originally authored (and updated) by me for
use at the Cornell University Medical College in earlier
revisions of the curriculum and for posting on the
educational website of that institution. Permission on
behalf of the Medical College was recently received for my
use and posting of these documents on other non-for-profit
educational websites, as done herewith.
Robert C. Mellors, M.D., Ph.D., FASCP, FRCPath
Professor emeritus of Pathology, Weill Medical College of
Cornell University
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, New York Medical College
