Professionals

Our main tasks include:

• Tissue examination
• Cytology
• Immunohistochemistry
• Autopsy
• Active participation in MOC meetings. MOC stands for Multidisciplinary (i.e. several disciplines together) Oncological Committee. At these MOCs, we discuss the patients with tumours together with other departments.
• Collaboration with laboratories for molecular diagnostics and the genetics department:
  • FISH analysis (e.g. HER2/Neu; haematological malignancies).
  • Microsatellite instability in tumor to the colon.
  • k-RAS mutation analysis.
  • EGFR determination in colon and lung tumours.
  • Molecular pathological exam.
  • Immunofluorescence and electron microscopy kidney biopsies.
  • PCR HPV determination in cervicovaginal smears.

You can consult the Anatomopathology Department's laboratory guide here.