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This article is an introduction to '''pathology for family doctors'''.   
This article is an introduction to '''pathology for medical students'''.   


==Compentencies==
==Compentencies==
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**Knowing the difference between ''executer of the estate'' and ''power of attorney for health care decisions'' (not valid after death).
**Knowing the difference between ''executer of the estate'' and ''power of attorney for health care decisions'' (not valid after death).
*Providing important clinical information.
*Providing important clinical information.
**Clinical history - past medical history.
**[[Clinical history]] - past medical history.
**Events leading-up to death.
**Events leading-up to death.
**Provisional/suspected cause of death.
**Provisional/suspected cause of death.
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*[[Immunohistochemical stains]].
*[[Immunohistochemical stains]].
**[[Cancers of unknown primary]].
**[[Cancers of unknown primary]].
*Targeted therapies.
*Targeted therapies/molecular testing:
**Receptors in breast cancer.
**Receptors in breast cancer (ER, PR, HER2).
**Lung cancer biomarkers ([[Lung_carcinoma_with_EGFR_mutation|EGFR]], [[Lung carcinoma with ALK rearrangement|ALK]], [[PD-L1]], [[ROS1-rearranged non-small cell lung carcinoma|ROS1]]).
**BRAF testing in [[malignant melanoma]].
**[[Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer|MSI testing]] in [[colorectal cancer]].


==See also==
==See also==