Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases

Molecular pathology is a rapidly growing field in which new discoveries are increasingly important to pathologists and physicians for their potential roles in diagnosis and therapy of human diseases, including previously incurable neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung disease. With the newness of the techniques and discoveries, many general pathologists are struggling to understand these approaches and unable to assimilate new discoveries into their understanding.Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases is a practical introduction, targeted at practicing pathologists and pathology residents and fellows, pulmonary medicine physicians and fellows and translational researchers interested in lung disease. The text is organized by sections covering basic concepts of molecular pathology, techniques in molecular pathology, molecular pathology of pulmonary neoplasms, molecular pathology of pulmonary infections, molecular pathology of obstructive diseases, molecular pathology of interstitial diseases, molecular pathology of vascular diseases, molecular pathology of transplantation, molecular pathology of pediatric lung diseases, and experimental models of lung diseases. With an emphasis on practical applications, this comprehensive reference uses an abundance of tables and diagrams to elucidate principles discussed. 150 illustrations, 49 of them in color throughout, round out the text.Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases, the first volume in the Molecular Pathology Library Series under the series editorship of Philip T. Cagle, MD provides a bridge between clinical pulmonary pathology and basic molecular science. It is designed to provide a practical disease-based overview that will be useful to pathologists, pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons and other health care providers interested in lung disease.§The first two sections of the volume provide the reader with general concepts, terminology and procedures in molecular pathology. The remainder of the volume is subdivided into neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung diseases with detailed chapters covering the current molecular pathology of specific diseases.