| Serum bone turnover markers CTX and P1NP are now routinely available. Assays for the serum bone markers CTX and P1NP are now reoutinely performed at Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology. CTX and P1NP are markers of bone resorption and bone formation respectively. |
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| Update for laboratory testing of H1N1 09 (Human Swine Influenza). |
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An important step towards understanding how oesophageal cancer develops has been made as a result of new research by SNP Surgical Pathologist, Dr Ian Brown.
His investigation of malignant tissue samples removed during surgery has identified as common certain cell changes seen in oesophageal cancer that were previously thought
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Most patients feel uncomfortable and embarrassed about collecting a faeces sample and presenting it to a collection centre. Collecting one specimen is usually enough of an ordeal for any patient, so getting the right specimen to the lab on time and in the right condition is the best way to avoid unnecessary repeat collections.
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In 2009, one of the major activities of the Microbiology Department will be a prospective study evaluating the clinical application of our pertussis serology assay. Pertussis serology is an imperfect science and the correlation between results and infection (past or present) is not well described in the literature. The in-house assay currently used by SNP measures IgG and IgA antibodies against Pertussis Toxin (PT). We have used this assay for many years. |
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Welcome to the world of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology. This newsletter is aimed at giving you a better understanding of diagnostic pathology, the tests that your doctor requests, and how they are performed.
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| Welcome to the world of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology. This newsletter is aimed at giving you a better understanding of diagnositic pathology, the tests that your doctor requests, and how they are performed. This edition is a special Women's Health focused edition. |
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Pathology tests to investigate gastro-intestinal complaints, whether they be tissue biopsies, blood samples or microbiological samples, are amongst the most common specimens examined by a multi-discipline pathology laboratory.
This booklet has been produced to give an overview of some of the most common tests and the pathological interpretation of these tests in respect to gastro-intestinal disease. As well as common entities, an emphasis has been placed on new and novel disease processes. It is our hope that this booklet will help aid diagnosis by giving an overview of pathological findings for common gastro-intestinal conditions.
The authors of each subsection, which include Histopathologists, Microbiologists, Haematologists, Clinical Geneticists and Chemical Pathologists, are more than happy to provide any further information on the disease processes under discussion.
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‘A wolf often lies concealed in the skin of a lamb.’ ... an old saying but oh, so true!
Skin cancers, the subject of much of this edition, are as common as sheep in Australia – something I can vouch for personally! At least half of us will develop at least one squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and together these are, in health care dollars, the most costly cancers in Australia. In 2010 over $300 million will be expended on their treatment. But apart from the $s they have lots of associated morbidity – scarring and disfigurement, for example, also mortality. In Australia about 200 people die each year from skin cancers other than melanoma.
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