title: Introduction: the impact of molecular pathology on the practice of pathology.
abstract: Molecular pathology is affecting and influencing the entire clinical laboratory. Furthermore, the union of pathology and molecular medicine continues to mature into an amalgam that will both define and serve the emerging field of personalized medicine. Advances in the understanding of pathobiology, high throughput automation, cost containment, and refined methodology will avail greater diagnostic and prognostic prowess and provide more efficient and appropriate therapeutic selection as well guide effective patient monitoring with respect to disease responses.
authors.affiliation: Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 8203 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Electronic address: mbluth@med.wayne.edu.
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bluth
mesh_terms: D023281:Genomics; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D006801:Humans; D057089:Pathology, Molecular
keywords: Genomics; High throughput; Methods; Molecular pathology; Polymorphisms; Quality