TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Role of Pathology in Treatment of Lung Cancer A1 - Ramineni, Maheshwari A1 - Chirieac, Lucian R. A1 - Wheeler, Thomas M. A1 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - A pathologist experienced in thoracic oncology is an essential member of the thoracic team. The pathologist plays a fundamental role in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative diagnostic and staging evaluation of the tissue specimens. Traditionally, the surgical pathologist’s role was confined to diagnostic and staging evaluation. However, with the advent of new innovations in molecular methodologies and precision medicine, they now play a pivotal role in the provision of prognostic and predictive biomarker data for targeted therapies. Thus, there has been a paradigm shift in the role of the pathologist, and the scope of their duties has broadened considerably. Yet, for the foreseeable future, their traditional expertise will remain an important component of precision medicine.1 The goal of tissue examination varies depending on the clinical setting. In the preoperative and intraoperative settings, the pathologist is mainly focused on accurate diagnosis and molecular profiling, whereas, in the postoperative setting, the focus shifts to staging. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170409864 ER -