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BOOK REVIEW
WHO Classification of Tumours: Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs
F A Tavassoli, P Devillee. World Health Organisation, 2003, $75.00 (paperback), ISBN 9 28322 412 4
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Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs is the fifth volume of the series by the World Health Organisation on the Classification of Tumours. This book fills a gap in the availability of a ready reference manual for tumours of the breast and the female genital tract. It provides a well written, concise, and comprehensive reference book for pathologists and oncologists involved in these disciplines.
The authors use a very well researched approach to the topics included in the manual and the reader friendly layout of the material provides clarity to complex issues in diagnostic pathology. I found that the contents of the "blue boxes" were most informative and provided helpful diagnostic hints. One of the chapters on breast pathology shows an individual author’s bias on the subject, with
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