Pathology Division is one of the vital supportive facilities of RCC. It plays an essential role in the institution's mission to improve patient care and for early detection of cancers. Diagnostic Pathology Services include Surgical Pathology, Haematopathology and Cytopathology. In addition to the routine laboratory services, this division is providing ancillary diagnostic techniques - Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Frozen Section reporting, Flow cytometry and FISH tests for diagnosis and prognostication. Faculty of Pathology division is also providing expert opinions on referred cases from various hospitals within and outside the State. The Division is also actively involved in community oriented cancer control programmes of the State.
The Division conducts various teaching and training programmes and courses. The Academic staff are also playing a major role in the applied research activities of the Centre, by getting involved in various Research projects.
Information regarding the procedure for obtaining opinion on referral material
Requests may be addressed to Head of the Division / Consultant Pathologists. Samples already processed as slides and paraffin blocks are accepted in Room No: A102 (Room No.2, Pathology Division), on all working days, between 9 AM and 4 PM. The material should be submitted personally and reports should be collected from the Division of Pathology. Patients should bring the bill for collecting the report. The report will neither be sent by post nor be communicated over telephone.
The following details are essential:
- Requesting physician's address, contact number and e-mail ID
- Patient's name, age, sex, full postal address, Telephone number / E-mail address (if available)
- Clinical details including X ray/scan reports, intraoperative and gross specimen findings
- Sample to be submitted as slides and paraffin blocks
- Specimen to be provided on request by the consultant Pathologist in the required instances
- Site of disease, type of biopsy, nature of material and details of previous surgery/ biopsy
- Radiological images with radiology reports are essential for Bone & Soft tissue and CNS cases
- Results of hematological and biochemical tests, blood smears and tumour marker levels in relevant cases
- Slides/Blocks prepared elsewhere can be returned on Physician's request after filing minimum representative material in the Division of Pathology, RCC.
Specimens are not accepted as such without initial pathology report from outside hospitals/laboratories.
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