Progress in Surgical Pathology

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This book is a potpourri of problems, relevent in varying degrees to surgical pathology. As is the case with any multiauthored book, the contributions are markedly varied. The first, a historical article by Lefkowitch, is poorly focused, but there follows a series of pathological articles, starting with a review of staging and grading systems of colorectal cancer by Remmele. This review is rather uncritical and unfortunately omits some of Talbot's classic work on the significance of venous invasion (which conceivably might not have been in press when the article was submitted). An extensive article entitled "In Vitro Tests and Hormonal Treatment of Breast Cancer" deals primarily with estrogen receptors, their significance, and clinical correlations. The main points are well summarized at the end of the chapter, but exactly how estrogen or progesterone receptor positivity correlates with hormonal manipulation is rather vague. The remainder of the book contains some strong chapters.