Competency information
Details
Using representative specimens from a range of tissues, identify carcinoma and local and metastatic tumour spread, including:
- premalignancy change
- benign neoplastic change
- malignant neoplastic change
- angiogenesis
- metastasis.
Considerations
- Normal morphology of tissues and organs.
- The identification of carcinoma and local and metastatic tumour spread, at a macroscopic, microscopic and molecular level.
- Rationale of the histological techniques required to demonstrate the different cell types involved in a tissue section.
- Methods for marking excision margins.
- Methods for measuring distance of tumour spread from margins of excision.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Determine adequacy of samples taken by clinicians. |
| # 3 | Outcome Determine adequacy of margins of excision or clearance, where applicable. |
| # 5 | Outcome Recognise carcinoma and local and metastatic tumour spread in microscopic specimens. |