Module 03 · Recorded lecture series (streamed)

Biopsy in Tumour Diagnosis

From needle to diagnosis: sampling, handling, interpretation.

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Format: Recorded lecture series (streamed)
Extent: 11 h · 18 lectures
Access: 12 months
Assessment: 25 image-based questions
Delivery: Access details by email within 24 h

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**Fig. 03** — Laboratory bench with a microscope, rotator and sample tubes.

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Overview

Core-needle and fine-needle material behaves differently from resections, and most avoidable errors happen before the slide is cut. The series follows the specimen: guidance and targeting, adequacy assessment, fixation and orientation, frozen-section triage, and the interpretive limits of small samples in breast, kidney, lung and lymph node.

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What you will be able to do

Judge adequacy of a core or aspirate on site and say what a repeat pass should target
Separate crush, cautery and fixation artefacts from true pathology in small samples
Grade on a core with the confidence the sample allows — and write the limitation
Allocate tissue between morphology, immunohistochemistry and molecular testing before it is gone

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Syllabus

Adequacy criteria and rapid on-site evaluation
Crush, cautery and fixation artefacts
Small-biopsy grading: what you can and cannot say
Tissue allocation for molecular testing
Communication with the interventional team

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Lesson list

01	What a needle does to tissue: mechanics of core and aspiration sampling	36 min
02	Image-guided targeting and the pathologist’s feedback loop	41 min
03	Rapid on-site evaluation: setting up, staining, reporting adequacy	44 min
04	Fixation: cold ischaemia, under- and over-fixation, decalcification	38 min
05	Orientation, inking and embedding of small specimens	29 min
06	Artefact atlas for small biopsies	46 min
07	Frozen section triage: when to freeze a core and when not to	33 min
08–10	Breast cores: B-categories, receptor testing on cores, discordance	1 h 52 min
11–12	Renal mass biopsy: oncocytic tumours and the limits of the core	1 h 14 min
13–15	Lung and EBUS: small-cell vs non-small-cell, PD-L1 on cytology	1 h 48 min
16–17	Lymph node cores and FNA: what flow and molecular need from you	1 h 09 min
18	Communicating with the interventional team — closing lesson	37 min

11 h · 18 lectures in total. Lessons can be watched in any order; the numbering is our recommendation.

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A sample from the module

Excerpt

Lecture 06 — Artefact atlas for small biopsies

Forty minutes on the things that are not tumour: cautery at the edge of a prostate core, crush in a lymph node aspirate, formalin pigment, and the notorious “floaters”. Each artefact with the mechanism, the look at three magnifications and the report wording.

**Fig. 03a** — Gloved hands adjusting a slide on the microscope stage.

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What is included

18 recorded lectures (streamed, 12 months)
Adequacy criteria quick reference by organ (PDF, permanent)
Tissue-allocation worksheet
Self-assessment with model answers

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Readership & prerequisites

Who it is written for

Pathology residents, cytotechnologists and interventional radiologists who want to understand the pathologist’s view of their sample.

What you need beforehand

Basic histopathology. Useful to radiologists and cytotechnologists as well as pathology trainees; no molecular background needed.

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Assessment & certificate

25 image-based questions; pass mark 70 %. Two attempts included.

Passing the assessment adds this module to your MEDSMITH record. A certificate with hours studied is issued for the complete program; single modules receive a confirmation of completion on request.

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Delivery & access

How you receive it

After payment you land on your personal order page and receive access details by email within 24 hours on working days. Streamed lectures are watched in the browser on any device; downloadable material is yours permanently.

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