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Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, Expert Consult: Online and Print, 3e

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Never used or reviewed the first 2 editions, but I've seen other people using it often. When the 3rd edition was published, I bought it and found it very helpful in my daily work. The previous editions' reviewers complained about the index being poorly written. While I don't have a good comparison, I can say that the current edition has a good index, with most of the important biomarkers listed, and the specific organs related to it as a subcategory. As other reviewers have indicated, index is greatly important in this kind of reference book, since most people are not going to read the book from front to end.

I specifically enjoy the chapter on metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary, since this is probably the most crucial aspect of my use of biomarkers. The judicial use of tables and reference to genetic markers are very helpful too, esp. for board preparation.

The online edition is also excellent, but this is more of a general comment on Elsevier titles in general. I like the fact that I don't need to carry the book wherever I wish to read it. With a laptop, this book is available anywhere, which makes it very helpful. From now on, I would prefer most books that have an online edition.

A small shout-out to two contributing authors, Drs. Y and M Nikiforova. Great job and hello from NY! :)

I bought this book with book fund money left over from my residency program. The publisher is starting to offer online access to their recent publications. The server for [...] is, however, relatively slow but it is still a useful feature. For a resident, or a pathologist at an academic institution, a Pubmed search for specific IPs would be as useful as having this book on hand and perhaps faster to download. For a community pathologist, this would be a readily available and thus, useful reference (especially solo practice or small group practice). The new edition lists new IP markers becoming more common in large reference labs. Just as the prior edition, Dabbs offers good insight and guidelines on how to create IP panels. Overall, a great book but not a definite "must".

My main interest in the book was to get an understanding of both the immunohistochemistry technology and molecular diagnostics background and state of the art. It does a very good job in the first but it is a bit more high level with the second. It also does not offer a comparision between the different diganostic methods and which are research only tools versus approved by the FDA.