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Rosen's Breast Pathology

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This is IMHO the definitive of all breast pathology texts out there. Illustrations vary in quality, but the text is solid & clear. Second ed came out in 2001, so we may be due for another update before too long...we will have to wait to see if Dr. Rosen continues to write most of it or turns it over to someone else. There are plenty of controversial & evolving topics (ADH/DCIS & CCC), but this text does an admirable job of dealing with them despite the book's starting to show its age. The Tavassoli text is even older (2nd ed in 1999).

This hard cover text book is an excellent resource for the practicing pathologist. The online text was great until January, 2011, when Lippincott took down what was an excellent, fast and efficient, online resource. For weeks now, the online text has been unavailable. Lippincott has posted: "We are currently working to improve your E-Book experience. As a result of these upgrades, the E-Book for this title is currently unavailable. The new and improved E-Book for this title will be available shortly."

My other euphemistically "new and improved" Lippincott E-books, such as Schnitt: Biopsy Interpretation of the Breast, are miserably restricted online references, which seem like limited versions of Amazon's "Click to Look Inside" function. The new online reference texts can now be displayed just one page at a time. They can no longer be scrolled or printed. They can be searched, but the rudimentary search function merely returns a list (10 entries at a time) of every page on which the search text appears, along with a 5-6 word sentence fragment for context (no chapter or section title). From that minimal information, I cannot figure out which entry is likely pertinent to my query. With Lippincott's "new and improved" E-books, it's faster for me to get up, get the printed text book off the library shelf, and look it up there.

I bought this book and i like it very much. Every resident(path) should have it.The
shipment was very fast and it was nicely packed.

Although Rosen's breast pathology is an excellent textbook, you need reviews pertaining to the third edition. Every practicing pathologist knows the textbook. What we need to know is how the third edition measures up to the previous editions.
I have not yet seen the latest book so I cannot discuss the third edition.

In 2000-01, I had 3 lumpectomies. All my mammograms were negative. The 3rd lump was excised when I was 62. I was a cytotechnologist for Unilab in Tarzana, CA. My medical director, Dr. Adele Hieshima, had a copy of Dr. Rosen's book on breast pathology. We went over it together. I was amazed at how many types of breast cancer there were. Cancer was revealed in my 3rd lumpectomy, but Kaiser could not identify it. They sent my tissue to a specialist in New York. I was surprised to receive the pathology report from Dr. Rosen himself, along with page numbers to consult in his book. His book clarified matters for me so I elected bi-lateral mastectomy. His book and his advice led to early detection and complete recovery. Thank you Dr. Rosen!