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Characteristics and Initiatives

Like other clinical departments, our department works closely with the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, and all of our pathologists are dispatched from the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine's Department of Diagnostic Pathology. Our residents are also physicians who have participated in the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine's Pathology Specialist Training Program. While pathological diagnosis is based on morphological diagnosis, modern pathological diagnosis requires the confirmation of differentiation direction and phenotypic expression using immunohistochemistry. Our department possesses approximately 120 types of immunohistochemistry antibodies, which we use as needed for diagnosis. However, with recent advances in diagnostic pathology, new antibodies are constantly being released, making it difficult for a community hospital to maintain all of them. For specimens that we cannot cover, we request the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine's Department of Diagnostic Pathology to perform the staining, ensuring uninterrupted diagnosis.

Regarding diagnosis, the final diagnosis is always confirmed by a pathologist, and a certain number of cases are double-checked by two pathologists in an effort to maintain diagnostic standards. For difficult cases, we strive to provide high-quality diagnoses by using the Japanese Society of Pathology's consultation system or by consulting with experts in the field with whom we have close ties.

About pathological diagnosis

• Tissue diagnosis
• Cytological diagnosis
• Rapid diagnosis during surgery
• pathological autopsy