Molecular Pathology in Contemporary Diagnostic Pathology Laboratory An Opinion for the Active Role of Surgical Pathologists

Although in recent years the emphasis in many university pathology departments has been on the biochemical and molecular biological aspects of disease, it is important to bear in mind the fact that hospital pathology laboratories have, in addition, the responsibility of patient care and thus the necessity of expert knowledge in...pathology. Fortunately, our department is large enough to permit a balance of the research effort with the patient-care activities... Benjamin Castleman, MD, 1966, Former Massachusetts General Hospital Chief of Pathology, 1951 to 1974.