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''Author: {{MH top}}''
*'''Conflicts of interest:''' None. (No financial gain was or is made from this handbook, apart from the academic prestige of being an author.)
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This is a handbook '''directed at''' new pathology trainees (mainly residents or trainees with medical doctor degrees or similar). The main goal of this handbook is to provide you with the most pertinent knowledge in order to most efficiently improve the lives of people through better diagnoses and thereby better treatment.

==Table of contents==
*{{Memorization-worthy}} Have an idea of the contents herein, so that you know what you can look for when you have such a case.
{{Question|title=Contents of ''Starting pathology''.|subsection=yes}}
You receive five pathology cases, and feel that you want to look up what to do when you prepare them and subsequently evaluate them under the microscope. Which one does not have a dedicated article in ''Starting pathology''?
#A suspected malignant skin excision
#A needle biopsy of the breast
#A biopsy of the retina
#A biopsy of the gastrointestinal tract
#A bone marrow biopsy
;Answer:
[[File:A biopsy of the retina.png|left|170px|A biopsy of the retina]]
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This subject is beyond the scope of this resource. Seek a specialist who has appropriate experience for how to handle such specimens.
{{Question-end}}
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==Copies, prints and reuse==
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==Contact==
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==Learning pathology==
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==Comprehensiveness==
On this handbook, the following formatting is used for '''[[Reporting#Depth|comprehensiveness]]''':
*Minimal depth
*{{Moderate-begin}}Moderate depth{{Moderate-end}}
*{{Comprehensive-begin}}Comprehensive{{Comprehensive-end}} 
*<< Decision needed between alternatives separated by / signs >> 
*{{Finding-begin}}Common findings / In case of findings{{Finding-end}}
*{{Comment-begin}}Comments{{Comment-end}}
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*'''Organs''', '''important regions''' or other important '''key words'''.<noinclude>
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