Non-neoplastic Disorders of the Gastrointestional Tract
Description:... "The Atlases of Tumor Pathology have a long and distinguished history. They were first conceived at a cancer research meeting held in St. Louis in September 1947, as an attempt to standardize the nomenclature of neoplastic diseases. The first series was sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Many of the illustrations were provided by the Medical Illustration Service of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), the type was set by the Government Printing Office, and the final printing was done at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The American Registry of Pathology (ARP) purchased the Fascicles from the Government Printing Office and sold them virtually at cost. Over a period of 20 years nearly 40 Fascicles were produced. They quickly became among the most influential publications on tumor pathology, primarily because of their overall high quality, but also because their low cost made them easily accessible the world over to pathologists and students of oncology. Upon completion of the first series, the Second Series was started with the Fascicles produced as bound volumes instead of loose leaflets. They featured a more comprehensive coverage of the subjects, to the extent that the Fascicles could no longer be regarded as "atlases" but rather monographs describing and illustrating in detail the tumors and tumor-like conditions of the various organs and systems. The Third Series' first publication appeared in 1991 and the last (number 32) in 2003. The same organization framework applied to the Fourth Series. With UAREP and AFIP no longer functioning, ARP remained the responsible organization. The Fourth Series volumes were hardbound with illustrations almost exclusively in color. There was also an increased emphasis on the cytopathologic (intraoperative, exfoliative, or fine needle aspiration) and molecular features that are important in diagnosis and prognosis. At the time of the Fourth Series, ARP also produced Atlases of Non-Tumor Pathology; these volumes were numbered separately from the tumor volumes. As in the prior series, the goal of the Fifth Series includes a continuous attempt to correlate whenever possible, the nomenclature used in the Fascicles with that proposed by the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors, as well as to ensure a consistency of style. Including molecular diagnostics is more important than ever. Now in this series, the tumor and non-tumor volumes are combined and consecutively numbered as the Atlases of Tumor and Non-Tumor Pathology."--
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