Advance Pathology Services PC

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"Traditionally, we think our challenge is to make the right diagnosis and pick the right treatment. But now we realize it's more than that - it's to reach the patients in a way that works for them."

Welcome to Advance Pathology Services, P.C.
Advance Pathology Services, PC is now offering complete laboratory services in cooperation with Baldwin Family Care and Pathology Lab of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our new laboratory is located in Cadillac, Michigan. We are concentrating our initial efforts in the western lower peninsula of Michigan with courier service for specimens in Baldwin, Cadillac, Grant, White Could, Michigan.
What is Pathology?
Pathology is the area of medicine which deals with the diagnosis of disease. This may be done by sampling body tissues. Sometimes this involves blood tests (clinical pathology), such as when diagnosing diabetes. Other times, as with cancer, it requires sampling tissue (anatomic pathology). This sampling is called a biopsy.
Biopsies come in many forms. The smallest of these is the sampling of individual cells with a needle of scraping. The best known example of this is the PAP smear used to screen for cervical cancers.
Next in size are needle and core biopsies. In these biopsies a small sample of tissue is removed and viewed under the microscope. This type of sampling is used for deeper tissues were surgery is not desirable. Quite frequently the biopsy is obtained with the help of a CT scan or ultrasound. Often, this type of biopsy is preformed in conjunction with a cytology sample.

An open biopsy is obtained by a surgeon. This involves the removal of a lesion or larger portion of tissue. The laboratory then prepares the tissue to be viewed by a pathologist. The pathologist then makes the diagnosis of the disease from the sample.

"About 85% of patients who receive a life-threatening diagnosis seek a second opinion. If you don't have access to a specialist, obtain a virtual second instead."