FRCPath Part 1 Histopathology: Volume II - Surgical Subspecialties

By Vishal Tayade

Volume II of the FRCPath Part 1 Histopathology textbook covers the surgical subspecialties as examined in the Part 1 paper. Twenty chapters across eight sections combine entity-by-entity exposition with sixty single-best-answer questions in the two-paragraph FRCPath rationale style. Contemporary classifications - WHO 5th edition, WHO CNS5, WHO-HAEM5 with ICC 2022, AJCC TNM 8, RCPath and ICCR datasets - anchor the content throughout.
Built specifically for FRCPath Part 1 candidates and equivalent UK and international histopathology examinations including MRCPath, FCAP, FRCPA, EBP, and senior membership-level review.
Sections covered:

Breast Pathology - non-neoplastic, in-situ neoplasia, invasive carcinoma, fibroepithelial lesions
Gynaecological Pathology - vulva, cervix, endometrium, myometrium, ovary, fallopian tube, gestational trophoblastic disease
Genitourinary Pathology - kidney tumours, urothelial tract, bladder, prostate, testis, penis
Haematolymphoid Pathology - reactive nodes, B-cell and T/NK-cell lymphomas, Hodgkin lymphoma, plasma cell neoplasms
Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology - soft tissue tumours by line of differentiation, bone tumours, cartilaginous and fibro-osseous lesions
Neuropathology - CNS tumours under WHO CNS5, neurodegenerative, demyelinating, and vascular disease
Head and Neck Pathology - oral cavity, salivary gland, sinonasal tract, nasopharynx, larynx
Paediatric, Perinatal, Ophthalmic and ENT Pathology - placenta, paediatric tumours, ocular and otic entities
Features:
Mechanism-paragraph rationales for every SBA
WHO 5th edition, WHO CNS5, and WHO-HAEM5 / ICC 2022 entity definitions with classification commentary
AJCC TNM 8 staging across every relevant subsite
RCPath and ICCR dataset essentials boxed in each chapter
Molecular pathology threaded through every subspecialty - driver mutations, fusions, methylation classes, IHC surrogates
Companion: Volume I - Foundations and Visceral Pathology
About the author: Vishal Tayade is Assistant Professor of Pathology at Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai. He trained in oncopathology at Tata Memorial Centre and holds Part 1 of the FRCPath. His research and teaching span haematopathology, molecular diagnostics, and surgical pathology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8168673050
• ISBN13: 9788168673052
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Vayden Academic Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"