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Urologic Surgical Pathology

  • 5th Edition - September 25, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Liang Cheng, David G. Bostwick, Greg T. MacLennan
  • Language: English

With its strong clinical focus on day-to-day sign-out and an emphasis on clinicopathologic correlations, Urologic Surgical Pathology, 5th Edition, remains a standard reference i… Read more

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With its strong clinical focus on day-to-day sign-out and an emphasis on clinicopathologic correlations, Urologic Surgical Pathology, 5th Edition, remains a standard reference in the field and an essential resource for practicing pathologists and urologists. It provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of all common and rare entities of the genitourinary system, keeping readers fully up to date with newly recognized tumors and terminology, the latest classification systems, current grading approaches, molecular pathology, and commonly used ancillary diagnostic techniques.

Key features

  • Highlights new diagnostic biomarkers, newly described variants and histologic entities, and recent advances in molecular testing, with practical guidance on their application in diagnosis and differential diagnosis
  • Introduces a new chapter on the urachus, addressing the growing diagnostic complexity and recent advances in urachal tumors
  • Features a completely rewritten Urine Cytology chapter, fully aligned with The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (TPS 2.0) and reflecting contemporary cytopathology practice
  • Incorporates the latest TNM staging and WHO classification systems, including emerging molecularly defined genitourinary tumors and refined GU tumor taxonomy
  • Includes more than 2,600 high-quality, full-color images, including gross pictures, histopathologic and cytopathologic images, special stains, other ancillaries, drawings, and illustrations
  • Facilitates rapid access to key information through a consistent chapter format; an abundance of tables, diagrams and flowcharts; boxed lists of types and causes of diseases; differential diagnosis; characteristic features of diseases; grading; classifications; and staging
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date

Readership

Uropathologists, General Surgical Pathologists

Table of contents

1. Nonneoplastic Diseases of the Kidney

2. Neoplasms of the Kidney

3. Renal Pelvis and Ureter

4. Fine Needle Aspiration of the Kidney

5. Nonneoplastic Disorders of the Urinary Bladder

6. Neoplasms of the Urinary Bladder

7. Urachus

8. Urine Cytology

9. Nonneoplastic Diseases of the Prostate

10. Neoplasms of the Prostate

11. Seminal Vesicles

12. Urethra

13. Nonneoplastic Diseases of the Testis

14. Neoplasms of the Testis

15. Spermatic Cord and Testicular Adnexa

16. Penis and Scrotum

17. Adrenal Glands

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 25, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

LC

Liang Cheng

Liang Cheng, MD, MSc is Professor of Pathology and Surgery/Urology, Vice Chair for Translational Research, Director of Anatomic Pathology, and Director of Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School | Brown University Health. Dr. Cheng has authored over 1,300 peer-reviewed SCI articles published in high-impact journals. Dr. Cheng currently serves as President of the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) (2025-2027) and as an Expert Member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours (“Blue Books”) Editorial Board.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology and Surgery/Urology, Vice Chair for Translational Research, Director of Anatomic Pathology, and Director of Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School | Brown University Health, USA

DB

David G. Bostwick

Affiliations and expertise
Chief Medical Officer of Granger Genetics and Rampart Health, Orlando, FL, USA

GM

Greg T. MacLennan

Gregory T. MacLennan, MD is currently the Division Chief of Anatomic Pathology at Case Western Reserve University. Starting in 2008, he has been a professor of pathology and urology & oncology at CWRU. Since 2006, he has been the director of the Seidman Cancer Center Tissue Procurement & Histology Facility. He is also the Senior Pathologist at University Hospitals since 1995. He is also a member of numerous boards of various journals, including Cancer, Journal of Clinical Pathology, and American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology, Urology and Oncology, Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA