NORTHFIELD, Ill.— Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry, released this spring from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Press, guides readers through 71 cytometry cases and provides examples of the full range of hematolymphoid diseases that can be productively analyzed by flow cytometric immunophenotyping.
“The cases in the CAP Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry are organized into sections by disease categories,” said one of the book’s editors, David Dorfman, MD, PhD, FCAP, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in an interview published in the January issue of CAP TODAY. “Each section has an overview chapter that provides background and introductory information. Within each section there are separate chapters for each disease entity. Chapters begin with a clinical history, laboratory results, one or more photomicrographs, and representative flow cytograms, so that the favored interpretation is not evident to readers at the outset.”
“As a result, the chapters may be used to test readers’ ability to arrive at a diagnosis using the available information,” stated Dr. Dorfman. “Readers can then compare their interpretation of the data with the interpretations of CAP Survey participants and with the final, favored interpretation of the chapter author or authors.” Dr. Dorfman continues, “Alternatively, the atlas may be used as a reference text on the characteristic findings of a wide range of clinical entities encountered in clinical flow cytometry practice. For this purpose, the table of contents lists all the disease entities in the atlas.”
Dr. Dorfman is one of three editors of the publication. He worked alongside William Karlon, MD, PhD, FCAP, of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center; and Michael Linden, MD, PhD, FCAP, of M Health Fairview-University of Minnesota Medical Center. The atlas was designed and written by members of the CAP Diagnostic Immunology and Flow Cytometry Committee, which produces numerous proficiency testing Surveys for clinical immunology and flow cytometry laboratories.
“Members of the DIFCC atlas subcommittee developed and wrote the atlas, along with several additional volunteers,” said Dr. Dorfman. “My co-editors and I are grateful for the hard work of the members of the DIFCC atlas subcommittee and other volunteers who worked on the project, which we hope readers will find useful and informative.”
Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry is due out now. To order, call 1‑800‑323‑4040 option 1. Reference PUB230 or go to www.cap.org and click on the “Shop” tab ($148 for CAP members, $185 for others).
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