In November 2022, Aquesta celebrated 14 years of practice in Australia.
In May 2015, The Uropathology Sessions at the Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology meeting were held in conjunction with the International Society of Urological Pathology In Brisbane. Many international experts including Profs John Srigley, Angelo De Marzo, Christina Magi-Galluzzi, Ming Zhao, Adeboye Osunkoya, Matteo Brunelli and Chin-Chen Pan were invited and sponsored by Aquesta Uropathology.
In June 2014 Professor Lars Egevad from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden was the invited guest speaker at the Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology, 39 th Annual Scientific Meeting Uropathology Session held in conjunction with the International Society of Urological Pathology In Brisbane. Prof. Egevad’s visit was sponsored by Aquesta Uropathology.
Prostate cancer grading
A modified Gleason grading system was introduced by the ISUP in 2005. Further modifications were introduced in 2014 (ISUP grading) and this was accepted by the 2016 WHO Classification of Tumours: Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Urinary and Male Reproductive System. In September 2019, an ISUP Consensus Conference was held in Nice, France to deal with unresolved issues in prostate cancer grading.
Prognostic significance of micropapillary urothelial carcinoma
Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma is thought to be an aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma. We examined one of the largest series of these tumours in the urinary bladder to ascertain the prognostic significance of the superficial and invasive types of these tumours.
International Society of urological pathology (ISUP) consensus conference on handling and staging of radical prostatectomy specimens
A consensus conference on handling and reporting of radical prostatectomy specimens organized by the ISUP was held in Boston in March of 2009. Uropathologists from around the world were invited to attend this conference. Guidelines and recommendations are published.
Seminal vesicle involvement in prostate cancer
Seminal vesicle involvement in prostate cancer signifies pathological stage 3b cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens. Examination of the proximal extraprostatic part of the seminal vesicle detects all cases without lymphovascular invasion Download document.
