Description
**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pathology**Comprehensive, accessible, and highly illustrated, Robbins, Cotran & Kumar Pathologic Basis of Disease, 11th Edition, offers an in-depth, state-of-the-art overview of human diseases and their cellular and molecular basis. This best-selling text delivers the latest, most essential pathology knowledge in a readable, interesting manner, ensuring optimal understanding of the latest basic science and clinical content. More than 1,000 high-quality photographs and full-color illustrations highlight new information in molecular biology, disease classifications, new drugs and drug therapies, and much more. Ideal for USMLE or specialty board preparation, coursework, or as a clinical reference, this acclaimed text is a must-have resource for students, residents, researchers, academic faculty, and practitioners.- Explains concepts in a clear and concise manner, progressing logically from pathogenesis to morphology to clinical features of major human disease entities.- Uses an outstanding full-color, user-friendly design to simplify your study and quickly direct you to the information you need to know, with learning features such as boldface overviews at the beginning of each section, key concepts boxes, selected additional reading, schematic diagrams that illustrate complex concepts, many new and significantly revised figures, and gross and microscopic images depicting disease processes.- Brings you up to date with the latest information on disease pathogenesis, including tumor-host interactions, the pathogenesis and pathology of COVID-19, and the role of the microbiome in non-communicable diseases, as well as current classification systems, molecular and genetic testing, personalized medicine, and targeted therapeutics.- Reflects increased attention to diversity and inclusion throughout.- Shares the knowledge and expertise of two new editors: educator and scientist Dr. Jayanta Debnath of UCSF Department of Pathology, and educator and illustrator Dr. Abhijit Das of Janakpuri Super Specialty Hospital.
Table of Contents
1. The Cell as a Unit of Health and Disease 2. Cell Injury, Cell Death, and Adaptations 3. Inflammation and Repair 4. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolic Disease, and Shock 5. Genes and Human Diseases 6. Diseases of the Immune System 7. Neoplasia 8. Infectious Diseases 9. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases 10. Diseases of Infancy and Childhood 11. Blood Vessels 12. The Heart 13. Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus 14. Red Blood Cell and Bleeding Disorders 15. The Lung 16. Head and Neck 17. The Gastrointestinal Tract 18. Liver and Gallbladder 19. The Pancreas 20. The Kidney 21. The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System 22. The Female Genital Tract 23. The Breast 24. The Endocrine System 25. The Skin 26. Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors 27. Peripheral Nerves and Skeletal Muscles 28. The Central Nervous System 29. The Eye
