Tumor Talk: Understanding Professional Terms in Pathology Reports

The importance of pathology reports in tumor treatment is self-evident, but due to their highly specialized nature, many patients and their families often find them confusing. What are differentiation, hyperplasia, and metaplasia? What is tumor staging? What do these terms on the pathology report actually mean? In this comic, ‘Mai Mai’ and ‘Xin Xin’ will provide a relatively brief introduction.