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MyPathologyReport.ca is a medical education resource created by doctors to help you read and understand your pathology report.

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Our Diagnosis Library is a collection of patient-friendly articles for more than 400 of the most common pathologic diagnoses. Each article will help you understand what the diagnosis means and how the information found in your pathology report will impact your care.

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Our patient-friendly Pathology Dictionary provides definitions for the most common terms and phrases used by pathologists in pathology reports. The Pathology Dictionary includes explanations for many of the most commonly used pathology tests and diagnostic markers.

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Biphasic salivary gland tumour

A biphasic salivary gland neoplasm is a tumour that arises in one of the salivary glands. It is called biphasic because it is made up of two distinct populations of cells: luminal cells (ductal cells) and abluminal cells (basal cells or myoepithelial cells).