Histology/ Histopathology Laboratory at St Thomas' Hospital

Histopathology is a core diagnostic pathology service that involves the study of tissue structures in disease process and plays a major role in cancer diagnosis and patient management. 

The Synnovis Histopathology laboratories provide a comprehensive tissue diagnostic service to hospitals networked within the Southeast London Cancer network and local general practitioners. It serves the regional cancer centre and is also a national and international referral centre for expert opinion. The specialist diagnostic and scientific teams aim to deliver a high-quality service with cutting edge diagnostic techniques through close links with the genetics and molecular diagnostics department. Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDM) are held across sites enabling close integration of clinical teams and specialist pathologists.

Histopathology is a core diagnostic pathology service that involves the study of tissue structures in disease process and plays a major role in cancer diagnosis and patient management. 

The St Thomas' Histopathology laboratory acts as an Essential Services laboratory and samples are sent to the Blackfriars Hub Histopathology laboratory for processing.

Areas of expertise

Adult and Perinatal/Paediatric autopsy 
Breast 
Cervical Cancer 
Endocrine 
Gastrointestinal 
General, soft tissue and osteo-articular pathology 
Gynaecology 
Haematopathology 
Infectious/ tropical diseases 
Renal (Adult and Paediatric including Transplantation) 
Respiratory 
Urology