Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease

Key differences between 9th and 8th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 5 years (2014 vs 2009).
• This book was originally written by Stanley L. Robbins and Ramzi S. Cotran and published in 1974.
• List of the most significant changes in the Ninth edition:
• New Key Concepts boxes summarize take home messages relating to major topics covered in each disease.
• Completely new 30-page Chapter 1 "The Cell as a Unit of Health and Disease" concisely reviews some basic principles of cell structure and function and most recent advances that are relevant to the pathologic basis of disease.
• Chapter 2 include novel pathways of cell death beyond necrosis and apoptosis, e.g. autophagy ("self-eating").
• Chapter 5 includes a completely rewritten section "Molecular Genetic Diagnosis" to incorporate the latest research in DNA sequencing technology.
• Chapter 18 includes discussion "Fibropolycystic Disease" covers the molecular basis of hepatic fibrosis and its regression.
• In Chapter 27 the diseases are now organized anatomically, starting from neurons and going to muscles.