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 Five Stars, February 09, 2016
By Juan B. Rosales Raya
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A must to read!
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Five Stars, April 24, 2015
By W Roquiz
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Excellent book
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 Useful for the images and charts, February 05, 2014
By pathres
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This text is useful for looking up additional images and charts for AP issues. However, Differential Diagnosis is clearly superior for surgical pathology quick reference. Essentials is an enormous book (it should probably be 2 volumes instead of 1) and is not portable by any stretch of the imagination. Since each chapter is written by a different author, there is a wide variation in the quality of the text. Some chapters have very helpful charts comparing diagnoses while others are poorly thrown together outlines. The only advantage this book has over Differential is the addition of forensic pathology and cytopathology review chapters. However, I still would recommend Differential over this book. If you can find a good deal and would like a giant AP book to keep at your desk, or just a book large enough to bludgeon intruders with, this would be an acceptable purchase.
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 Great general reference book but not at all portable, April 25, 2013
By J Rene
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Cheng's Essentials is a great book for residency/board prep. It gives you the pertinent information in outline format and has pretty good pictures. The 3rd edition is heavy (11 pounds +) though, and has glossy pages that aren't conducive to highlighting or writing in the margins. It is disappointing that there are so many typos in the book, too.
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A good reference, with A MAJOR flaw, April 23, 2013
By Lucy Lee
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The book is overall useful and the updated edition has color pictures that are generally good. Be warned that basically all of the endocrine chapter photos (about 90 photos in chapter 20) are incorrect (the photos DO NOT go with the captions and it is very difficult to determine what the pictures actually are). I contacted the publisher but they have no plans to update the chapter. This is a pretty egregious mistake for a $200 book; they could easily correct the chapter and allow purchasers access to a correct ebook.
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Exactly what I need as a first year resident., January 20, 2013
By Anna
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A very good book for the basic review of the field. Its structure is very helpful for quick references. I recommend it.
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