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The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a 437-bed hospital devoted to cancer research, patient care, and education. The clinic facilities are capable of handling more than 300,000 patient visits annually. The Department of Pathology has moved to a newly built state-of-the-art building and now has approximately 6,000 square feet of laboratory spaces. In anatomic pathology, 40,000 tumors or tumor-related specimens, are handled and approximately 130 autopsies are performed annually.

Approximately 19,000 cytology cases are processed annually of which almost 60% represent non-gynecologic specimens, including about 4,500 needle aspirations, of which about 40% are superficial aspirations procured by the cytopathology staff. Close to 1,000 cytology specimens are evaluated for DNA content in the image analysis laboratory.

Hematopathology evaluates approximately 11,000 bone marrow specimens and 2,100 lymph node specimens/year. The molecular laboratory performs more than 14,000 tests/year and flow cytometry tests approximately 23,000 specimens/year. The Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine performs close to 4,000,000 clinical laboratory tests and procedures including approximately 550,000 hematology and coagulation tests. These examinations include aspirate smears, clot sections, biopsies and special stains. There are approximately 400-500 new acute and chronic leukemia per year. Most of the cases represent in-house patients include Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Approximately 400 new lymphomas are available for review annually.

Three medical libraries are available in the Texas Medical Center including the Research Medical Library at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Close educational relationships are also maintained with the components of The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.