Besides a diagnostic laboratory supplied with the most updated equipments for histologic and cytologic investigations, the Division includes two functional sections of immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology supplied with automatized instruments able to offer extensive immunophenotyping and molecular characterization of normal and tumor tissues by using a large array of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. The Division hosts the Postgraduate Medical School in Pathology of the University of Milan.
The division includes the following units: Histopathology and Molecular Diagnostics Unit and the Cytopathology Unit.