Second CMAS (CytoJournal Monograph/Atlas Series) titled “Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids” (second edition)

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As part of the ongoing CytoJournal Monograph and Atlas Series (CMAS) project[1] of Cytopathology Foundation[2] to publish cytopathology books in open access, we announce that all individual chapters of the second edition of the book on “Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids”[3] are already published as individual review articles.[1] As one of the benefits of the open access charter, the review articles on the topic are available around the globe as scientific cytopathology literature in PubMed searchable database with free access. CMAS 2 chapters as review articles can be accessed as individual review articles under “CytoJournal Monograph Related Review Series” at https://cytojournal.com/category/cytojournal-monograph-related-review-series/).[4] These chapters are under compilation into CMAS book titled “Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids” as multi-author second edition [Figure 1]. The final book will be available soon in various formats including print[5] and e-version (eCytoJournal).[6] Figure 1: Cover page of the second CMAS (CytoJournal Monograph and Atlas Series): “Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids.” The copyright is under the open-access charter[7] of Cytopathology Foundation[4] and CytoJournal[1] in the public domain.[8] Out of many benefits of open access charter, academic public benefits includes the availability of figures and other material for teaching easily after the minimal legal obligation of citing the original source. CytoJournal platform provides a feature “Export to PPT” in HTML version, which allows the addition of images easily into PowerPoint presentation with a single click.[9] The multi-author second edition of “Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids” book as CMAS #2 is edited by Vinod B. Shidham with Lester J. Layfield as coeditor and Barbara F. Atkinson as editor emeritus [Figure 1]. It has total of 15 chapters. As mentioned previously, these chapters have been published under open access in CytoJournal as 15 different review articles. These articles are under modification to be formatted as individual chapters in the monograph as per open-access benefits under the Creative Commons License.[7] The hard copies (including Kindle version) of the CMAS #2 Book (Hardcover: 978-1-955571-02-9; e-Book: 978-1-955571-03-6; Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2021921838) could be purchased online from Amazon Books[5] similar to CMAS #1 (CellBlockistry 101).[10] The soft copy will also be available under eCytoJournal: Site for reading CytoJournal articles and books in book-like format with flipping pages https://cytojournal.com/eissues/,[6] which will be free for Cytopathology Foundation members https://cytojournal.com/cf-member/ [11] and at nominal cost for non-members. The chapters in CMAS # 2 book are shown in [Table 1]. Table 1: Contents of CMAS #2: Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids (second edition). Ch. No. Title Author 1 Introduction Vinod B Shidham[1] Lester J. Layfield2 2 The panorama of different faces of mesothelial cells Vinod B Shidham1 3 Approach to diagnostic cytopathology of serous effusions Vinod B Shidham1 Lester J. Layfield2 4 Diagnostic pitfalls in effusion fluid cytology Vinod B Shidham1 5 Immunocytochemistry of effusion fluids: Introduction to SCIP approach Vinod B Shidham1 Lester J. Layfield2 6 Reactive conditions Nirag Jhala3 Darshana Jhala4 Vinod B. Shidham1 7 Diagnostic cytopathology of peritoneal washing Rosemary E. Zuna5 8 Mesothelioma Nagarjun Rao6 Shuanzeng Wei7 9 Metastatic carcinoma in effusions Vinod B Shidham1 10 Metastatic sarcomas, melanoma, and other non-epithelial neoplasms Liron Pantanowitz8 Mamatha Chivukula9 11 Serous cavity metastasis: Evaluation of unknown primary Nirag Jhala3 Aileen Arriola3 Liron Pantanowitz8 12 Hematolymphoid disorders Ali Gabali1 13 Flow cytometry, molecular analysis, and other special techniques Ali Gabali1 14 Appendix I: Collection and processing of effusion fluids for cytopathologic evaluation Vinod B Shidham1 15 Appendix II: Immunocytochemistry of effusions: Processing and commonly used immunomarkers Vinod B Shidham1Beata Janikowski10 1Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA, 2University of Missouri, USA, 3 Temple University Hospital and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, 4 University of Pennsylvania and CMC VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA, 5University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA, 6Aurora West Allis Medical Center, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA, 7Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA, 8University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 9 Mills-Peninsula Hospitals, A Sutter Health Affiliate, South San Francisco, USA, 10DMC University Laboratories, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA The future CMAS books on various other topics in the series are in progress and will continue to be published on an ongoing basis.[12]