State Key Laboratory for Oncology (South China)

The Department of Anatomical & Cellular Pathology combines teaching, research and laboratory service at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a 1,300-beds teaching hospital of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The Department consists of three service units: Anatomical Pathology (including cytology), Laboratory Hematology (including Blood Bank) and Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratory. It is the main service department for the New Territory East (NTE) of Hong Kong, serving a population of over 1 million. In Anatomical Pathology, the annual accessions are: 30,000 sugicals, 30,000 cytology and about 120 autopsies.