Editorial Policy

Editorial independence, attribution, and AI transparency.

PathDigest organizes and points to published literature. These principles govern how it does that.

Editorial independence

PathDigest is independent. Coverage is not influenced by journals, publishers, societies, or commercial sponsors, and inclusion of a journal or article is never paid for. Journal selection reflects clinical relevance to pathologists, not any commercial relationship.

Source attribution

Every article links to its original record on PubMed and, where available, to the DOI and a free full-text source. PathDigest does not host, alter, or redistribute article text. Titles, authors, journal names, and publication dates are reproduced from the PubMed record.

AI transparency

Summaries and category labels are generated by an automated large language model from published abstracts, and are clearly disclosed as AI-generated wherever they appear. They are provided to help you triage, may contain errors, and are not verified line-by-line by a human editor. See the Methodology for how they are produced.

Corrections

When we are told about an incorrect classification, summary, metadata error, or broken link, we review it and correct the underlying data or logic where we can. Report issues on the Corrections page.

Literature summaries are not clinical guidance

PathDigest is a literature-awareness tool. Its summaries, tags, and category labels are aids for deciding what to read — they are not medical advice, diagnostic guidance, or a basis for clinical decisions. Clinical decisions must rest on the primary literature, professional judgment, and applicable guidelines. The original publication is always the authority.

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