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The College's Datasets for Histopathology Reporting on Cancers have been written to help pathologists work towards a consistent approach for the reporting of the more common cancers and to define the range of acceptable practice in handling pathology specimens.
Breast
Breast biopsy
January 2005 - amended October 2005 (revision in consultation)
This document has been produced jointly by the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and The Royal College of Pathologists. It represents the 3rd edition of the NHSBSP guidelines for pathology reporting in breast cancer screening and the 2nd edition of the College's dataset for breast cancer histopathology. It gives guidance and recommendations on all aspects of pathology examination of breast lesions and is relevant to both screen detected and symptomatic disease.
To obtain hard copies, please contact the Department of Health publication orderline:
tel: 08701 555 455
fax: 01623 724 524
email: doh@prolog.uk.com
Bone and Soft Tissue
Soft tissue sarcomas
March 2014
Please note that following an error in the January 2014 issue, the stage grouping table on page 17 was corrected in March 2014.
Central nervous system
Central nervous system, including the pituitary gland
Skin
Adnexal carcinomas and lymph nodes
July 2014 (Re-use of AJCC material in these datasets is subject to approval from the publisher)
Basal cell carcinoma
May 2014 (Re-use of AJCC material in these datasets is subject to approval from the publisher)
Malignant melanoma
May 2014 (Re-use of AJCC material in these datasets is subject to approval from the publisher)
Merkel cell carcinoma
May 2014 (Re-use of AJCC material in these datasets is subject to approval from the publisher)
Invasive squamous cell carcinoma
May 2014 (Re-use of AJCC material in these datasets is subject to approval from the publisher)