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# Pathology Reports

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## [How Pathology Report Affects Treatment of Colorectal Cancer](https://www.facebook.com/pathCast/videos/514548495926280/)

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## Pathology reports are the most important medical documents:

* Generally only complete information in a patient file is a pathology report.

## Types of pathology reports

* Free Text
* Structured
* Synoptic

## CAP what is not synoptic report

## CAP video

## Pathology reports suffer from the outside forces:

* Clinicians who do not want (!) "inadequate specimen" reports.
* We change our diagnosis so that clinicians do not misunderstand
* Do not write chronic prostitis because they may assume that elevated PSA levels are due to chronic prostitis ???
* We change our reports so that patients do not misunderstand

  * Change prostate grading scheme so that patients are grade group 1, not in 6 out of 10.

  <http://pathology.jhu.edu/ProstateCancer/NewGradingSystem.pdf>

  * Explanatory notes for patients
* We change tumor names so that insurance firms do not label patients as cancer
  * Change thyoid tumor names (NIFTP)
* **Patoloji Raporunda Yer Alan Tanılar Tekrarlanabilir mi? Are the Pathologic Diagnosis reproducible?**

<http://guncelpatoloji.org/uploads/pdf/pdf_3.pdf>

* **Hasta'ya açıklama içeren patoloji raporu**

<https://twitter.com/TeamCaptainJohn/status/908456197740793856>

![](/files/DCOoOVqt3C6DLzZ3F65J)

The FAQ initiative explaining pathology reports to patients

<http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v23/n9/full/modpathol2010108a.html>

## Addenda in Pathology Reports: Trends and Their Implications

<https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/137/4/606/1760925/Addenda-in-Pathology-ReportsTrends-and-Their>

## The Complete Surgical Pathology Report

<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-2339-7_11>

## Pathologist Brings Patients Into the Lab to See Their Cancer Close-Up

## ‘Please let me see the dragon that I’m slaying!’

<http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/8561-pathologist-brings-patients-into-the-lab-to-see-their-cancer-close-up#.WcAc0linuq8.facebook>

## An online readability analysis of pathology-related patient education articles: an opportunity for pathologists to educate patients

<http://www.humanpathol.com/article/S0046-8177(17)30148-X/fulltext>

## Pathologists' Perspectives on Disclosing Harmful Pathology Error

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362155>

## CommunicatingUncertainty in Surgical PathologyReports: A Survey of Staff Physicians and Residents at an Academic Medical Center.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725774>

## Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in surgical pathologyreports: disparities between sender and receiver.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24939143>

## Patients Want Web Access To Test Results But Don't Want To Have To Be A Doctor To Understand Them

<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritarubin/2017/12/29/patients-want-web-access-to-test-results-but-dont-want-to-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-understand-them/2/#4bd5717e3db5>

## Pathology reports are the most important medical documents:

* Generally only complete information in a patient file is a pathology report.

## Types of pathology reports

* Free Text
* Structured
* Synoptic

## CAP what is not synoptic report

## CAP video

## Pathology reports suffer from the outside forces:

* Clinicians who do not want (!) "inadequate specimen" reports.
* We change our diagnosis so that clinicians do not misunderstand
* Do not write chronic prostitis because they may assume that elevated PSA levels are due to chronic prostitis ???
* We change our reports so that patients do not misunderstand

  * Change prostate grading scheme so that patients are grade group 1, not in 6 out of 10.

  <http://pathology.jhu.edu/ProstateCancer/NewGradingSystem.pdf>

  * Explanatory notes for patients
* We change tumor names so that insurance firms do not label patients as cancer
  * Change thyoid tumor names (NIFTP)
* **Patoloji Raporunda Yer Alan Tanılar Tekrarlanabilir mi? Are the Pathologic Diagnosis reproducible?**

<http://guncelpatoloji.org/uploads/pdf/pdf_3.pdf>

* **Hasta'ya açıklama içeren patoloji raporu**

<https://twitter.com/TeamCaptainJohn/status/908456197740793856>

![](/files/DCOoOVqt3C6DLzZ3F65J)

The FAQ initiative explaining pathology reports to patients

<http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v23/n9/full/modpathol2010108a.html>

## Addenda in Pathology Reports: Trends and Their Implications

<https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/137/4/606/1760925/Addenda-in-Pathology-ReportsTrends-and-Their>

## The Complete Surgical Pathology Report

<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-2339-7_11>

## Pathologist Brings Patients Into the Lab to See Their Cancer Close-Up

## ‘Please let me see the dragon that I’m slaying!’

<http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/8561-pathologist-brings-patients-into-the-lab-to-see-their-cancer-close-up#.WcAc0linuq8.facebook>

## An online readability analysis of pathology-related patient education articles: an opportunity for pathologists to educate patients

<http://www.humanpathol.com/article/S0046-8177(17)30148-X/fulltext>

## Pathologists' Perspectives on Disclosing Harmful Pathology Error

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362155>

## CommunicatingUncertainty in Surgical PathologyReports: A Survey of Staff Physicians and Residents at an Academic Medical Center.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725774>

## Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in surgical pathologyreports: disparities between sender and receiver.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24939143>

## Patients Want Web Access To Test Results But Don't Want To Have To Be A Doctor To Understand Them

<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritarubin/2017/12/29/patients-want-web-access-to-test-results-but-dont-want-to-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-understand-them/2/#4bd5717e3db5>

## Pathology Reports

## Pathology reports are the most important medical documents:

* Generally only complete information in a patient file is a pathology report.

## Types of pathology reports

* Free Text
* Structured
* Synoptic

## CAP what is not synoptic report

## CAP video

## Pathology reports suffer from the outside forces:

* Clinicians who do not want (!) "inadequate specimen" reports.
* We change our diagnosis so that clinicians do not misunderstand
* Do not write chronic prostitis because they may assume that elevated PSA levels are due to chronic prostitis ???
* We change our reports so that patients do not misunderstand

  * Change prostate grading scheme so that patients are grade group 1, not in 6 out of 10.

  <http://pathology.jhu.edu/ProstateCancer/NewGradingSystem.pdf>

  * Explanatory notes for patients
* We change tumor names so that insurance firms do not label patients as cancer
  * Change thyoid tumor names (NIFTP)
* **Patoloji Raporunda Yer Alan Tanılar Tekrarlanabilir mi? Are the Pathologic Diagnosis reproducible?**

<http://guncelpatoloji.org/uploads/pdf/pdf_3.pdf>

* **Hasta'ya açıklama içeren patoloji raporu**

<https://twitter.com/TeamCaptainJohn/status/908456197740793856>

![](/files/DCOoOVqt3C6DLzZ3F65J)

The FAQ initiative explaining pathology reports to patients

<http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v23/n9/full/modpathol2010108a.html>

## Addenda in Pathology Reports: Trends and Their Implications

<https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/137/4/606/1760925/Addenda-in-Pathology-ReportsTrends-and-Their>

## The Complete Surgical Pathology Report

<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-2339-7_11>

## Pathologist Brings Patients Into the Lab to See Their Cancer Close-Up

## ‘Please let me see the dragon that I’m slaying!’

<http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/8561-pathologist-brings-patients-into-the-lab-to-see-their-cancer-close-up#.WcAc0linuq8.facebook>

## An online readability analysis of pathology-related patient education articles: an opportunity for pathologists to educate patients

<http://www.humanpathol.com/article/S0046-8177(17)30148-X/fulltext>

## Pathologists' Perspectives on Disclosing Harmful Pathology Error

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362155>

## CommunicatingUncertainty in Surgical PathologyReports: A Survey of Staff Physicians and Residents at an Academic Medical Center.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725774>

## Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in surgical pathologyreports: disparities between sender and receiver.

<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24939143>

## Patients Want Web Access To Test Results But Don't Want To Have To Be A Doctor To Understand Them

<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritarubin/2017/12/29/patients-want-web-access-to-test-results-but-dont-want-to-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-understand-them/2/#4bd5717e3db5>

## Data set for the reporting of lung cancer: recommendations from the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR)

<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/his.15313>