Pathology Reports
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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
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Synoptic
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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
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!’
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
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
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