Histopathology reporting of mastectomy specimens--an assessment of inter-hospital variation.
The routine histopathological reporting of mastectomy specimens at a typical District general hospital and a London teaching hospital have been reviewed. Deficiencies in the assessment of prognostically important variables were revealed. Ways of improving standards are discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D001365:Axilla; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies