title: Breast biopsies: the content of the surgical pathology report.
abstract: In the context of recent developments, the role of the surgical pathologist in evaluating and reporting breast cancer specimens has become more important. The pathologist must not only diagnose carcinoma in a given patient, but must also document a set of morphologic features that have been shown to be important in determining prognosis and guiding therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hendrickson
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kempson
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome