title: The Danish Pathology Register.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The National Board of Health, Denmark in 1997 published guidelines for reporting of pathology data and the Danish Pathology Register (DPR) was established.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  DPR contains patient, pathology, and workload data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All records are subject to error tracing. The DPR covers all pathology data in Denmark.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data is used by the pathologists in the daily diagnostic process. The National Board of Health uses the data in the Danish Cancer Registry and DPR is unique for research as data can be linked to tissue biobanks and clinical databases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. bebj@heh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bjerregaard
authors.forename: Ole B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D010336:Pathology; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards