Optimal breast cancer pathology manifesto.
This manifesto was prepared by a European Breast Cancer (EBC) Council working group and launched at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Glasgow on 20 March 2014. It sets out optimal technical and organisational requirements for a breast cancer pathology service, in the light of concerns about variability and lack of patient-centred focus. It is not a guideline about how pathology services should be performed. It is a call for all in the cancer community--pathologists, oncologists, patient advocates, health administrators and policymakers--to check that services are available that serve the needs of patients in a high quality, timely way.
Uppsala University and Head of Laboratory Medicine Dalarna at the County Hospital, Falun, Sweden. Electronic address: tibor.tot@ltdalarna.se.
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Department of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology and University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Europa Donna Patient Advocate, Sweden.
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European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
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