title: An Audit of 204 Histopathology Reports Over Three Years of Carcinoma of Cervix: Experience from a Tertiary Referral Centre.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim was to see compliance to minimum data set information in carcinoma cervix histopathology reports from a team of 13 pathologists; and also to analyse the distribution of parameters like tumor size, grade, depth of cervical stromal invasion, lymph node yield and pTNM stage.
  
  
  METHODS
  All pathology reports of radical hysterectomy for carcinoma cervix operated in house within a three year duration (2010-2012), (n=204) were retrieved from medical records and analyzed for the above parameters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2010- 59 cases, in 2011- 67 cases and in 2012- 78 cases of carcinoma cervix underwent operations in our hospital. The median age was 50.5 years and the maximum T diameter was 2.8 cms in the reports of three years. Squamous carcinoma was the commonest subtype amongst all the tumors. It was noted that 60.8% of cases had cervical stromal involvement more than half the thickness of the cervical stroma. Parametrial involvement was seen in 4.82% of cases. pTNM Staging was not mentioned in 65.06% of the cases. The mean bilateral pelvic lymph node yield count in our study was 16.6 inclusive of all the three years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compliance with provision of a minimum dataset in our team of 13 pathologists was generally good. Lymph node yield in our hands is reasonable, but constant striving for greater numbers should be made. pTNM staging should be more meticulously documented. Use of proformas /checklists is recommended.
authors: Anuja Prakash Pradhan, Santosh Menon, Bharat Rekhi, Kedar Deodhar, Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India E-mail : kedardeodhar@hotmail.com.
authors: Anuja Prakash
authors: AP
authors: Pradhan
authors: Santosh
authors: S
authors: Menon
authors: Bharat
authors: B
authors: Rekhi
authors: Kedar
authors: K
authors: Deodhar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007194:India; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery