title: Dataset for reporting of thymic epithelial tumours: recommendations from the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) is a not-for-profit organization formed by the Royal Colleges of Pathologists of Australasia and the United Kingdom, the College of American Pathologists, the Canadian Association of Pathologists-Association Canadienne des Pathologists in association with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and the European Society of Pathology. Its goal is to produce standardized, internationally agreed, evidence-based datasets for use throughout the world.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This article describes the development of a cancer dataset by the multidisciplinary ICCR expert panel for the reporting of thymic epithelial tumours. The dataset includes 'required' (mandatory) and 'recommended' (non-mandatory) elements, which are validated by a review of current evidence and supported by explanatory text. Seven required elements and 12 recommended elements were agreed by the international dataset authoring committee to represent the essential information for the reporting of thymic epithelial tumours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of an internationally agreed, structured pathology dataset for reporting thymic tumours provides all of the necessary information for optimal patient management, facilitates consistent and accurate data collection, and provides valuable data for research and international benchmarking. The dataset also provides a valuable resource for those countries and institutions that are not in a position to develop their own datasets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and National Heart and Lung Division, Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CN, USA.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Detterbeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Anja C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Roden
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Alberto M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marchevsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Maasstad Hospital and Department of Pathology of the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: den Bakker
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo-Ick
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Meagan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Judge
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Pathology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirschowitz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms
keywords: checklist; dataset; protocol; structured report; synoptic report; thymic carcinoma; thymic epithelial tumours; thymoma; thymus