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Standards and datasets for reporting cancers
Dataset for histopathology reports for prostatic carcinoma
June 2016
Authors: Dr Jon Oxley (lead author), North Bristol NHS Trust
Dr Murali Varma, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Professor Dan Berney, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
Unique document number G048
Document name Dataset for histopathology reports for prostatic carcinoma
Version number 3
Produced by All authors are consultant histopathologists with a special interest in
urological pathology. They have published original and review papers related
to urological pathology and are involved in the International Collaboration
on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) datasets. JO is a member of the National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) prostate cancer guidance
group and co-organiser of the Uropathology External Quality Assessment
(EQA) Scheme. MV is a founder member of British Association of Urological
Pathologists (BAUP), and organises biannual uropathology courses on
prostate and bladder pathology. DB is a founder member and former Chair of
BAUP and co-author of the previous edition of this dataset.
Date active June 2016
Date for full review June 2019
Comments This document replaces the Dataset for histopathology reports for prostatic
carcinoma (2nd edition), 2009.
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