Challenges and Clinical Relevance of Modern Breast Pathology Reporting: Your Questions Answered
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2024-01-01
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10152008
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14230291
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2-s2.0-85194764453
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38330933
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Pathobiology
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Pathobiology (2024)
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Deb R., Laokulrath N., Chagla L., Tan P.H. Challenges and Clinical Relevance of Modern Breast Pathology Reporting: Your Questions Answered. Pathobiology (2024). doi:10.1159/000536638 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/98643
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Challenges and Clinical Relevance of Modern Breast Pathology Reporting: Your Questions Answered
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Abstract
Background: Breast pathology reporting, especially for breast cancer, has evolved through the years, from terse succinct diagnostic conclusions with scant histological details to the current comprehensive reporting guidelines issued by major pathology colleges and bodies, including the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting. Pathology elements included in reporting guidelines are evidence based and contribute significantly to individualised and personalised patient management. Summary: This article is based on the lively interactive question and answer session that followed the breast pathology segment in the symposium jointly organised by the British Association of Urological Pathology, British Association of Gynaecological Pathologists, British Society of Gastroenterology and the Association of Breast Pathology, in November 2022, titled "Personalised histopathology reporting for personalised medicine."Key Messages: The breast pathology session emphasised the clinical utility of breast pathology data items, incorporating a case-based approach by highlighting the relevance of pathology information in various clinical scenarios. This review included clinicopathological discussion points on florid lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical apocrine adenosis, postneoadjuvant chemotherapy reporting, atypical ductal hyperplasia presenting at the margin, flat epithelial atypia versus columnar cell change, papilloma on core needle biopsy, margin status, mucocele-like lesion, total duct excision/microdochectomy specimen, and anterior and nipple margins in skin-sparing mastectomy. Effective communication and regular involvement of pathologists in breast multidisciplinary tumour boards are crucial.