Datasets for the reporting of common cancers

The Specialty Advisory Committee on Histopathology formed the Working Group on Cancer Services to produce evidence-based publications defining national datasets for the reporting of common cancers. 

Working Group on Cancer Services 
 
Current membership of group

Terms of reference

Cancer Dataset and Tissue Pathways

Recommendations of the Working Group

AGREE Standards for the Quality Control of Cancer Datasets and Tissue Pathways published by the Royal College of Pathologists

    
 Guidance on writing datasets

 
 Guidance on writing tissue pathways

 
 UKACR/RCPath/NCIN Contacts

Digital cancer histopathology reporting

The College recognises the importance of digital cancer histopathology reporting. Guidelines have been published outlining the minimum requirements for electronic reporting:

Minimum requirements for digital cancer histopathology reporting, data recording and downloading to cancer registries, April 2006

Outline of accreditation and licensing arrangements, June 2006
 

Forthcoming datasets and Tissue Pathways