This document has been produced jointly by the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and The Royal College of Pathologists. It represents the 3rd edition of the NHSBSP guidelines for pathology reporting in breast cancer screening and the 2nd edition of the College's dataset for breast cancer histopathology. It gives guidance and recommendations on all aspects of pathology examination of breast lesions and is relevant to both screen detected and symptomatic disease.

To obtain hard copies, please contact the Department of Health publication orderline:
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Pathology reporting of breast disease (file size 3.2MB)
NHSBSP histopathology reporting form
RCPath breast cancer histopathology dataset report
NHSBSP wide bore needle biopsy form
Breast histopathology synoptic report
Breast cancer grading poster that accompanies the hard copy