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the different institutions, minimal standards for the pathology reports were identified in the literature
macroscopic description of all specimens, measuring and weighing of major specimens, description
of tumour origin and differentiation. Although only minimal requirements were checked, this audit
showed that in a substantial number of reports, basic pathologic data are missing with potential
adverse consequences for the quality of care:
 Macroscopic description of all specimen: 7.7%;
 Measuring and weighing of major specimens: 40.1%;
 Description of tumour origin: 22%;
 Description of differentiation: 15.4%.
The authors also mentionned that important deficiencies for all items were correlated with country of
origin, and type of hospital academic vs. non -academic hospitals data n ot shown. It should be
noted that a potential bias in the assessment of reports cannot be excluded and it must be considered
in interpreting the results of this audit. Indeed, there was no dual independent assessment of reports
even if, for internal quality control, a randomly selected 10% of the reports were also assessed by a
second author, showing only minor discrepancies.

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