Pathology

Pathology data consist of one record per procedure or tissue record since 1996.  A single chart abstractor manually codes all pathology reports.  Every year, a pathologist reviews two percent of pathology reports, which are compared to the abstractor’s results for accuracy.

Breast procedures (procedure)
Ki67 % of positivity (ki67)
Her2neu test type (her2type)
Her2neu results from FISH (based on lack of numbers in report) (her2neuf)
Her2neu results from IHC (based on numbers in report) (her2neui)
Laterality (lateral)
Pathology report date (date report complete) (rptdate)
Specimen collection date (specdate)
Summary result (Sumres1 - Sumres5)

 

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