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Carolina Strosberg1,2, Julie Gibbs1,2, Diana Braswell1,2
1Department of Chemical Biology Molecular Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Aim:
The objective of this study was to define the rates of discrepancy between outside pathological diagnoses and secondary reviews.
Materials And Methods:
We assessed the rates of discordance between outside diagnoses and secondary reviews, categorizing by organ site and minor or major (affecting patient care) discordances.
Results:
A total of 9,289 consecutive surgical pathology (SP) and cytopathology (CP) cases reviewed in 2015 were identified. For 8,191 outside SP cases reviewed, the overall discordance rate (DR) was 14.2% (2.2% major, 12.0% minor). Specifically, neuropathology had the highest DR (10.9%), cutaneous and breast the lowest (1.1% each). Among 1,098 CP cases, the total DR was 13.7% (3.0% major, 10.7% minor). The majority of CP cases (1,066) were non-gynecological and had a total DR of 13.4% (2.7% major, 10.7% minor).
Conclusion:
While major DR was low, certain subspecialties had high DRs. This project can help identify areas where focused education could help improve pathological diagnostic accuracy for cancer.
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