This places the “important” stuff at the top of the report and allows us to add supplementary reports without losing the additional information down the bottom.
You will have noticed that our reports are “upside down”. We have opted to retain the SUMMARY as Synoptic Reports can be quite lengthy. For uncomplicated cases, the narrative microscopic description may be dropped in favour of the Synoptic Report. We have retained a hybrid format for our cancer resection reports which combines the old with the new. Setting out the information for multiple cancers is a challenge that has not been well handled by Information Technology. The Synoptic Report was intended to replace the narrative report which is prone to misinterpretation and which frequently lacked specific information.Ī significant number of resections have synchronous tumours or incidental non-neoplastic pathology which complicate the issue. The parameters are standardised and defined. These are reports with a set structure or template in which all relevant features for the type of disease being reported are included. STRUCTURED OR SYNOPTIC REPORTS FOR CANCER RESECTIONS. There have been a number of new advances in Surgical Pathology – okay exciting for Surgical Pathologists who are known for their exciting demeanour.