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Macroscopic Cut-up Manual Releases and Updates

Version 1.0 4 Feb 2014

Home page

Project development

Contributors

General information

Overview

Fixation

Decalcification

Example dictation

Contact

Help

Related items (hyperlinks)

Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer

NPAAC

Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary

Appendix

Colorectal

Colorectal polyp

Colorectal for tumour

Colorectal non tumour

Gallbladder

Gastrointestinal endoscopic biopsy

Liver

Liver biopsy

Liver resection for intrahepatic tumours

Resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Liver transplant

Oesophagus and stomach

Oesophageal EMR

Oesophagus and GOJ

Stomach gastrectomy

Pancreas

Pancreas biopsy

Small bowel

Genitourinary

Bladder -cystectomy

Genitourinary small biopsies

Kidney

Kidney -biopsy

Kidney -non tumour

Kidney -nephrectomy for renal parenchymal tumour

Kidney renal pelvis and ureter

Penis

Prostate

Testis

Urethra

Vas deferens

Skin, soft tissue and bone

Skin

Version 1.1 6 Mar 2014

Location	Updates to previous version
Home	Delete consultation period
Versions	Addition of Versions page
General information	Addition of Anatomical Terms page
Decalcification	Addition of table: Bone types and applicable decalcification solutions Addition of alternative method for BMT decal References: Addition (Dimenstein)
Skin	Dissection: Addition of alternative for wedge biopsies; note plane of dissection in orientated specimens. Skin illustrations Reduction of punch and ellipse photos (composite photos) Addition of ear photos Dictation template 1.1
Genitourinary small biopsies	Processing: addition of variation for TURP benign disease References: Addition (McDowell et al)
Prostate	Dissection: amendment to radical prostatectomy inking
Penis	Amendments to text regarding Penectomy, Processing and block allocation key Addition of illustration
Kidney biopsy	Dissection: More detail additional recommendation References: Addition (Stirling et al)

Version 2.0 30 May 2014

Location	Updates to previous version
Breast	Addition of protocols
Breast tumour	includes videos
Breast benign
Breast biopsy
Respiratory and chest	Addition of protocols
Lung
Respiratory small biopsies
Thymus and mediastinal masses
Prostate	Deleted text “this protocol contains information on small biopsy specimens” Dissection: amended text to remove duplication Block key amendments Dictation template 1.1 Addition of videos
Skin	Processing: alternative blocks for large tumours Correction of typographical errors Addition of lesion size in three dimensions Addition of citation reference numbers Addition of reference Sleiman et al. Amendments to dissection and processing sections and detail hidden to reduce length. Dictation template 2.0 Skin illustrations: amendment to photo 3
Colorectal for tumour	Addition of videos Dictation template 1.1
Fixation	Additional text: “Specimens should be transferred to fixative quickly….” Amendment to minimum fixation times for breast cancer biomarkers. Addition of references: Hammond et al, Wolff et al.
Decalcification	Addition of references 7-9
Pancreas resection	Addition of further illustrations for subtotal resections Processing amendments and block key addition for subtotal resections
Home	Amendments “Breast and respiratory protocols are now available.....", "Videos are included...." "Addition of Videos by..."
Contributors	Addition of new contributors
Help	Addtion of new FAQ
Versions	Updated
All protocols	Amendment of text "and" to "and" Lymph nodes (in all protocols where applicable): amendment of text "pot" to "container", number of "grossly identified" lymph nodes
Urethra	Processing: amendment to ink marking of obverse surface
Tumours of the kidney pelvis and ureter	Addition of illustrations Block key amendments
Overview	Added extra detail on tissue for other tests Addition of further illustrations; specimen identification and dissection

Version 2.1 16 Jul 2014

Location	Updates to previous version
Home page/ contributors/ project development	Correction of error in name Loui Rassam
Breast tumour	Amendment to mastectomy diagram
Overview	Amendment of text regarding formaldehyde and amendment of references
Fixation	Amendment of text regarding biobanking and amendment of references
Liver biopsy	Updated reference 1 Wyatt et al "non-normal" to "non-routine"
Testis	Updated reference 1 Berney et al
All protocols	Amended to hide more detailed text. Amend text where applicable to "Orientate and identify the anatomical features" add "of the specimen".
Liver transplant	Amended "Slice perpendicularly" add "to the parenchymal resection plane"
Under construction page	Amended to remove dates of consultation period and specimens in first release
Stomach gastrectomy	Amended Tumour site "more than one may apply" to "Record the tumour site. More than one may apply. Options"; Processing added "Submit" to "sections of.." in Tumours of the cardia and Tumours of the antrum and body.
Overview	Amendment of text "unique identifying" to "unique record (UR) number/identifying" Amendment of text with addition of "Cross over contamination is a potential source of diagnostic error…….." and "Prevent the loss of tissue……" Addition of illustration -Cassette liners Addition of reference 7 Laslowski and Savino
Breast benign	Block key amendments, replace "Wide local excisions" with "Nipple skin biopsy" and "Diagnostic biopsies…"
Colorectal non tumour	Donuts removed
GI endoscopic biopsies	Amendment: Important information to include: "Colorectal -if biopsy.." amended to "Colorectal -note if biopsy…"
Skin	Dictation template 2.1
Pancreas resection	Amendment:Transduodenal or endoscopic ampullectomies...with orientation by the clinician of the..." to "with orientation "If a vessel is adherent the..." to "If a vessel is
Lung	Amendment: "Ensure strict specimen handling.." to "Ensure strict safe specimen handling.."
Respiratory small biopsies	Amendment: "Ensure strict specimen handling.." to "Ensure strict safe specimen handling.."
Anatomical terms	Additional illustration teeth designation
Kidney biopsy	Correction of error "suface" to "surface"
Videos	New page with links to all videos
Versions	Updated

Version 3.0 3 Nov 2014

Location	Updates to previous version
Endocrine	Addition of protocols
Adrenal
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Gynaecology and perinatal	Addition of protocols
Gynae small biopsies
Cervix, LLETZ, LEEP and cone biopsies
Endometrial curettings
Products of conception
Fallopian tube
Ovary
Placenta single
Placenta multiple
Uterus -benign
Uterus -cervical invasive tumours
Uterus -endometrial and myometrial malignancies
Vulva
Liver biopsy	Addition of photo
Breast benign	Addition of photos
Prostate tumour	Amendment of "vasa deferens" to "vasa deferentia"
Breast core biopsy	Reference 1 updated to Farshid, G. et al
Breast tumour	Dictation template 3.0, videos relabelled "breast re-excision specimen" Reference 1 updated to Farshid, G. et al
Urethra	Dictation template 1.1
Pancreas resection	Addition of videos
Home	Amendment “Endocrine, gynae and perinatal protocols are now available..... Amendments to videos credits
Contributors	Addition of new contributors
General information	Added Versions
Versions	Updated

Version 4.0 17 Feb 2015

Location	Updates to previous version
Haematolymphoid	Addition of protocols
Lymph node core biopsy
Lymph node diagnostic excision
Sentinel and regional lymph nodes -breast
Sentinel and regional lymph nodes -melanoma
Spleen
Head and neck	Addition of protocols
Head and neck small biopsies and teeth
Lip resection
Oral resection
Neck dissection
Salivary glands
Larynx
Skin, soft tissue and bone	Addition of protocols
Hair
Nail
Bone biopsies, non tumour bone and synovium
Femoral head and larg joints
Bone tumour
Soft tissue tumour
Gynaecology and perinatal	Change "Perinatal" folder to "Placenta"
Skin	Addition of text "see Head and neck, lip resection protocol for further detail" and "See Sentinel and regional lymph nodes -melanoma for more detail". Amendment of "Periodic Schiff's" to "Periodic acid Schiff's"
Breast landing page	Addition of text "Sentinel and regional lymph nodes are included in the haematolymphoid protocols."
Breast tumour resection	Addition of new videos. Addition of text "See Haematolymphoid, Sentinel and regional lymph nodes -breast protocol for further detail."
	Move re-excision videos from Breast tumour to new page; Breast re-excision videos;
Home	Amended text "Endocrine, gynaecological and perinatal protocols…" to "Haematolymphoid, soft tissue, head and neck protocols are now available....." Amendments to photograph and video credits
Overview	Replacement of illustration of cassette liners
Example dictaton	Replacement of illustration
Contributors	Addition of new contributors
Project development	Amendments to photograph credits
Versions	Updated

Version 4.1 8 Jun 2015

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Placenta	Amended video "Subamniotic swab"
	Addition of video " Subchorionic swab"
Versions	Updated

Version 4.2 15 Oct 2015

Location	Updates to previous version
Contributors	Addition of contributors to haematological protocols
Versions	Updated

Version 1.0 4 Feb 2014

Location	Updates to previous version
Cardiovascular	Addition of protocols
Aorta
Arteries and veins
Cardiac biopsy
Cardiovascular masses
Native cardiac valves
Temporal artery biopsy
Neuropathology	Addition of protocols
Brain biopsy including pituitary
Brain tumour excision and lobectomy
Muscle biopsy
Nerve biopsy
Head and neck	Addition of protocols
Eye biopsies and local excisions
Eye enculeation
Gynaecology and perinatal
Fetus/embryo	Addition of protocol
Placenta (single and multiple)	Addition of videos
Endocrine
Carotid body tumour	Addition of protocol
Skin, soft tissue and bone
Amputations	Addition of protocol
Genitourinary
Testis	Addition of seminoma illustration
Gastrointestinal
Colorectal tumour	Amendment to anterior and AP resection dissection diagram "muscularis mucosa" changed to "muscularis propria"
Dictation templates	Addition of hyperlinks to Structured Reporting of Pathology guides in applicable dictation templates
Overview	Addition of "Cut-up Supervision" and "Specimen transfer" information and references. Amended text "lids should be closed prior to commencing on the next patient's specimen" to "lids should be closed prior to commencing on the next specimen". Other general editing of text and addition of hide/view function.
Fixation	General editing of text and addition of hide/view function.
Decalcification	General editing of text and addition of hide/view function.
Project development	Amended to include further developments since previous version
Contributors	Amended to include additional contributors
Dictation templates	Addition of new page displaying all dictation templates
Home	Amendment of text regarding final release, removal of all "Under Construction" text. Additional acknowledgements and citing this reference.
Versions	Updated

Version 5.1 11 May 2016

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Placenta single	Addition of video on block taking
Ovary	Replaced by new protocols for ovary and fallopian tube combined
Fallopian tube	Replaced by new protocols for ovary and fallopian tube combined
Ovary and fallopian tube in a benign setting	New protocol. New dictation template for benign setting 1.2.
Ovary and fallopian tube in a malignant setting	New protocol; includes Bethesda recommendations and references. Addition of videos. New dictation template for malignant setting 1.2
Uterus benign	Addition of videos; amended dictation template v1.2
Endocrine
Thyroid	Addition of videos
Genitourinary
Kidney renal pelvis and ureter	Amended dictation template v1.2
Gastrointestinal
Stomach gastrectomy	Amended dictation template v1.2
Appendix	Amended dictation template v1.2
Respiratory and chest
Thymus and mediastinal masses	Amended dictation template v1.2
Project development	Amendments to video credits
Contributors	Amendments to video credits
Versions	Updated

Version 5.2 25 July 2016

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Ovary and fallopian tube in a benign setting	Addition of illustrations of ovary. Dictation template v1.3.
Ovary and fallopian tube in a malignant setting	Dictation template v2.0 aligned with SPR protocol
Respiratory and chest
Thymus and mediastinal masses	Dictation template v2.0 aligned with SPR protocol
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular masses	Dictation template v2.1 aligned with SPR Heart protocol
Artery and veins	Dictation template v1.2 aligned with SPR Heart protocol
General information
Fixation	Fixation protocol v3.0 updated by CanSAC
Contributors	Updated
Versions	Updated

Version 5.3 17 Nov 2016

Location	Updates to previous version
General information
Overview	Additional reference for three identifiers
Versions	Updated

Version 5.4 20 Dec 2016

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Perinatal autopsy	Addition of new videos
Contributors	Updated
Versions	Updated

Version 5.5 1 Aug 2017

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Cervix excisions including LLETZ and cone biopsies	Updated and renamed from previous "Cervix including LLETZ, LEEP and cone biopsies" with amended text to align with new Structured Pathology Reporting protocol for cervical pre-neoplasia. Dictation template version 2.0. Additional illustrations included.
Gynaecological small specimens	Updated with amended text to align with new Structured Pathology Reporting protocol for cervical pre-neoplasia. Dictation template version 2.0.
Placenta -single	Updated including amended umblical cord sampling at 5 cm (previously 2 cm) and new reference (10).
Placenta -multiple	Updated including amended umblical cord sampling at 5 cm (previously 2 cm) and new reference (10)
Versions	Updated

Version 5.6 13 Oct 2017

Location	Updates to previous version
Gynaecology and perinatal
Uterus malignant	Videos added
Genitourinary
Bladder	Videos added
Testis	Updated text with expanded detail on dissection and processing
Contributors	Addition of new contributors
Versions	Updated

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