Percentage of reports complete for each category on the gastric reports (n = 56)
| Category on minimum dataset | No complete (%) | No partially complete (%) | No absent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal details | 56 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total number of lymph nodes | 56 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Local invasion (pT) | 54 (96) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Histology (adenocarcinoma/degree of differentiation) | 52 (93) | 4 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Site of tumour | 50 (89) | 2 (4) | 4 (7) |
| Margins involved | 46 (82) | 9 (16) | 1 (2) |
| Macroscopic type of tumour | 45 (80) | 2 (4) | 9 (16) |
| Type of specimen | 41 (73) | 14 (25) | 1 (2) |
| Other pathology | 41 (73) | 2 (4) | 13 (23) |
| Complete resection | 22 (39) | 4 (7) | 30 (54) |
| Size of tumour | 21 (37) | 33 (59) | 2 (4) |
| Distance of tumour from edges of specimen | 17 (30) | 18 (32) | 21 (38) |
| TNM staging | 11 (20) | 26 (46) | 19 (34) |
| Length of specimen | 10 (18) | 46 (82) | 0 (0) |