Initial handling of nephrectomy specimens (submission, type of tissue included, harvesting for research)
| Question | % | Number |
| Who usually grossly examines the specimens | ||
| Qualified medical pathologist | 67.5 | 108/160 |
| A resident (trainee) pathologist | 32.5 | 52/160 |
| Method of submission of specimens | ||
| Fresh | 45.4 | 74/163 |
| In formalin | 54.6 | 89/163 |
| Submission of separate lymphadenectomy specimens together with nephrectomy specimen | ||
| <10% | 82.0 | 132/161 |
| 10–15% | 12.4 | 20/161 |
| 26–50% | 3.1 | 5/161 |
| 51–75% | 1.2 | 2/161 |
| 76–100% | 1.2 | 2/161 |
| Lymph nodes found in the nephrectomy specimen | ||
| Never | 3.7 | 6/162 |
| Very rarely (<5%) | 77.8 | 126/162 |
| 5–10% | 12.3 | 20/162 |
| 11–25% | 4.3 | 7/162 |
| 26–50% | 0.6 | 1/162 |
| 51–75% | 0.6 | 1/162 |
| 76–100% | 0.6 | 1/162 |
| Harvesting of fresh tissue for research | ||
| Always | 21.0 | 34/162 |
| In some case | 41.4 | 67/162 |
| Never | 37.7 | 61/162 |