Current practice of pathological assessment at the department of pathology in different medical institutions in 2003
| Institution | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 233 | 98 | 62 | 127 | 203 | 232 | 54 | 441 |
| Number of colon cancer cases (%) | 169 (72.5) | 50 (51.0) | 46 (74.2) | 91 (71.7) | 116 (57.1) | 137 (59.1) | 29 (53.7) | 254 (57.6) |
| Number of rectal cancer cases (%) | 64 (27.5) | 48 (49.0) | 16 (25.8) | 36 (28.3 | 87 (42.9) | 95 (40.9) | 25 (46.3) | 187 (42.4) |
| Male patients (%) | 145 (62.2) | 59 (60.2) | 35 (56.5 | 68 (53.5 | 133 (65.5) | 130 (56.0) | 29 (53.7 | 262 (59.4) |
| Female patients (%) | 88 (37.8) | 39 (39.8) | 27 (43.5) | 59 (46.5) | 70 (34.5 | 102 (44.0 | 25 (46.3) | 179 (40.6) |
| Average age | 65.0 | 64.2 | 67.4 | 68.0 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 64.4 | 63 |
| Average number of blocks | 20.1 | 34.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 8.0 |
| Use of histochemical stainings | Some cases | All cases | None | Some cases | All cases | All cases | None | All cases |
| Range of histochemical stainings | Representative one block | All blocks | None | Representative one block | Blocks from largest slice of tumour | Representative one block | None | Representative one block |
| Use of immunohistochemical stainings | Some cases | None | None | Some cases | Some cases | Some cases | None | None |
| Antibody used in immunohistochemical stainings | D2-40 | None | None | D2-40 | D2-40, SMA | D2-40 | None | None |