TY - JOUR T1 - A pathologist's survey on the reporting of sessile serrated adenomas/polyps JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 426 LP - 430 DO - 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202128 VL - 67 IS - 5 AU - Runjan Chetty AU - Adrian C Bateman AU - Emina Torlakovic AU - Lai Mun Wang AU - Pelvender Gill AU - Adnan Al-Badri AU - Mark Arends AU - Leigh Biddlestone AU - Susan Burroughs AU - Frank Carey AU - David Cowlishaw AU - Stephen Crowther AU - Philip Da Costa AU - Mahomed A Dada AU - Charles d'Adhemar AU - Kaushik Dasgupta AU - Chandima de Cates AU - Vikram Deshpande AU - Roger M Feakins AU - Bineeta Foria AU - Vipul Foria AU - Clare Fuller AU - Bryan Green AU - Joel K Greenson AU - Paul Griffiths AU - Sara Hafezi-Bakhtiari AU - James Henry AU - Eleanor Jaynes AU - Michael D Jeffers AU - Philip Kaye AU - Robert Landers AU - Gregory Y Lauwers AU - Maurice Loughrey AU - Nicholas Mapstone AU - Marco Novelli AU - Robert Odze AU - David Poller AU - Corwyn Rowsell AU - Scott Sanders AU - Patrick Sarsfield AU - John B Schofield AU - Kieran Sheahan AU - Neil Shepherd AU - Ali Sherif AU - James Sington AU - Shaun Walsh AU - Namor Williams AU - Newton Wong Y1 - 2014/05/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/67/5/426.abstract N2 - Aim The purpose of this survey was to ascertain reporting habits of pathologists towards sessile serrated adenomas/polyps (SSA/P). Methods A questionnaire designed to highlight diagnostic criteria, approach and clinical implications of SSA/P was circulated electronically to 45 pathologists in the UK and North America. Results Forty-three of 45 pathologists agreed to participate. The vast majority (88%) had a special interest in gastrointestinal (GI) pathology, had great exposure to GI polyps in general with 40% diagnosing SSA/P at least once a week if not more, abnormal architecture was thought by all participants to be histologically diagnostic, and 11% would make the diagnosis if a single diagnostic histological feature was present in one crypt only, while a further 19% would diagnose SSA/P in one crypt if more than one diagnostic feature was present. The vast majority agreed that deeper sections were useful and 88% did not feel proliferation markers were useful. More than one-third did not know whether, or did not feel that, their clinicians were aware of the implications of SSA/P. Conclusions 98% of pathologists surveyed are aware that SSA/P is a precursor lesion to colorectal cancer, the majority agree on diagnostic criteria, and a significant number feel that there needs to be greater communication and awareness among pathologists and gastroenterologists about SSA/P. ER -