Patient details |
Name, date of birth, hospital, hospital number, histology number, surgeon |
Gross description |
Site of tumour |
Maximum tumour diameter |
Distance of tumour to nearer margin (cut end) |
Presence of tumour perforation (pT4) |
For rectal tumours |
Tumour position in relation to peritoneal reflection |
Distance from the dentate line |
Histology |
Type (adenocarcinoma or other) |
Differentiation (well/moderate or poor) |
Local invasion (submucosa pT1) |
(muscularis propria pT2) |
(beyond muscularis propria pT3) |
(peritoneum breached or invasion of adjacent organs pT4) |
Margin involvement (if applicable) |
Doughnut |
Margin (cut end) |
For rectal tumours |
Circumferential margin involvement |
Histological measurement from tumour to circumferential margin (in mm) |
Metastatic spread |
Number of lymph nodes examined |
Number of positive lymph nodes (pN1: 1–3 nodes, pN2: 4+ nodes involved) |
Apical node positive (Dukes's C2) |
Extramural vascular invasion |
Background abnormalities |
Adenoma(s) |
Synchronous carcinoma(s)—these require a separate minimum dataset to be completed |
Ulcerative colitis |
Crohn's disease |
Familial adenomatous polyposis |
Other |
Pathological staging |
Complete resection at all margins |
TNM |
Dukes's |
Histologically confirmed liver metastases |