The rationale for the development and publication of the World Health Organization reporting systems for cytopathology and a brief overview of the first editions of the lung and pancreaticobiliary systems

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Field, AS (Author) Other; Pitman, M (Author) Other; Cree, IA (Author) Other; Canberk, S (Author) Other; Bubendorf, L (Author) Other; Mahrotra, R (Author) Other; Fernando Schmitt (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Cancer Cytopathology

Vol. 131

Pages: 751-761

ISSN: 1934-662X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-00Z-2G8

DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22757

Abstract (EN): The International Academy of Cytology has joined with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop international systems for reporting the cytopathology of lung, pancreas and biliary tract, lymph nodes, soft tissue, liver, breast, and kidney and adrenal gland. The WHO recently published the reporting systems for lung and pancreaticobiliary cytopathology. The objectives of this collaboration are to standardize the reporting of cytopathology; improve the quality of reporting by establishing the key diagnostic cytopathological features of entities and neoplasms; provide detailed best-practice guidelines in sampling techniques, specimen handling and processing, and the use of ancillary techniques; and facilitate communication between cytopathologists and clinicians to improve patient care. Each WHO system has defined specific categories and terminology for reporting cytopathology, and each category has an estimated risk of malignancy as far as the current literature allows and a suggested diagnostic management algorithm to assist clinicians. The WHO systems recognize that local medical and pathology infrastructure will vary, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries, and the WHO systems and their diagnostic management recommendations have been developed to allow them to be applied worldwide in all resource settings. The process of the selection of editors and authors and the writing and editing responsibilities has used the same model as that used for the fifth edition WHO Classification of Tumours, to which the WHO cytopathology systems are directly linked. This review provides the rationale and history of this joint International Academy of Cytology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, and WHO cytopathology project and a brief overview of the WHO reporting systems for lung and pancreaticobiliary cytopathology. The World Health Organization (WHO) reporting systems for lung and pancreaticobiliary cytopathology were recently published and will be closely followed by the publication of WHO reporting systems for lymph node, spleen and thymus, and soft tissue cytopathology and then reporting systems on liver, breast, and kidney and adrenal. This review provides the rationale and history of this joint International Academy of Cytology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, and WHO cytopathology project and a brief overview of the WHO reporting systems for lung and pancreaticobiliary cytopathology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11