Surgical Pathology Cancer Case Summary (Checklist)

Surgical Pathology Cancer Case Summary (Checklist) 

Protocol revision date: January 2005 

Applies to invasive carcinomas only 

Based on AJCC/UICC TNM, 6th edition 


PANCREAS (EXOCRINE): Resection 



Patient name: 

Surgical pathology number: 




Note: Check 1 response unless otherwise indicated. 




MACROSCOPIC 

Specimen Type 

___ Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple resection), partial pancreatectomy 

___ Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple resection), total pancreatectomy 

___ Pylorus sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy, partial pancreatectomy 

___ Pylorus sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy, total pancreatectomy 

___ Partial pancreatectomy, pancreatic body 

___ Partial pancreatectomy, pancreatic tail 

___ Other (specify): ____________________________ 

___ Not specified 


Tumor Site (check all that apply) 

___ Pancreatic head 

___ Uncinate process 

___ Pancreatic body 

___ Pancreatic tail 

___ Not specified 


Tumor Size 

Greatest dimension: ___ cm 

*Additional dimensions: ___ x ___ cm 

___ Cannot be determined (see Comment) 


*Other Organs Resected 

*___ None 

*___ Spleen 

*___ Gallbladder 

*___ Other(s) (specify): _________________________ 




MICROSCOPIC 

Histologic Type 

___ Ductal adenocarcinoma 

___ Mucinous noncystic carcinoma 

___ Signet-ring cell carcinoma 

___ Adenosquamous carcinoma 

___ Undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma 

___ Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells 

___ Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma 

___ Serous cystadenocarcinoma 

___ Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma – invasive 

___ Invasive papillary-mucinous carcinoma 

___ Acinar cell carcinoma 

___ Acinar cell cystadenocarcinoma 

___ Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma 

___ Other (specify): ____________________________ 

___ Carcinoma, type cannot be determined 


Histologic Grade (ductal carcinoma only) 

___ Not applicable 

___ GX: Cannot be assessed 

___ G1: Well differentiated 

___ G2: Moderately differentiated 

___ G3: Poorly differentiated 

___ G4: Undifferentiated 

___ Other (specify): ____________________________ 


Pathologic Staging (pTNM) 

Primary Tumor (pT) 

___ pTX: Cannot be assessed 

___ pT0: No evidence of primary tumor 

___ pTis: Carcinoma in situ 

___ pT1: Tumor limited to the pancreas, 2 cm or less in greatest dimension 

___ pT2: Tumor limited to the pancreas, more than 2 cm in greatest dimension 

___ pT3: Tumor extends beyond the pancreas but without involvement of the celiac axis or the superior mesenteric artery 

___ pT4: Tumor involves the celiac axis or the superior mesenteric artery 


Regional Lymph Nodes (pN) 

___ pNX: Cannot be assessed 

___ pN0: No regional lymph node metastasis 

___ pN1: Regional lymph node metastasis 

*___ N1a: Metastasis in single regional lymph node 

*___ N1b: Metastasis in multiple regional lymph nodes 

Specify: Number examined ___ 

Number involved: ___ 


Distant Metastasis (pM) 

___ pMX: Cannot be assessed 

___ pM1: Distant metastasis 

*Specify site(s), if known: ____________________________ 


Margins (check all that apply) 

___ Cannot be assessed 

___ Margins uninvolved by invasive carcinoma 

Distance of invasive carcinoma from closest margin: ___ mm 

*Specify margin (if possible): ____________________________ 

___ Carcinoma in situ absent at ductal margins 

___ Carcinoma in situ present at common bile duct margin 

___ Carcinoma in situ present at pancreatic parenchymal margin 

___ Margin(s) involved by invasive carcinoma 

___ Posterior retroperitoneal (radial) margin: posterior surface of pancreas 

___ Uncinate process margin (non-peritonealized surface of the uncinate process) 

___ Distal pancreatic margin 

___ Common bile duct margin 

___ Proximal pancreatic margin 

___ Other (specify): ____________________________ 


*Venous/Lymphatic (Large/Small Vessel) Invasion (V/L) 

*___ Absent 

*___ Present 

*___ Indeterminate 


*Perineural Invasion 

*___ Absent 

*___ Present 


*Additional Pathologic Findings (check all that apply) 

*___ None identified 

*___ Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (highest grade: PanIN ___) 

*___ Chronic pancreatitis 

*___ Acute pancreatitis 

*___ Other (specify): ____________________________ 

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