Sule Canberk, Andrew Field, Lukas Bubendorf, Ashish Chandra, Ian A Cree, Marianne Engels, Kenzo Hiroshima, Deepali Jain, Ivana Kholová, Lester Layfield, Ravi Mehrotra, Claire Michael, Robert Osamura, Martha B Pitman, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Yukitoshi Satoh, Paul VanderLaan, Maureen Zakowski, Fernando C Schmitt
The International Academy of Cytology has joined with the International Agency for Research on Cancer to bring together a group of experts in lung cytopathology to develop a WHO Reporting System for Lung Cytopathology (WHO System). This System aims to improve and standardize the reporting of cytopathology, facilitate communication between cytopathologists and clinicians, and improve patient care. The WHO System describes 5 categories for reporting lung cytopathology: 'Insufficient/Inadequate/Nondiagnostic', 'Benign', 'Atypical', 'Suspicious for malignancy', and 'Malignant', each one with a clear descriptive term, a definition, a risk of malignancy, and a suggested management algorithm...
2023: Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology