Respiratory Cytology--Current Trends Including Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy and Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy: Analysis of Data From a 2013 Supplemental Survey of Participants in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology Journal Article

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Authors: Sturgis, C. D.; Marshall, C. B.; Barkan, G. A.; Booth, C. N.; Kurtycz, D. F.; Souers, R. J.; Keylock, J. B.; Tabatabai, Z. L.; Russell, D. K.; Moriarty, A. T.; Doyle, M. A.; Thomas, N.; Yildiz-Aktas, I. Z.; Collins, B. T.; Laucirica, R.; Crothers, B. A.
Article Title: Respiratory Cytology--Current Trends Including Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy and Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy: Analysis of Data From a 2013 Supplemental Survey of Participants in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology
Abstract: CONTEXT: Nongynecologic cytology (NGC) practices are expanding in relationship to historical gynecologic cytology screening programs. Bronchopulmonary cytology is experiencing an evolution regarding new procedural types. The College of American Pathologists (CAP) tracks practice patterns in NGC by developing questionnaires, surveying participants, and analyzing respondent data. OBJECTIVE: To analyze responses to a 2013 CAP supplemental survey from the Interlaboratoy Comparison Program on bronchopulmonary NGC. DESIGN: The "NGC 2013 Supplemental Questionnaire: Demographics in Performance and Reporting of Respiratory Cytology" was mailed to 2074 laboratories. RESULTS: The survey response rate was 42% (880 of 2074) with 90% of respondents (788 of 880) indicating that their laboratories evaluated cytology bronchopulmonary specimens. More than 95% of respondents indicated interpreting bronchial washings (765 of 787) and bronchial brushings (757 of 787). A minority of laboratories (43%, 340 of 787) dealt with endobronchial ultrasound-guided samples, and an even smaller fraction of laboratories (14%, 110 of 787) saw cases from electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy. Intraprocedural adequacy assessments by pathologists (and less often by cytotechnologists or pathologists-in-training) were routinely performed in percutaneous transthoracic aspiration cases (74%, 413 of 560) with less involvement for other case types. Most laboratories reported that newly diagnosed primary pulmonary adenocarcinomas were triaged for molecular testing of epidermal growth factor receptor and anaplastic lymphoma kinase. CONCLUSIONS: The parameters examined in this 2013 survey provide a snapshot of current pulmonary cytopathology practice and may be used as benchmarks in the future.
Journal Title: Archives of Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Volume: 140
Issue: 1
ISSN: 1543-2165; 0003-9985
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: United States
Date Published: 2016
Start Page: 22
End Page: 28
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.5858/arpa.2014-0635-CP
Notes: JID: 7607091; ppublish