Patient-centered pathology reports (PCPR) help patients to understand prostate cancer results better than current standard ...

In April 2021, a provision in the 21st Century Cures act took effect which required that all medical test results be released to a patient's electronic medical record as soon as they become available.

Having a basic understanding of reading cancer diagnostic tests’ reports is better so you can get an idea of your health status ...

For example, “a standard pathology report is written by a pathologist for a clinical specialist like a surgeon or a cancer doctor or for other pathologists to read,” said Cathryn Lapedis, M.D., M.P.H.

The team's AI model quickly identifies the cancer stage by extracting and interpreting the text of just one element of a patient's electronic health record: the pathology report, which describes ...

Most study participants could not extract basic information—including whether they have cancer—from standard prostate cancer pathology reports but were able to understand this diagnostic information ...

For example, “a standard pathology report is written by a pathologist for a clinical specialist like a surgeon or a cancer doctor or for other pathologists to read,” said Cathryn Lapedis ...