When a patient is diagnosed with a cancer, an abstract needs to be created. The abstract contains key information about the patient and the tumor, including diagnosis and treatment.

In the abstract, there are several text fields that need to be filled out, each with specific information. Most cancers are confirmed histologically, meaning that a pathologist will examine a tissue sample under a microscope and make a diagnosis. Therefore, pathology reports are a crucial source of information for the abstract.

In this tutorial, we will walk through filling out the pathology text field, which, as the name suggests, contains information from any pathology reports associated with the case. Knowing which information to include in the pathology text field is essential as information contained within it is used to populate many other fields in the abstract.