Synoptic Versus Narrative Reporting of Prostate Biopsies at a Tertiary Healthcare Institution: Challenges, successes and expectations.

Objectives: Cancer pathology reports are expected to contain all information required for patient management and disease surveillance. Moreover, reports for patients with prostate cancer have become increasingly complex with the addition of more pathological details. This study aimed to compare narrative and synoptic prostate cancer reports for core needle biopsies received at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria in order to determine which form was most complete according to international standards.