Nottingham Combined Grade Cannot Be Determined: Clinical Implications in Breast Cancer Pathology

Nottingham Combined Grade Cannot Be Determined: Clinical Implications in Breast Cancer Pathology

1. Introduction A pathology report indicating that the “Nottingham Combined Grade cannot be determined” means that the evaluating pathologist is unable to assign a definitive, accurate histological grade to a breast cancer specimen. The Nottingham Combined Histologic Grade is a universally utilized scoring system that evaluates the microscopic appearance of tumor cells to predict how … Read more