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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2015 Mar 17;313(11):1122–1132. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.1405

Table 2.

Characteristics of Participating Pathologists (N=115)

Demographics No. (%)
Age at survey, y
 33–39 16 (13.9)
 40–49 41 (35.7)
 50–59 42 (36.5)
 ≥60 16 (13.9)
Sex
 Men 69 (60.0)
 Women 46 (40.0)
State of clinical practice
 Alaska 4 (3.5)
 Maine 11 (9.6)
 Minnesota 19 (16.5)
 New Hampshire 4 (3.5)
 New Mexico 4 (3.5)
 Oregon 15 (13.0)
 Vermont 9 (7.8)
 Washington 49 (42.6)
Clinical Practice and Breast Pathology Expertise
Laboratory group practice size
 <10 pathologists 68 (59.1)
 ≥10 pathologists 47 (40.9)
Fellowship training in breast pathology
 No 109 (94.8)
 Yes 6 (5.2)
Affiliated with an academic medical center
 No 87 (75.7)
 Yes, adjunct/affiliated clinical faculty 17 (14.8)
 Yes, primary appointment 11 (9.6)
Considered an expert in breast pathology by colleagues
 No 90 (78.3)
 Yes 25 (21.7)
Years interpreting breast pathology cases (not including residency/fellowship training)
 0–4 22 (19.1)
 5–9 23 (20.0)
 10–19 34 (29.6)
 ≥20 36 (31.3)
Percentage of breast specimen interpretation in caseload
 0–9 59 (51.3)
 10–24 45 (39.1)
 25–49 8 (7.0)
 50–74 2 (1.7)
 ≥75 1 (0.9)
No. of breast cases interpreted per week
 0–4 31 (27.0)
 5–9 44 (38.3)
 10–19 31 (27.0)
 20–29 4 (3.5)
 30–39 3 (2.6)
 40–49 1 (0.9)
 ≥50 1 (0.9)
Impressions About Breast Pathology
Confidence in assessments of breast cases
 1 (Very confident) 14 (12.2)
 2 66 (57.4)
 3 27 (23.5)
 4 8 (7.0)
 5 0
 6 (Not confident at all) 0
Challenge of interpreting breast cases
 1 (Very easy) 1 (0.9)
 2 13 (11.3)
 3 43 (37.4)
 4 44 (38.3)
 5 14 (12.2)
 6 (Very challenging) 0
More nervous interpreting breast pathology than other types of pathology
 1 (Strongly disagree) 13 (11.3)
 2 35 (30.4)
 3 16 (13.9)
 4 28 (24.3)
 5 20 (17.4)
6 (Strongly agree) 3 (2.6)
Enjoys interpreting breast pathology
 1 (Strongly disagree) 0
 2 9 (7.8)
 3 13 (11.3)
 4 27 (23.5)
 5 46 (40.0)
 6 (Strongly agree) 20 (17.4)