Site-Specific Factor 7

Nottingham or Bloom-Richardson (BR) Score/Grade

Notes

**Note 1:** TNM recommends the Nottingham combined histologic grade (Elston-Ellis modification of the Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grading system). Terms seen on pathology reports may include * Bloom-Richardson (BR) * Modified Bloom-Richardson, BR * BR grading * Scarff-Bloom-Richardson * SBR grading * Elston-Ellis modification of Bloom-Richardson score * Nottingham modification of Bloom-Richardson score * Nottingham modification of Scarff-Bloom-Richardson * Nottingham-Tenovus grade * Nottingham grade **Note 2:** Code the highest score prior to neoadjuvant treatment. **Note 3:** Code the tumor grade using the following priority order * BR scores 3-9 * BR grade (low, intermediate, high). **Note 4:** BR score may be expressed as a range, 3-9. The score is based on three morphologic features of "invasive no-special-type" breast cancers * Degree of tubule formation/histologic grade * Mitotic activity * Nuclear pleomorphism/nuclear grade of tumor cells). If a report describes any of the factors with words (low, intermediate, high) rather than numbers, do not attempt to translate these words into a score or number; use codes 110-130. **Note 5:** If only a grade of 1 through 4 is given with no information on the score and it is unclear if it is a Nottingham or BR Grade, code 999. **Note 6:** Code the highest score prior to neoadjuvant treatment if multiple scores are reported. * For examples, different scores may be reported on multiple pathology reports for the same primary cancer; different scores may be reported for multiple tumors assigned to the same primary cancer

Default

999

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2861

Metadata

None
Code Description
030 Score of 3
040 Score of 4
050 Score of 5
060 Score of 6
070 Score of 7
080 Score of 8
090 Score of 9
110 Low Grade, Bloom-Richardson (BR) grade 1, score not given
120 Medium (Intermediate) Grade, BR grade 2, score not given
130 High Grade, BR grade 3, score not given
988 Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
998 No histologic examination of primary site
999 Neither BR grade nor BR score given
Unknown or no information
Not documented in patient record