Protocols & Guidelines
With our cancer protocols and guidelines, the CAP provides meaningful information for pathologists and other medical professionals.
Cancer Protocols
The CAP Cancer Reporting and Biomarker Reporting Protocols provide consistent and meaningful information that enable health care professionals to manage and study clinical data necessary in improving patient care. Our Cancer Reporting Protocols are used by thousands of pathologists and other medical professionals to provide complete and uniform reporting of malignant tumors. Printable versions of the standards (in Word or PDF formats) are available for free.
Cancer Protocol Templates
These protocols incorporate the latest standards to help pathologists and laboratories keep abreast of the advances and updates in cancer reporting
electronic Cancer Protocols (eCP)
Use the CAP Cancer Protocols directly within your laboratory information system (AP-LIS) workflow and ensure that each report is completed with the necessary required elements.
Cancer Protocols Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about CAP Cancer Protocols
CAP Guidelines
The CAP Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center for Evidence-based Guidelines, along with our professional partners, advances the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine by bringing evidence-based guidelines and consensus recommendations to the forefront of clinical decision making. Adopting these guidelines helps pathologists and laboratory professionals to provide more effective testing with consistent, high-quality results, and expert interpretations.
Current CAP Guidelines
The Center evidence-based guidelines help pathologists and other clinicians make more informed decisions about diagnosis and optimal treatment, and place emphasis on the pathologist’s role to the center of patient care.
Upcoming CAP Guidelines
The CAP’s Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center for Evidence-based Guidelines has several guidelines in various stages of the Guideline Development Process. Learn more about the upcoming evidence-based guidelines that follow the National Academy of Medicine’s Guideline Principles.