Multicenter Study
. 2012 Dec;25(12):1574-83. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.106. Epub 2012 Jul 20. Reproducibility of histopathological subtypes and invasion in pulmonary adenocarcinoma. An international interobserver study Mary Beth Beasley, Alain C Borczuk, Elisabeth Brambilla, Lucian R Chirieac, Sanja Dacic, Douglas Flieder, Adi Gazdar, Kim Geisinger, Philip Hasleton, Yuichi Ishikawa, Keith M Kerr, Sylvie Lantejoul, Yoshiro Matsuno, Yuko Minami, Andre L Moreira, Noriko Motoi, Andrew G Nicholson, Masayuki Noguchi, Daisuke Nonaka, Giuseppe Pelosi, Iver Petersen, Natasha Rekhtman, Victor Roggli, William D Travis, Ming S Tsao, Ignacio Wistuba, Haodong Xu, Yasushi Yatabe, Maureen Zakowski, Birgit Witte, Dirk Joop KuikAffiliations
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Reproducibility of histopathological subtypes and invasion in pulmonary adenocarcinoma. An international interobserver studyErik Thunnissen et al. Mod Pathol. 2012 Dec.
. 2012 Dec;25(12):1574-83. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.106. Epub 2012 Jul 20. Authors Erik Thunnissen 1 , Mary Beth Beasley, Alain C Borczuk, Elisabeth Brambilla, Lucian R Chirieac, Sanja Dacic, Douglas Flieder, Adi Gazdar, Kim Geisinger, Philip Hasleton, Yuichi Ishikawa, Keith M Kerr, Sylvie Lantejoul, Yoshiro Matsuno, Yuko Minami, Andre L Moreira, Noriko Motoi, Andrew G Nicholson, Masayuki Noguchi, Daisuke Nonaka, Giuseppe Pelosi, Iver Petersen, Natasha Rekhtman, Victor Roggli, William D Travis, Ming S Tsao, Ignacio Wistuba, Haodong Xu, Yasushi Yatabe, Maureen Zakowski, Birgit Witte, Dirk Joop Kuik AffiliationItem in Clipboard
AbstractHistological subtyping of pulmonary adenocarcinoma has recently been updated based on predominant pattern, but data on reproducibility are required for validation. This study first assesses reproducibility in subtyping adenocarcinomas and then assesses further the distinction between invasive and non-invasive (wholly lepidic) pattern of adenocarcinoma, among an international group of pulmonary pathologists. Two ring studies were performed using a micro-photographic image-based method, evaluating selected images of lung adenocarcinoma histologic patterns. In the first study, 26 pathologists reviewed representative images of typical and 'difficult' histologic patterns. A total number of scores for the typical patterns combined (n=94) and the difficult cases (n=21) were 2444 and 546, respectively. The mean kappa score (±s.d.) for the five typical patterns combined and for difficult cases were 0.77±0.07 and 0.38±0.14, respectively. Although 70% of the observers identified 12-65% of typical images as single pattern, highest for solid and least for micropapillary, recognizing the predominant pattern was achieved in 92-100%, of the images except for micropapillary pattern (62%). For the second study on invasion, identified as a key problem area from the first study, 28 pathologists submitted and reviewed 64 images representing typical as well as 'difficult' examples. The kappa for typical and difficult cases was 0.55±0.06 and 0.08±0.02, respectively, with consistent subdivision by the same pathologists into invasive and non-invasive categories, due to differing interpretation of terminology defining invasion. In pulmonary adenocarcinomas with classic morphology, which comprise the majority of cases, there is good reproducibility in identifying a predominant pattern and fair reproducibility distinguishing invasive from in-situ (wholly lepidic) patterns. However, more precise definitions and better education on interpretation of existing terminology are required to improve recognition of purely in-situ disease, this being an area of increasing importance.
Conflict of interest statementDisclosure/conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Distribution of kappa scores between…
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Distribution of kappa scores between all pairs of pathologists for typical cases (…
Figure 1Distribution of kappa scores between all pairs of pathologists for typical cases (a) and difficult (b) cases.
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Box plot distribution of the…
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Box plot distribution of the dominant pattern score (1 = perfect agreement, 0…
Figure 2Box plot distribution of the dominant pattern score (1 = perfect agreement, 0 = no agreement) is shown for the ‘typical’ patterns according to the submitting pathologist for each of the five histologic subtypes: acinar, lepidic, microp(apillary), papillary and solid. Note that box represents interquartile range (IQR), line in the box is median, wiskers 1.5× IQR and occasional outliers (o,*) are numbered cases.
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Examples of unanimous lepidic (…
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Examples of unanimous lepidic ( a ), acinar ( b ), micropapillary (…
Figure 3Examples of unanimous lepidic (a), acinar (b), micropapillary (c), papillary (d) and solid (e) pattern are shown, as well as examples of more than one pattern with percent of pathologists recording that pattern (with judgement on second image, f–j). Patterns scored by >10% of the pathologists are mentioned. f: overlap solid (96%), acinar (93%), micropapillary (15%), papillary (15%); g: overlap micropapillary (96%), papillary (11%); h: overlap AIS (92%), acinar (78%); i: overlap AIS (78%), papillary (54%); j: overlap AIS (66%), micropapillary (42%), papillary (30%) and acinar (27%).
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Examples of unanimous lepidic (…
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Examples of unanimous lepidic ( a ), acinar ( b ), micropapillary (…
Figure 3Examples of unanimous lepidic (a), acinar (b), micropapillary (c), papillary (d) and solid (e) pattern are shown, as well as examples of more than one pattern with percent of pathologists recording that pattern (with judgement on second image, f–j). Patterns scored by >10% of the pathologists are mentioned. f: overlap solid (96%), acinar (93%), micropapillary (15%), papillary (15%); g: overlap micropapillary (96%), papillary (11%); h: overlap AIS (92%), acinar (78%); i: overlap AIS (78%), papillary (54%); j: overlap AIS (66%), micropapillary (42%), papillary (30%) and acinar (27%).
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Examples of unanimous absence of…
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Examples of unanimous absence of invasion ( a ) and definite invasion (…
Figure 4Examples of unanimous absence of invasion (a) and definite invasion (b) are shown, as well examples of cases (judgement on second image) with split opinion (c–h) having at least nine pathologists for invasion (‘invasion yes ≥ 9’) and a different group of at least 9 for non-invasion (‘NO ≥ 9’). In two cases images of another slide (same case) was available as well (e3, e4 elastic stain and f3, f4 elastic stains).
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Examples of unanimous absence of…
Figure 4
Examples of unanimous absence of invasion ( a ) and definite invasion (…
Figure 4Examples of unanimous absence of invasion (a) and definite invasion (b) are shown, as well examples of cases (judgement on second image) with split opinion (c–h) having at least nine pathologists for invasion (‘invasion yes ≥ 9’) and a different group of at least 9 for non-invasion (‘NO ≥ 9’). In two cases images of another slide (same case) was available as well (e3, e4 elastic stain and f3, f4 elastic stains).
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