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Inter-institutional reproducibility of flow cytometric DNA-analysis in breast carcinomas

Risberg, B ; Baldetorp, Bo LU ; Fernö, Mårten LU ; Hansson, B ; Mossberg, L L ; Roos, G ; Stal, O ; Thornthwaite, J T and Tibell, L (1994) In Analytical Cellular Pathology 6(1). p.23-36
Abstract
In order to study interinstitutional reproducibility of flow cytometric DNA-analysis (DNA-FCM), frozen pieces from 30 consecutive breast carcinomas were analysed by 5 laboratories. Different instruments, preparation and DNA staining methods were used. A concordance in DNA-ploidy status was obtained in 26 of the 30 tumours. The discrepancy can mainly be explained by intratumoural DNA-heterogeneity since a complete agreement in ploidy status was obtained when four of the laboratories analysed the same cell suspension, where solid bits showed differing results. The sampling method seems therefore to be a crucial step for the results and needs further studies. As far as the estimation of S-phase fraction was concerned, one laboratory obtained... (More)
In order to study interinstitutional reproducibility of flow cytometric DNA-analysis (DNA-FCM), frozen pieces from 30 consecutive breast carcinomas were analysed by 5 laboratories. Different instruments, preparation and DNA staining methods were used. A concordance in DNA-ploidy status was obtained in 26 of the 30 tumours. The discrepancy can mainly be explained by intratumoural DNA-heterogeneity since a complete agreement in ploidy status was obtained when four of the laboratories analysed the same cell suspension, where solid bits showed differing results. The sampling method seems therefore to be a crucial step for the results and needs further studies. As far as the estimation of S-phase fraction was concerned, one laboratory obtained significantly higher values compared to the other four. The correlation between the other four laboratories varied between r = 0.66-0.92. (Less)
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  author       = {{Risberg, B and Baldetorp, Bo and Fernö, Mårten and Hansson, B and Mossberg, L L and Roos, G and Stal, O and Thornthwaite, J T and Tibell, L}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{23--36}},
  publisher    = {{IOS Press}},
  series       = {{Analytical Cellular Pathology}},
  title        = {{Inter-institutional reproducibility of flow cytometric DNA-analysis in breast carcinomas}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{1994}},
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