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Analytical validation of a standardized scoring protocol for Ki67 immunohistochemistry on breast cancer excision whole sections: an international multicenter collaboration

Leung, Samuel CY ; Nielsen, Torsten ; Zabaglo, Lila A ; Arun, Indu ; Badve, Sunil S ; Bane, Anita L ; Bartlett, John ; Borgquist, Signe LU ; Chang, Martin C and Dodson, A , et al. (2019) In Histopathology 75(2). p.225-235
Abstract
Aims: The nuclear proliferation marker Ki67 assayed by immunohistochemistry has multiple potential uses in breast cancer, but an unacceptable level of interlaboratory variability has hampered its clinical utility. The International Ki67 in Breast Cancer Working Group has undertaken a systematic programme to determine whether Ki67 measurement can be analytically validated and standardised among laboratories. This study addresses whether acceptable scoring reproducibility can be achieved on excision whole sections.

Methods and results: Adjacent sections from 30 primary ER+ breast cancers were centrally stained for Ki67 and sections were circulated among 23 pathologists in 12 countries. All pathologists scored Ki67 by two methods:... (More)
Aims: The nuclear proliferation marker Ki67 assayed by immunohistochemistry has multiple potential uses in breast cancer, but an unacceptable level of interlaboratory variability has hampered its clinical utility. The International Ki67 in Breast Cancer Working Group has undertaken a systematic programme to determine whether Ki67 measurement can be analytically validated and standardised among laboratories. This study addresses whether acceptable scoring reproducibility can be achieved on excision whole sections.

Methods and results: Adjacent sections from 30 primary ER+ breast cancers were centrally stained for Ki67 and sections were circulated among 23 pathologists in 12 countries. All pathologists scored Ki67 by two methods: (i) global: four fields of 100 tumour cells each were selected to reflect observed heterogeneity in nuclear staining; (ii) hot‐spot: the field with highest apparent Ki67 index was selected and up to 500 cells scored. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for the global method [confidence interval (CI) = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.799–0.93] marginally met the prespecified success criterion (lower 95% CI ≥ 0.8), while the ICC for the hot‐spot method (0.83; 95% CI = 0.74–0.90) did not. Visually, interobserver concordance in location of selected hot‐spots varies between cases. The median times for scoring were 9 and 6 min for global and hot‐spot methods, respectively.

Conclusions: The global scoring method demonstrates adequate reproducibility to warrant next steps towards evaluation for technical and clinical validity in appropriate cohorts of cases. The time taken for scoring by either method is practical using counting software we are making publicly available. Establishment of external quality assessment schemes is likely to improve the reproducibility between laboratories further. (Less)
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0309-0167
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10.1111/his.13880
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English
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  abstract     = {{Aims: The nuclear proliferation marker Ki67 assayed by immunohistochemistry has multiple potential uses in breast cancer, but an unacceptable level of interlaboratory variability has hampered its clinical utility. The International Ki67 in Breast Cancer Working Group has undertaken a systematic programme to determine whether Ki67 measurement can be analytically validated and standardised among laboratories. This study addresses whether acceptable scoring reproducibility can be achieved on excision whole sections.<br/><br/>Methods and results: Adjacent sections from 30 primary ER+ breast cancers were centrally stained for Ki67 and sections were circulated among 23 pathologists in 12 countries. All pathologists scored Ki67 by two methods: (i) global: four fields of 100 tumour cells each were selected to reflect observed heterogeneity in nuclear staining; (ii) hot‐spot: the field with highest apparent Ki67 index was selected and up to 500 cells scored. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for the global method [confidence interval (CI) = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.799–0.93] marginally met the prespecified success criterion (lower 95% CI ≥ 0.8), while the ICC for the hot‐spot method (0.83; 95% CI = 0.74–0.90) did not. Visually, interobserver concordance in location of selected hot‐spots varies between cases. The median times for scoring were 9 and 6 min for global and hot‐spot methods, respectively.<br/><br/>Conclusions: The global scoring method demonstrates adequate reproducibility to warrant next steps towards evaluation for technical and clinical validity in appropriate cohorts of cases. The time taken for scoring by either method is practical using counting software we are making publicly available. Establishment of external quality assessment schemes is likely to improve the reproducibility between laboratories further.}},
  author       = {{Leung, Samuel CY and Nielsen, Torsten and Zabaglo, Lila A and Arun, Indu and Badve, Sunil S and Bane, Anita L and Bartlett, John and Borgquist, Signe and Chang, Martin C and Dodson, A and Ehinger, Anna and Fineberg, Susan and Focke, Cornelia and Gao, Dongxia and Gown, Allen M and Gutierrez, Carolina and Hugh, Judith C and Kos, Zuzana and Laenkholm, Anne Vibeke and Mastropasqua, Mauro G and Moriya, Takuya and Nofech-Mozes, Sharon and Osborne, C Kent and Penault-Llorca, Frédérique M and Piper, Tammy and Sakatani, Takashi and Salgado, Roberto and Starczynski, Jane and Sugie, Tomoharu and van der Vegt, Bert and Viale, Giuseppe and Hayes, Daniel and McShane, Lisa M and Dowsett, Mitch}},
  issn         = {{0309-0167}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{225--235}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Histopathology}},
  title        = {{Analytical validation of a standardized scoring protocol for Ki67 immunohistochemistry on breast cancer excision whole sections: an international multicenter collaboration}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/his.13880}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/his.13880}},
  volume       = {{75}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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