Abstract:
PURPOSE:The Ki67 proliferation index is a prognostic and predictive marker in breast cancer. Manual scoring is prone to inter- and intra-observer variability. The aims of this study were to clinically validate digital image analysis (DIA) of Ki67 using virtual dual staining (VDS) on whole tissue sections and to assess inter-platform agreement between two independent DIA platforms. METHODS:Serial whole tissue sections of 154 consecutive invasive breast carcinomas were stained for Ki67 and cytokeratin 8/18 with immunohistochemistry in a clinical setting. Ki67 proliferation index was determined using two independent DIA platforms, implementing VDS to identify tumor tissue. Manual Ki67 score was determined using a standardized manual counting protocol. Inter-observer agreement between manual and DIA scores and inter-platform agreement between both DIA platforms were determined and calculated using Spearman's correlation coefficients. Correlations and agreement were assessed with scatterplots and Bland-Altman plots. RESULTS:Spearman's correlation coefficients were 0.94 (p < 0.001) for inter-observer agreement between manual counting and platform A, 0.93 (p < 0.001) between manual counting and platform B, and 0.96 (p < 0.001) for inter-platform agreement. Scatterplots and Bland-Altman plots revealed no skewness within specific data ranges. In the few cases with ≥ 10% difference between manual counting and DIA, results by both platforms were similar. CONCLUSIONS:DIA using VDS is an accurate method to determine the Ki67 proliferation index in breast cancer, as an alternative to manual scoring of whole sections in clinical practice. Inter-platform agreement between two different DIA platforms was excellent, suggesting vendor-independent clinical implementability.
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Breast Cancer Res Treatjournal_title
Breast cancer research and treatmentauthors
Koopman T,Buikema HJ,Hollema H,de Bock GH,van der Vegt Bdoi
10.1007/s10549-018-4669-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-05-01 00:00:00pages
33-42issue
1eissn
0167-6806issn
1573-7217pii
10.1007/s10549-018-4669-2journal_volume
169pub_type
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