Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Identify the Immunocytochemical Markers Effective in Delineating Benign from Malignant Thyroid Lesions in FNAC Samples

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Conventional cytology-based diagnosis for thyroid cancer is limited with more than 30-45% of nodules categorized as indeterminate, necessitating surgery for confirming or refuting the diagnosis. This systematic review and meta-analysis were aimed at identifying immunocytochemical markers effective in delineating benign from malignant thyroid lesions in fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) samples, thereby improving the accuracy of cytology diagnosis. A systematic review of relevant articles (2000-2021) from online databases was carried out and the search protocol registered in PROSPERO database (CRD42021229121). The quality of studies was assessed using QUADAS-2. Review Manager 5.4.1 from Cochrane collaboration and MetaDisc Version 1.4 was used to conduct the meta-analysis. Bias in the studies were visually analyzed using funnel plots, and statistical significance was evaluated by Egger's test. Systematic review identified 64 original articles, while meta-analysis in eligible articles (n = 41) identified a panel of 5 markers, Galectin-3, HBME-1, CK-19, CD-56, and TPO. Assessment of the diagnostic performance revealed that Gal-3 (sensitivity: 0.81; CI: 0.79-0.83; specificity: 0.84; CI: 0.82-0.85) and HBME-1 (sensitivity: 0.83; Cl: 0.81-0.86; specificity: 0.85; CI: 0.83-0.86) showed high accuracy in delineating benign from malignant thyroid nodules. Efficacy analysis in indeterminate nodules showed Gal-3 and HBME-1 have high specificity of 0.86 (CI 0.84-0.89) and 0.82 (CI 0.78-0.86), respectively, and low sensitivity of 0.76 (CI 0.72-0.80) and 0.75 (CI 0.70-0.80), respectively. Diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) of Galectin-3 and HBME-1 were 39.18 (CI 23.38-65.65) and 24.44 (CI 11.16-53.54), respectively. Significant publication bias was observed for the markers Galectin-3 and CK-19 (p < 0.05). The panel of 5 markers identified from this meta-analysis are high-confidence candidates that need to be validated in thyroid cytology to establish their efficacy and enable clinical applicability.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Endocrine pathology - 33(2022), 2 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 243-256

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mohan, Uma [VerfasserIn]
Sunny, Sumsum P [VerfasserIn]
Mendonca, Pramila [VerfasserIn]
Kuriakose, Moni A [VerfasserIn]
Kannan, Subramanian [VerfasserIn]
Suresh, Amritha [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarkers, Tumor
Galectin 3
Galectin-3
HBME-1
Immunocytochemistry
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Review
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Thyroid

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Date Completed 30.05.2022

Date Revised 22.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12022-022-09721-5

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NLM341194522