Improving the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion without immunohistochemistry : An innovative method with H&E-stained and multiphoton microscopy images

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Ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion (DCISM) is a challenging subtype of breast cancer with controversial invasiveness and prognosis. Accurate diagnosis of DCISM from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is crucial for optimal treatment and improved clinical outcomes. However, there are often some suspicious small cancer nests in DCIS, and it is difficult to diagnose the presence of intact myoepithelium by conventional hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained images. Although a variety of biomarkers are available for immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of myoepithelial cells, no single biomarker is consistently sensitive to all tumor lesions. Here, we introduced a new diagnostic method that provides rapid and accurate diagnosis of DCISM using multiphoton microscopy (MPM). Suspicious foci in H&E-stained images were labeled as regions of interest (ROIs), and the nuclei within these ROIs were segmented using a deep learning model. MPM was used to capture images of the ROIs in H&E-stained sections. The intensity of two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) in the myoepithelium was significantly different from that in tumor parenchyma and tumor stroma. Through the use of MPM, the myoepithelium and basement membrane can be easily observed via TPEF and second-harmonic generation (SHG), respectively. By fusing the nuclei in H&E-stained images with MPM images, DCISM can be differentiated from suspicious small cancer clusters in DCIS. The proposed method demonstrated good consistency with the cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6) myoepithelial staining method (kappa coefficient = 0.818).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:154

Enthalten in:

International journal of cancer - 154(2024), 10 vom: 15. März, Seite 1802-1813

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Xiahui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yulan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shichao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lianhuang [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Liqin [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Lida [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianhua [VerfasserIn]
Zhan, Zhenlin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jianli [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Deyong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianxin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Basement membrane
Breast cancer
Ductal carcinoma in situ
Ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion
Image fusion
Journal Article
Multiphoton microscopy
Myoepithelium

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Date Completed 14.03.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ijc.34855

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367588544