International reproducibility study of thymic epithelial tumors staging : pT stage is an issue. proposals for improvement. A RYTHMIC/ITMIG study
Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V..
INTRODUCTION: Pathologists are staging thymic epithelial tumors (TET) according to the 8th UICC/AJCC TNM system. Within the French RYTHMIC network, dedicated to TET, agreement on pathologic tumor stage (pT) among the pathology panelists was difficult. The aim of our study was to determine the interobserver reproducibility of pT at an international level, to explore the source of discrepancies and potential interventions to address these.
METHODS: An international panel of pathologists was recruited through the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG). The study focused on invasion of mediastinal pleura, pericardium, and lung. From a cohort of cases identified as challenging within the RYTHMIC network, we chose a series of test and validation cases (n = 5 and 10, respectively).
RESULTS: Reproducibility of the pT stage was also challenging at an international level as none of the 15 cases was classified as the same pT stage by all ITMIG pathologists. The agreement rose from slight (κ = 0.13) to moderate (κ = 0.48) between test and validation series. Discussion among the expert pathologists pinpointed two major reasons underlying discrepancies: 1) Thymomas growing with their "capsule" and adhering to the pleurae, pericardium, or lung were often misinterpreted as invading these structures. 2) Recognition of the mediastinal pleura was identified as challenging.
CONCLUSION: Our study underlines that the evaluation of the pT stage of TET is problematic and needs to be addressed in more detail in an upcoming TNM classification. The publication of histopathologic images of landmarks, including ancillary tests could improve reproducibility for future TNM classifications.
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Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 189(2024) vom: 20. März, Seite 107479 |
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| 520 | |a INTRODUCTION: Pathologists are staging thymic epithelial tumors (TET) according to the 8th UICC/AJCC TNM system. Within the French RYTHMIC network, dedicated to TET, agreement on pathologic tumor stage (pT) among the pathology panelists was difficult. The aim of our study was to determine the interobserver reproducibility of pT at an international level, to explore the source of discrepancies and potential interventions to address these | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: An international panel of pathologists was recruited through the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG). The study focused on invasion of mediastinal pleura, pericardium, and lung. From a cohort of cases identified as challenging within the RYTHMIC network, we chose a series of test and validation cases (n = 5 and 10, respectively) | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Reproducibility of the pT stage was also challenging at an international level as none of the 15 cases was classified as the same pT stage by all ITMIG pathologists. The agreement rose from slight (κ = 0.13) to moderate (κ = 0.48) between test and validation series. Discussion among the expert pathologists pinpointed two major reasons underlying discrepancies: 1) Thymomas growing with their "capsule" and adhering to the pleurae, pericardium, or lung were often misinterpreted as invading these structures. 2) Recognition of the mediastinal pleura was identified as challenging | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: Our study underlines that the evaluation of the pT stage of TET is problematic and needs to be addressed in more detail in an upcoming TNM classification. The publication of histopathologic images of landmarks, including ancillary tests could improve reproducibility for future TNM classifications | ||
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