TY - JOUR
T1 - International consensus guidelines for scoring the histopathological growth patterns of liver metastasis
AU - Van Dam, Pieter Jan
AU - Van Der Stok, Eric P.
AU - Teuwen, Laure Anne
AU - Van Den Eynden, Gert G.
AU - Illemann, Martin
AU - Frentzas, Sophia
AU - Majeed, Ali W.
AU - Eefsen, Rikke L.
AU - Coebergh Van Den Braak, Robert R.J.
AU - Lazaris, Anthoula
AU - Fernandez, Maria Celia
AU - Galjart, Boris
AU - Laerum, Ole Didrik
AU - Rayes, Roni
AU - Grünhagen, Dirk J.
AU - Van De Paer, Michelle
AU - Sucaet, Yves
AU - Mudhar, Hardeep Singh
AU - Schvimer, Michael
AU - Nyström, Hanna
AU - Kockx, Mark
AU - Bird, Nigel C.
AU - Vidal-Vanaclocha, Fernando
AU - Metrakos, Peter
AU - Simoneau, Eve
AU - Verhoef, Cornelis
AU - Dirix, Luc Y.
AU - Van Laere, Steven
AU - Gao, Zu Hua
AU - Brodt, Pnina
AU - Reynolds, Andrew R.
AU - Vermeulen, Peter B.
PY - 2017/11/7
Y1 - 2017/11/7
N2 - Background:Liver metastases present with distinct histopathological growth patterns (HGPs), including the desmoplastic, pushing and replacement HGPs and two rarer HGPs. The HGPs are defined owing to the distinct interface between the cancer cells and the adjacent normal liver parenchyma that is present in each pattern and can be scored from standard haematoxylin-and-eosin-stained (H&E) tissue sections. The current study provides consensus guidelines for scoring these HGPs.Methods:Guidelines for defining the HGPs were established by a large international team. To assess the validity of these guidelines, 12 independent observers scored a set of 159 liver metastases and interobserver variability was measured. In an independent cohort of 374 patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRCLM), the impact of HGPs on overall survival after hepatectomy was determined.Results:Good-to-excellent correlations (intraclass correlation coefficient >0.5) with the gold standard were obtained for the assessment of the replacement HGP and desmoplastic HGP. Overall survival was significantly superior in the desmoplastic HGP subgroup compared with the replacement or pushing HGP subgroup (P=0.006).Conclusions:The current guidelines allow for reproducible determination of liver metastasis HGPs. As HGPs impact overall survival after surgery for CRCLM, they may serve as a novel biomarker for individualised therapies.
AB - Background:Liver metastases present with distinct histopathological growth patterns (HGPs), including the desmoplastic, pushing and replacement HGPs and two rarer HGPs. The HGPs are defined owing to the distinct interface between the cancer cells and the adjacent normal liver parenchyma that is present in each pattern and can be scored from standard haematoxylin-and-eosin-stained (H&E) tissue sections. The current study provides consensus guidelines for scoring these HGPs.Methods:Guidelines for defining the HGPs were established by a large international team. To assess the validity of these guidelines, 12 independent observers scored a set of 159 liver metastases and interobserver variability was measured. In an independent cohort of 374 patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRCLM), the impact of HGPs on overall survival after hepatectomy was determined.Results:Good-to-excellent correlations (intraclass correlation coefficient >0.5) with the gold standard were obtained for the assessment of the replacement HGP and desmoplastic HGP. Overall survival was significantly superior in the desmoplastic HGP subgroup compared with the replacement or pushing HGP subgroup (P=0.006).Conclusions:The current guidelines allow for reproducible determination of liver metastasis HGPs. As HGPs impact overall survival after surgery for CRCLM, they may serve as a novel biomarker for individualised therapies.
U2 - 10.1038/bjc.2017.334
DO - 10.1038/bjc.2017.334
M3 - Review
C2 - 28982110
AN - SCOPUS:85032994952
SN - 0007-0920
VL - 117
SP - 1427
EP - 1441
JO - The British journal of cancer. Supplement
JF - The British journal of cancer. Supplement
IS - 10
ER -