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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Two mitotic activity indices, volume fraction of neoplastic epithelium, nuclear area, nuclear perimeter, and shortest nuclear axis were estimated in 46 ovarian tumors by three observers in two independent laboratories. The mitotic activity index, the volume corrected mitotic index (M/V index) and subjective volume fraction estimates showed a very good correlation from the same fields by two observers in the same laboratory (r = .999, .995, .950). Repeat estimates from different fields by the same observer showed coefficient values of .949, .939, and .813, and estimates by two different observers within one laboratory values of .949, .936, and .789, respectively. The correlation between two independent observers in different laboratories was also good (r = .894, .834, .834, respectively). Grading based on morphometric measurements was uniformly performed in 90-100% of cases in an interfield interobserver intralaboratory situation, and in 79-97% (M/V index) or 76-93% (mitotic activity index) in an interlaboratory situation. Because the cases near the grade limits were more often differently graded than other cases, the methods allowed the pathologist to locate the probably incorrectly graded cases. Morphometry of ovarian tumors was shown to be easy, which makes morphometric malignancy grading systems potentially able to support diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in practice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-1691
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
208-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Consistency of quantitative methods in ovarian tumor histopathology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article