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Trial reportHistopathology2019

Reproducibility of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) assessment in endometrial cancer.

Elke E M Peters, Carla Bartosch, W Glenn McCluggage, Catherine Genestie, Sigurd F Lax, Remi Nout, Jan Oosting, Naveena Singh, Huub C S H Smit, Vincent T H B M Smit and 2 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Histopathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Clinicopathological and Molecular Characterization of High Grade Endometrial Carcinomas of No Specific Molecular Profile (NSMP) Stratified by ER Status.International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists · 2026
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  12. Cancer of the corpus uteri: A 2025 update.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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  13. New histopathological and molecular findings in gynecological cancers.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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  15. Effect of substantial lymphovascular space invasion on location of first disease recurrence in surgical stage I endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elke E M PetersDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-2462
Carla BartoschDepartment of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
W Glenn McCluggageDepartment of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9178-4370
Catherine GenestieDepartment of BioPathology, University Paris-Saclay, Gustave-Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France.
Sigurd F LaxDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Graz II and Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Remi NoutDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jan OostingDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Naveena SinghDepartment of Cellular Pathology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1782-1967
Huub C S H SmitDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Vincent T H B M SmitDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Koen K Van de VijverDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2026-9790
Tjalling BosseDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Funding

Dutch Cancer SocietyKWF Kankerbestrijding CKTO 1990-01KWF Kankerbestrijding CKTO 2001-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsLymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) in endometrial cancer (EC) is an important prognostic variable impacting on a patient's individual recurrence risk and adjuvant treatment recommendations. Recent work has shown that grading the extent of LVSI further improves its prognostic strength in patients with stage I endometrioid EC. Despite this, there is little information on the reproducibility of LVSI assessment in EC. Therefore, we designed a study to evaluate interobserver agreement in discriminating true LVSI from LVSI mimics (Phase I) and reproducibility of grading extent of LVSI (Phase II). METHODS AND

resultsScanned haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slides of endometrioid EC (EEC) with a predefined possible LVSI focus were hosted on a website and assessed by a panel of six European gynaecological pathologists. In Phase I, 48 H&E slides were included for LVSI assessment and in Phase II, 42 H&E slides for LVSI grading. Each observer was instructed to apply the criteria for LVSI used in daily practice. The degree of agreement was measured using the two-way absolute agreement average-measures intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Reproducibility of LVSI assessment (ICC = 0.64, P < 0.001) and LVSI grading (ICC = 0.62, P < 0.001) in EEC was substantial among the observers.

conclusionsGiven the good reproducibility of LVSI, this study further supports the important role of LVSI in decision algorithms for adjuvant treatment.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, EndometrioidEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymphatic VesselsNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm InvasivenessObserver VariationPrognosisReproducibility of Resultsendometrial neoplasmsinterobserver studyLVSILVSI gradinglymphovascular space invasionobserver variation

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PMID31155736
PMCPMC6852322

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