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Observational studyVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2021

Combined grade and nuclear grade are prognosis predictors of epithelioid malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Nazim Benzerdjeb, Peggy Dartigues, Vahan Kepenekian, Séverine Valmary-Degano, Eliane Mery, Gerlinde Averous, Anne Chevallier, Marie-Hélène Laverriere, Irène Villa, Françoise Galateau Sallé and 5 more

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Observational study in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. An Evaluation Into the Robustness of Grading of Pleural Mesothelioma Outside of Specialist Centres.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2025
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  3. Advances in the management of peritoneal malignancies.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Nazim BenzerdjebDepartment of Pathology, Institut de Pathologie Multisite, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France. nazim.benzerdjeb@chu-lyon.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3903-9610
Peggy DartiguesDepartment of Pathology, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France.
Vahan KepenekianDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Lyon University Hospital, 69000, Lyon, France.
Séverine Valmary-DeganoDepartment of Pathology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.
Eliane MeryDepartment of Pathology, Claudius Regaud Institute, IUTC Oncopôle, Toulouse, France.
Gerlinde AverousDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France.
Anne ChevallierDepartment of Pathology, CHU L'Archet II, Nice, France.
Marie-Hélène LaverriereDepartment of Pathology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.
Irène VillaDepartment of Pathology, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France.
Françoise Galateau SalléCentre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
Laurent VilleneuveService D'Epidémiologie Et de Recherche Cliniques, Pôle de Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Olivier GlehenDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Lyon University Hospital, 69000, Lyon, France.
Sylvie IsaacDepartment of Pathology, Institut de Pathologie Multisite, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France.
Juliette Hommell-FontaineDepartment of Pathology, Institut de Pathologie Multisite, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France.
RENAPE Network
Hospices Civils de Lyon · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble · FRInstitut Gustave Roussy · FRCentre Léon Bérard · FRHôpital d'Hautepierre · FRHôpital l'Archet · FRHôpital Lyon Sud · FRInstitut Claudius Regaud · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelioid mesothelioma is the most prevalent subtype of diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. A recently described nuclear-grading system predicted survival in patients with epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma. The present study was undertaken to validate this grading system in epithelioid malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (EMPM) and to compare to combined grade, including nuclear atypia, mitotic count, and tumor necrosis. Cases of EMPM, from 1995 to 2018, were analyzed from 7 French institutions from RENAPE network. Solid growth, tumor necrosis, nuclear atypia, and mitotic count were evaluated by at least 3 pathologists from the RENAPATH group. The predictions in terms of OS and PFS of nuclear grade and combined grade were analyzed. Nuclear grade was computed combining nuclear atypia score and mitotic count into a grade of I-III. Another system combining nuclear atypia score, mitotic score, and tumor necrosis was evaluated and defined as a combined grade I-III. A total of 138 cases were identified. The median follow-up was 38.9 months (range: 1.1-196.6). Nuclear and combined grades III were independently associated with a shorter OS (p < 0.05), and a shorter PFS (p < 0.05). Patients with combined grade I tumors had the best overall and progression-free survivals, in comparison to nuclear grade I. In this large multicentric study, combined grade and nuclear grade were the best independent predictors of OS and PFS in EMPM. These systems should be easily described by pathologists involved into the management of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, because of their potential therapeutic implications.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiopsyCell NucleusEpithelioid CellsFemaleFranceHumansMaleMesothelioma, MalignantMiddle AgedMitotic IndexNecrosisNeoplasm GradingBiomarkerHistological prognostic factorMalignant epithelioid peritoneal mesotheliomaMesothelioma

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PMID34169365
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