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ArticleCancers2022

Comparison of Immune Response Assessment in Colon Cancer by Immunoscore (Automated Digital Pathology) and Pathologist Visual Scoring.

Isabelle Boquet, Alboukadel Kassambara, Alfred Lui, Alicia Tanner, Marie Latil, Yoann Lovera, Fanny Arnoux, Fabienne Hermitte, Jérôme Galon, Aurelie Catteau

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabelle BoquetVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Alboukadel KassambaraVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Alfred LuiInnovative Pathology Medical Group, Torrance, CA 90503, USA.
Alicia TannerVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Marie LatilVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Yoann LoveraVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7906-2858
Fanny ArnouxVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Fabienne HermitteVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4813-8741
Jérôme GalonVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Aurelie CatteauVeracyte, 13288 Marseille, France.
Inserm · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjunction of immune response into the TNM classification system improves the prediction of colon cancer (CC) prognosis. However, immune response measurements have not been used as robust biomarkers of pathology in clinical practice until the introduction of Immunoscore (IS), a standardized assay based on automated artificial intelligence assisted digital pathology. The strong prognostic impact of the immune response, as assessed by IS, has been widely validated and IS can help to refine treatment decision making in early CC. In this study, we compared pathologist visual scoring to IS. Four pathologists evaluated tumor specimens from 50 early-stage CC patients and classified the CD3+ and CD8+ T-cell densities at the tumor site (T-score) into 2 (High/Low) categories. Individual and overall pathologist scoring of immune response (before and after training for immune response assessment) were compared to the reference IS (High/Low). Pathologists' disagreement with the reference IS was observed in almost half of the cases (48%) and training only slightly improved the accuracy of pathologists' classification. Agreement among pathologists was minimal with a Kappa of 0.34 and 0.57 before and after training, respectively. The standardized IS assay outperformed expert pathologist assessment in the clinical setting.

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colon cancerdigital pathologyhigh-riskImmunoscore®low-riskmisclassificationpathologistquantificationrecurrencestratificationT-score

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PMID35267475
PMCPMC8909354
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