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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

Cancer-Associated Lymphoid Aggregates in Histology Images: Manual and Deep Learning-Based Quantification Approaches.

Karina Silina, Francesco Ciompi

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Karina SilinaInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland. karina.silina@pharma.ethz.ch.
Francesco CiompiPathology Department, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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Swiss National Science Foundation PR00P3 201656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantification of lymphoid aggregates including tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) with germinal centers in histology images of cancer is a promising approach for developing prognostic and predictive tissue biomarkers. In this article, we provide recommendations for identifying lymphoid aggregates in tissue sections from routine pathology workflows such as hematoxylin and eosin staining. To overcome the intrinsic variability associated with manual image analysis (such as subjective decision-making, attention span), we recently developed a deep learning-based algorithm called HookNet-TLS to detect lymphoid aggregates and germinal centers in various tissues. Here, we additionally provide a guideline for using manually annotated images for training and implementing HookNet-TLS for automated and objective quantification of lymphoid aggregates in various cancer types.

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Deep LearningImage Processing, Computer-AssistedNeoplasmsAlgorithmsGerminal CenterHumansStaining and LabelingTertiary Lymphoid StructuresAnti-tumor immunityDeep learningGerminal centerImage analysisLymphoid aggregateQuantitative pathologyTertiary lymphoid structureTumor microenvironment

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