OBSERVER VARIABILITY IN HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REPORTING OF MALIGNANT BRONCHIAL BIOPSY SPECIMENS

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作者
BURNETT, RA
BECK, JS
HOWATSON, SR
LEE, FD
LESSELLS, AM
MCLAREN, KM
OGSTON, S
ROBERTSON, AJ
SIMPSON, JG
SMITH, GD
TAVADIA, HB
WALKER, F
机构
[1] University of Glasgow, Department of Pathology, Western Infirmary
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10.1136/jcp.47.8.711
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R36 [病理学];
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100104 ;
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Aims-To histopathologists to classify lung carcinomas on bronchial biopsy material using the current World Health Organisation (WHO) classification. Methods-Eleven histopathologists each reviewed 100 randomly selected bronchial biopsy specimens which had originally been reported as showing lung carcinoma. A single haematoxylin and eosin stained section from each case was circulated and a standard proforma completed. These were analysed using K statistics. Results-The histopathologists were excellent at distinguishing between small cell and non-small-cell carcinoma kappa = 0.86), but not so good at subclassifying the non-small cell carcinoma group kappa = 0.25). Conclusions-The clinically important distinction between small cell and nonsmall cell carcinoma of the lung is reliably made by competent histopathologists even on Limited material.
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