イワモト タカユキ   Takayuki Iwamoto
  岩本 高行
   所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 臨床医学 乳腺甲状腺外科学
   職種   講師
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Comparison of Ki-67 labeling index measurements using digital image analysis and scoring by pathologists.
掲載誌名 正式名:Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
略  称:Breast Cancer
ISSNコード:18804233/13406868
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 25(6),pp.768-777
著者・共著者 Toru Morioka, Naoki Niikura, Nobue Kumaki, Shinobu Masuda, Takayuki Iwamoto, Kozue Yokoyama, Rin Ogiya, Risa Oshitanai, Mayako Terao, Banri Tsuda, Takuho Okamura, Yuki Saito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yutaka Tokuda
発行年月 2018/11
概要 BACKGROUND:Routine analysis of Ki-67 is not widely recommended for clinical decision-making because of poor reproducibility. Furthermore, counting numerous cells can be laborious for pathologists. Digital image analysis for immunohistochemical analysis was recently developed; however, the clinical efficacy of the Ki-67 index obtained using image analysis is unknown.METHODS:We retrospectively identified female patients with breast cancer with immunohistochemical Ki-67 and survival data using the pathology database at the Tokai University, Japan. Ki-67 expression was scored by three pathologists. Slides were scanned and converted to virtual slides; Ki-67-positive cells were counted using image analysis. Ki-67 indices obtained by the pathologist's scoring and image analysis were evaluated by 2 × 2 analysis. Relationships between Ki-67 index and survival outcomes were evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test.RESULTS:Based on the 2 × 2 analysis, Ki-67 index obtained using image analysis was moderately correlated with the pathologist's scoring for all patients (κ 0.41; sensitivity, 0.573; specificity, 0.878). Poorer relapse-free survival was associated with high Ki-67 index than with low Ki-67 index for estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, and stage I or II patients scored by pathologists (p < 0.001) and obtained using image analysis (p = 0.031).CONCLUSIONS:The Ki-67 indices obtained using image analysis were moderately correlated with those scored by pathologists. Digital image analysis can be effective for measuring Ki-67 values, because they are associated with relapse-free survival in estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, and patients at stage I or II.
DOI 10.1007/s12282-018-0885-1
PMID 29959636