Intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry with noncontact antibody mixing for undiagnosed pulmonary tumors

Autor: Kazuhiro, Imai, Hiroshi, Nanjo, Wataru, Shigeeda, Tamotsu, Sugai, Tomoo, Ito, Yoshimasa, Maniwa, Shinogu, Takashima, Hajime, Saito, Naoki, Yanagawa, Yugo, Tanaka, Takefumi, Doi, Yuko, Hiroshima, Kyoko, Nomura, Mishie, Tanino, Shinya, Tanaka, Yoshihiro, Minamiya
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Cancer Science. 114:702-711
ISSN: 1349-7006
1347-9032
Popis: Knowledge of the histologic type and primary origin of pulmonary tumors is essential when preparing a surgical strategy. Intraoperative diagnosis of hematoxylin and eosin (HE)-stained frozen sections is the gold standard, but reliable pathology requires time-consuming immunohistochemistry (IHC) to distinguish among histological types/organ origins and to analyze molecular status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical reliability of a new rapid-IHC technique for intraoperative diagnosis of pulmonary tumors. In total, 169 patients with undiagnosed pulmonary tumors were enrolled in a multicenter prospective observational study. At three institutes, pulmonary tumor samples were collected through core needle biopsy and/or surgery to determine surgical strategies. Using a new device for rapid IHC, we applied a high-voltage, low-frequency alternating current (AC) field, which mixes the available antibody as the voltage is switched on/off. Rapid IHC can provide tumor histologic type/origin diagnoses within 20 min, as opposed to the 3-6 h required for conventional IHC. No false diagnoses of malignancy were rendered in any of the cases when using simple HE staining. With HE staining alone, the overall definitive diagnosis rate, the rate of defined tumor origin, and the rate of determined histological type were 76.92%, 85.80%, and 90.53%, respectively. When rapid IHC was added, those rates were significantly improved to 88.76%, 94.67%, and 91.72%, respectively. By providing prompt and accurate intraoperative histological/molecular analysis, rapid IHC driven by AC mixing could serve as an effective clinical tool guiding the surgical strategy for undiagnosed pulmonary tumors.
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