Evaluation of Ki-67 index in EUS–FNA specimens for the assessment of malignancy risk in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Autor: Masahiro Tajika, Yasumasa Niwa, Takuhiro Kohsaki, Susumu Hijioka, T. Tanaka, Yasushi Yatabe, Waki Hosoda, Kenji Yamao, Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Nobumasa Mizuno, Vikram Bhatia, Shinya Kondo, Hiroshi Imaoka, Isao Nishimori, Taira Kinoshita, Toshiji Saibara, Shinji Iwasaki, Kazuo Hara
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Endoscopy. 46:32-38
ISSN: 1438-8812
0013-726X
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1344958
Popis: BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM Malignancy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) is graded by assessing the resected specimens according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 criteria. The feasibility of such grading using endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) specimens remains unclear. The aim of this study was to ascertain the optimal method of measuring the Ki-67 index in EUS-FNA specimens, using resected specimens as the criterion standard. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 58 consecutive patients diagnosed with PNETs between March 1998 and May 2011 were included. The study measured intratumoral Ki-67 index heterogeneity, concordance rates of PNET grading by EUS-FNA with grade of the resected tumor, optimal method of measuring the Ki-67 index in EUS-FNA specimens, and survival analysis based on EUS-FNA specimen grading. RESULTS Intratumoral dispersion of Ki-67 index in resected specimens was 0.033 for Grade 1 and 0.782 for Grade 2 tumors (P
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