Whole slide quantification of stromal lymphatic vessel distribution and peritumoral lymphatic vessel density in early invasive cervical cancer: a method description
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Authors
Balsat, C.
Blacher, S.
Signolle, N.
Beliard, A.
Munaut, C.
Goffin, F.
Noel, A.
Foidart, J. M.
Kridelka, F.
Issue Date
2011-08-25
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Slide Quantification , Stromal Lymphatic Vessel Distribution , Peritumoral Lymphatic Vessel Density , Early Invasive Cervical Cancer
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Abstract
Peritumoral Lymphatic Vessel Density (LVD) is considered to be a predictive marker for the presence of lymph node metastases in cervical cancer. However, when LVD quantification relies on conventional optical microscopy and the hot spot technique, interobserver variability is significant and yields inconsistent conclusions. In this work, we describe an original method that applies computed image analysis to whole slide scanned tissue sections following immunohistochemical lymphatic vessel staining. This procedure allows to determine an objective LVD quantification as well as the lymphatic vessel distribution and its heterogeneity within the stroma surrounding the invasive tumor bundles. The proposed technique can be useful to better characterize lymphatic vessel interactions with tumor cells and could potentially impact on prognosis and therapeutic decisions.
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Citation
Balsat, C., Blacher, S., Signolle, N., Beliard, A., Munaut, C., Goffin, F., Noel, A., Foidart, J. M., & Kridelka, F. (2011). Whole slide quantification of stromal lymphatic vessel distribution and peritumoral lymphatic vessel density in early invasive cervical cancer: a method description. ISRN obstetrics and gynecology, 2011, 354861. https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/354861
Publisher
ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology