Assessment of Ki67 immunohistochemical expression as a prognostic marker in breast carcinoma

Volkova L.V., Paramzin F.N., Pashov A.I., Musatov A.A., Ashrafyan L.A.

1) Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia; 2) Central City Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russia; 3) V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Minzdrav of Russia, Moscow. Russia
Aim. To compare Ki-67 proliferation marker expression in unspecified type of breast cancer determined by traditional visual assessment and digital microscopy using PatternQuant software (QuantCenter 3DHISTECH).
Material and methods. A comparative study including 50 patients with unspecified type of breast cancer was conducted to compare the determination of the Ki-67 proliferation marker by a pathologist using the traditional visual quantitative assessment and by digital microscopy using PatternQuant software (QuantCenter 3DHISTECH).
Results. Despite comparable mean Ki-67 expressions, their maximum and minimum values determined by a pathologist were slightly higher than by automated assessment. This is especially important in determining a threshold for Ki-67 expression (14%) in each individual case to distinguish molecular subtypes of breast cancer.
Conclusion To objectify the quantitative assessment, a further standardized examination of breast cancer proliferation markers is recommended, especially in cases of significant tumor heterogeneity.

Keywords

breast cancer
immunohistochemistry
Ki-67 proliferation marker
digital microscopy

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Received 23.12.2019

Accepted 26.12.2019

About the Authors

Larisa V. Volkova, MD, PhD, Professor, Head of the Department of Laboratory Diagnostics of Clinical Diagnostical Centre, Professor of the Department of Fundamental Medicine of Medical Institute, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Phone: +7(921)852-2042; e-mail: volkova-lr@rambler.ru
Address: 14 Alexander Nevsky Str., 236016, Kaliningrad, Russia;
Fedor N. Paramzin, surgeon-oncologist, “Central City Clinical Hospital”. Phone: +7 (4012)64-78-21; e-mail: fedia93@gmail.com
Address: 3 Letnya Str., 236005, Kaliningrad, Russia;
Aleksander I. Pashov, MD, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University.
Phone  +7(911)-461-49-98; email: pachov@mail.ru
Address: 14 Alexander Nevsky Str., 236016, Kaliningrad, Russia;
Aleksey A. Musatov, Clinical Ordinator of the Medical Institute, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Phone: + 7(911)453-64-06; e-mail: sayaleks@gmail.com
Address: 14 Alexander Nevsky Str., 236016, Kaliningrad, Russia, 236016.
Lev A. Ashrafyan, acad. of RAS, MD, Professor, deputy director of FSBI «National medical research center for obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology named
after academician V.I. Kulakov» ministry of healthcare of the Russian Federation. Phone: +7(095)531-44-44 е-mail: levaa2004@yahoo.com
Address: 4, Oparina street, Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.

For citation: Volkova L.V., Paramzin F.N., Pashov A.I., Musatov A.A., Ashrafyan L.A. Assessment of Ki67 immunohistochemical expression as a prognostic marker in breast carcinoma.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020; 1 (Suppl): 81-5. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.1suppl.81-85

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