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JCytol.2012JulSep29(3):183189.doi:10.4103/09709371.101168
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Breastfineneedleaspirationcytologypracticesandcommonlyperceiveddiagnosticsignificanceofcytologicalfeatures:ApanIndiasurveyHrushikeshTukaramGarud, DebdootSheet, ManjunathaMahadevappa, JyotirmoyChatterjee, AjoyKumarRay,andArindamGhosh
SchoolofMedicalScienceandTechnology,IndianInstituteofTechnologyKharagpur,Kharagpur,IndiaVideoSignalProcessing,TexasInstruments(India)Pvt.Ltd.,Bangalore,IndiaDepartmentofElectronicsandElectricalCommunicationEngineering,IndianInstituteofTechnology,Kharagpur,IndiaBengalEngineeringandScienceUniversity,Shibpur,Howrah,IndiaDepartmentofPathologySubDivisionalHospital,Kharagpur,India
Addressforcorrespondence:Mr.HrushikeshGarud,SchoolofMedicalScienceandTechnology,IndianInstituteofTechnologyKharagpur,Kharagpur721302,India.Email:[email protected]
Copyright:JournalofCytology
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Abstract
Background:
Methodicalandmeticulousunderstandingofclinicopathologicalproceduresanddecisionmakingprocessofcancerdiagnosisandidentificationofaspectsthatarewellsuitedforcomputeraidedanalysisarefirststepstowarddevelopmentofassistivecomputationaltoolforanalysisofbreastfineneedleaspirationcytology(FNAC)slides.
Aims:
ToidentifyvariablesinpracticeofFNACasusedfordiagnosisofbreastlesionsandcommonlyperceiveddiagnosticsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesfordiagnosisofbenignormalignantconditionofbreastlesions.
MaterialsandMethods:
AnIndiawidequestionnairebasedsurveyofcytopathologists/pathologistsbreastFNACreportingpracticesandtheiropinionondiagnosticsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesindiagnosisofbenignormalignantnatureofbreastlesionwereconducted.
Results:
Fiftyoneexpertsworkingwithvariousmedicaleducationinstitutes(~52%ofparticipants),oncologicaltertiarycarecenters(~28%)andprimarycarecenters/privatediagnosticpathologylaboratories(~20%)spreadover13statesofIndiahaveparticipatedinthesurvey.Constantsandvariablesobservedinclinicocytopathologicalpracticesandcombinedopinionoftheparticipantsondiagnosticsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesarepresentedhere.
Conclusions:
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Thereexistanalogousaswellasvariedcomponentsinclinicopathologicalproceduresanddiagnosticinterpretationbyindividuals.TheseconstantsandvariablesinthepracticeofbreastFNACshouldbeconsidered,whendrawingupspecificationsforanassistivecomputationaltoolforanalysisofbreastFNACslides.TheestimateforcommonlyperceivedsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesobtainedthroughthisstudywillhelpintheirselectionforcomputeraidedanalysisofbreastFNACslidesandfurtherinselectionofcorrespondingfeaturequantificationtechniques.
Keywords:Breast,clinicalpractices,FNAC,survey
Introduction
Fineneedleaspirationcytology(FNAC)isapartoftripleassessmentofbreastlesionsandhasbeenrecognizedasthemostcosteffectiveprocedurewithshortestturnaroundtime.[1]IncurrentpracticeofbreastFNAC,diagnosisisbasedonsubjectiveassessmentofmicroscopicappearanceoftheaspirates,therefore,difficultiesinmaintainingconsistencyandreproducibilityinfindingsareinevitable.Moreover,thereexistsanoverlapincytologicalfeaturesofbenignandmalignantlesionswhichmayleadtoequivocaldiagnosis.[2]Whenusingfivereportingcategoriesforbreastcytology(i.e.,C1inadequateC2benignC3atypicalC4suspiciousandC5malignant),[3]atypicalandsuspiciousfindingsindicateequivocaldiagnosiswhereintissuebiopsyisnecessaryfordefinitediagnosis.Thesefindingscombinedtogetherhavereportedratesof6.920%,[2]whereas,AlKaisai[4]foundthatthetruegrayzoneinbreastcytologyis2%ofallcases.Thusthereisascopetoreducetherateofequivocaldiagnosis.
Alsothereexistsdifferentialpreferenceforclinicocytopathologicalproceduresanddiscordanceamongexpertcytopathologists/pathologistsinmorphometricdiagnosis.Pathologistseitherdonotusethesamecriteriafordiagnosisorapplythesamecriteriadifferentlyfromoneanother.[5]Alternativelyithasbeenobservedthatgloballycytopathologists/pathologistsseethesamebutlocallytheyseedifferentthings.[6]
Toovercometheinherentlimitationspresentedbysubjectiveevaluationofcytologicalsmearsandimprovethereliabilityofdiagnosis,itisimportanttodevelopanduseassistivecomputationaltoolsforbreastcancerdiagnosisthatoperateonobjectivefeaturesandquantitativemeasures.Inliterature,manysuchcomputationaltoolsforbreastcancerdiagnosiscanbefoundwithmostofthemconcentratingonclassificationofFNACslidesasbenignormalignantandsomefocusingonstagingofmalignancy.[7]Whendesigninganddevelopingsuchcomputationalaiditisnecessarytounderstandpracticesandperceptionsoftheexpertstoidentifyaspectssuitableforcomputeraidedanalysis.Thiswillalsohelpdefineusercentricfunctionalityaspectsofthesystem.InthisregardanationwidequestionnairebasedsurveytitledPracticeofFNACasascreeningtoolinclinicalmanagementofsymptomaticpatientsofbreastcancerwasconducted.Thefindingsofthesurveyarereportedhere.
MaterialsandMethods
Surveydesign
Thesurveywasdesignedwithprimarygoalsto
Identifycommonpracticesandvariablesinclinicocyopathotologicalproceduresofaspiration,sampleprocessingandvisualassessmentusingmicroscopeinreportingofbreastFNAC.ThiswillhelpdefineusercentricfunctionalityaspectsofthesystemIdentifycommonlyperceiveddiagnosticsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesfordiagnosisofbenignormalignantconditionofbreastlesions.Thiswillhelpdevelopbetterpatternrecognitionalgorithms.
Tocomplementthesegoals,thequestionnaireforpathologistcomprisedoftwoparts.Firstpartofthequestionnaireincludedquestionsonclinicocytopathologicalproceduressuchassamplecollectionand
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Needlesize
Imageguidanceforaspiration
processingtechniquesused,typeofstainsusedandadditionalinvestigationsperformedroutinelyinbreastFNAC.
Inthesecondpartofthequestionnaire,participantswereaskedtospecifytheimportanceleveltheyattachtoeachcytologicalfeatureduringdiagnosisofbenignormalignantconditions.Foreachcytologicalfeature,theparticipantshadtoselectoneofthefivepredefinedlinguisticsignificancelevelsi)Notsignificant(0),ii)Slightlysignificant(1),iii)Moderatelysignificant(2),iv)Significant(3)andv)Mostsignificant(4).Numericalvaluesinthebracketsrepresentcorrespondingnumericalvaluesusedtocombineindividualopinionsandfindcommonperception.Simultaneously,participantsalsohadtospecifythemicroscopeobjectivemagnificationtheypreferablyusewhileassessingconditionofcytologicalfeatures.ParticipantswerealsorequestedtoprovidedetailsabouttheirreportingexperienceandpersonalconfidencelevelonFNACasascreeningtoolinmanagementofsymptomaticpatientsofbreastcancer.HelpofscholarlytextsinclinicalpathologysuchasManualandAtlasofFineNeedleAspirationCytology,[8]FineNeedleAspirationCytology:DiagnosticPrinciplesandDilemmas,[2]Cytology:DiagnosticPrinciplesandClinicalCorrelates[9]andTextbookofPathology[10]wastakenwhilepreparingthequestionnaire.
Targetexperts
ParticipationinthesurveywasvoluntaryandquestionnairebookletcarriedStatementofPurposewhichapprisedparticipantsaboutpurposeofthesurvey.Hundredquestionnairesweresenttotheheadsofthepathology/cytologydepartmentsatrenownedmedicaleducationandresearchinstitutes,oncologicaltertiarycarecentresandprimarycarecentres/privatediagnosticpathologylaboratories(total50institutes).Theheadofthedepartments(institutes)wererequestedtodistributethequestionnaireswithintheirinstitutestotheconcernedcytology/pathologyexpertstheyfeltcouldbestprovidetherepresentativeinformation.
ResultsoftheSurvey
Responses
Currentlywehavereceivedresponsesfrom51cytopathologists/pathologistsfromrenownedmedicaleducationinstitutes(52%oftheresponsesreceived),oncologicaltertiarycarecentres(28%)andprimarycarecentres/privatediagnosticpathologylaboratories(20%)spreadover13statesofIndia(Assam,AndhraPradesh,Bihar,Chandigarh,Karnataka,MadhyaPradesh,Maharashtra,Punjab,NewDelhi,Orissa,Rajasthan,TamilNaduandWestBengal).Individualreportingexperiencesoftheparticipantsareintherangeof241yearswithaveragereportingexperienceof17years.
Herefindingsofthesurveyarereportedintwoparts.PartIpresentsfindingsofthesurveyrelatedtobreastFNACprocedures,whichincludetissuesamplecollection,processing,stainingtechniquesandimmunocytochemicalinvestigationsusedbycytopathologists/pathologists.PartIIpresentsfindingsoncommonlyperceivedsignificancelevelofthecytologicalcriteriaindiagnosisofbenignormalignantconditionofbreastlesions.
PartI:TheconstantsandvariablesinbreastFNACpractices
Mostoftheparticipantsofthesurveyusedifferentsizesoftheneedlesforaspirationvaryingfromcasetocase,withmostofthemusingfinerneedles(>22G).Approximately62%oftheparticipantsofthissurveyuse23Gneedle,while39%oftheparticipantsprefer22Gneedles[Table1].
Imageguidanceduringaspirationofbreastlesionsishelpfulforexactlocalizationofthelump.Overall74%percentoftheparticipantsuseimageguidanceforaspiration.However,imageguidancemightnotbenecessaryforaspirationofobviousandpalpableorsuperficialanddefinitelesions,whichisevident,as62%oftheparticipantshavereportedusingitonlysometimes(notfor
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everyaspirationperformed[Table2]).
Seventyninepercentoftheparticipantsusingimageguidancepreferultrasound.Availability,easeofuse,costofownershipandoperation,andrealtimeinterventioncapabilitiesseemtoinfluencechoiceoftheimagingmodalityforguidedaspiration.TheusagedatafordifferentimagingmodalitiesisreportedinTable3.
FixationandstainingmethodsusedforprimarydiagnosisfromFNAC
Mostnumberofparticipantsofthesurveyreportusingbothwetfixationandairdryingfixationtechniquesinslidepreparation[Table4],whereasthreestainingmethodsareroutinelyusedinbreastprimarycytodiagnosis,namelyRomanowsky,hematoxylinandeosin(HandE)andPapanicolaou(Pap).However,everycytopathologist/pathologistseemstofavorthemethodthatwasusedinhis/hertraininginstitute.Mostoftheparticipantcytopathogists/pathologists,inthissurvey,usemorethanoneslidepreparedfromtheaspirateofasinglelump.Useofbothwetfixedandairdriedslidesforeachaspirateisdoneby66%oftheparticipants[Table5].Ithasalsobeenobservedthattheuseofonlyairdryingfixationduringslidepreparationismorecommonamongsttheparticipantsfromprimarycarecenters/privatepathologylaboratoriesascomparedtoparticipantsfrommedicaleducationinstitutesortertiarycarecenters.
Additionalstainingmethods
Inadditiontoroutinestainingcombinations,moretypesofstainingtechniques[Table6]areusedby20%oftheparticipants.Sixtypercentoftheparticipantsusingadditionalstainsarefrommedicaleducationinstitutesandremainingfromprimaryortertiarycarecenters.Stainsusedforconfirmationofmucinouscarcinoma,arethemostcommonlyusedadditionalstains.
Immunocytochemicalinvestigations
Immunocytochemicalinvestigationsareperformedby27%oftheparticipantsofthissurvey71%oftheparticipantsperformingimmunocytochemicalinvestigationsarefromtertiarycarecentersandrest29%fromeducationalinstitutions.Noneoftheparticipantsfromprimarycarecenters/privatepathologylaboratoriesperformimmunocytochemicalinvestigations.Almost87%oftheparticipantsfromtertiarycarecenterspracticeimmunocytochemistry,ascomparedto15%fromeducationalinstitutes.Prognosticinvestigationssuchascheckforestrogenprogesterone(ER/PR)receptorstatusandhumanepidermalgrowthfactorreceptor2(HER2/neuorcerbB2)statusarethemostcommonlyusedimmunocytochemicalinvestigationspracticedby24%and14%oftheoverallparticipants,respectively.Useoftumormarkerssuchascytokeratin(CK),vimentin(VIM),neuronspecificenolase(NSE),prostatespecificantigen(PSA),cathepsinD(CATHD),leukocytecommonantigen(LCA)andp53hasalsobeenreportedbytheparticipants.TheusagedatafordifferentimmunocytochemicalinvestigationsinbreastFNACisgiveninTable7.
PartII:Commonlyperceiveddiagnosticsignificanceofthecytologicalcriteria
Thisworkhasbeeninitiatedwiththebeliefthatcommonlyperceiveddiagnosticsignificanceofacytologicalcriterionrepresentsitsrealabilityindiscriminatingbenignandmalignantconditionofabreastlump.ParticipantspercentageopinionisgiveninFigure1.Inordertocombineindividualopinionsandfindcommonperceptionoftheparticipantsmeanshifttechnique[11]hasbeenused.Whencombiningavailableindividualopinionsthreeexperimentswereperformed.Numericalfindingsoftheseexperimentsarepresented[Table8].
Infirstexperiment,opinionsofalltheparticipantswerecombinedtocomputeoverallmeansignificancescore(commonlyperceivedsignificance)forthefeatures.Also,thecoefficientofvariationaboutthemeanwascomputedtoestimatethevariabilityinopinion[Figure2].Thefeaturesareorderedinnonincreasing
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fashionofoverallmeansignificancescores.
FromoverallmeansignificancescoresitcanbeobservedthatNuclearchromatinistheonlymostsignificantfeaturenatureofbackground,andvolumeandcolorofcytoplasmareinmoderatelysignificantcategory,whereas,allothercytologicalfeaturesbelongtothesignificantcategory.FromFigures1and2itcanalsobeobservedthatthereexistsaconsiderabledegreeofconcordanceamongtheparticipantsaboutdiagnosticsignificanceofmostofthecytologicalcriteria.Onlyinthecaseoffourcriteria,namelysizeandshapeofaggregates,natureofbackground,numberofnucleoli,andvolumeandcolorofcytoplasmparticipantsexhibitrelativelyhigherdegreeofdisagreementwithcoefficientofvariation[12]ofmorethan0.3.
Insecondexperiment,theresponsesweredividedinthreegroupsasfromprimarycarecenters/privatepathologylabs,medicaleducationinstitutionsandtertiarycarecenteres,andgroupwisecollectivesignificancescorewerecomputed[Figure3].Theoverallmeansignificancescoreshavealsobeenplottedforcomparativeevaluation.Perceivedsignificanceplotsshowhighdegreeofdisparityamongthreehierarchicallevelsofhealthcaredelivery,withcollectiveopinionoftheparticipantsfrommedicaleducationinstitutionscloselyfollowingthetrendsoftheoverallmeanopinion.Thecollectiveopinionoftheparticipantsfromprimarycarecentres/privatepathologylabsshowshighdynamismanddivergencefromtheoverallmeanopinion.
Inexperimentthree,variationsinperceptionofexpertsaccordingtotheirreportingexperiencewasstudied.Theresponsesweredividedinthreegroupsaccordingtothereportingexperienceinyears,asbelow5years,morethan5yearsbutlessthanaveragereportingexperience(17years)andmorethanaverageexperiencegroupwisecollectivesignificancescorewerecomputed.Perceivedsignificancescoreshavebeenplottedalongwithoverallmeansignificancescores[Figure4].Thisfigureshowsconvergingtrendinperceivedsignificancelevelswithincreasingexperience,alsodifferenceofopinionwiththeoverallopiniondecreaseswithincreasingreportingexperience.
Discussion
Amongthecytopathologist/pathologistsconcurrenceisseenonthetypeofneedlesandimageguidancetobeusedforaspirationofbreastlumps.Interestinglymorethanhalfoftheparticipantsreportofsometimesusingimageguidanceforaspirationtheyotherwiseperformfreehandprocedures.Thismightbeattributedtoapossiblereflectionofthescenariowherelatepresentationofthediseasewithobviousandpalpablelumpsiscommon.Also,whenchoosingtheimagingmodalityforguidedaspiration,availability,easeofuse,costofownershipandoperation,andrealtimeinterventioncapabilityofthemodalitiesseemtoinfluencethedecision.
Thefindingsalsoindicatehighestdegreeofvariationinpracticeofspreadingandstainingtechniquesusedforprimarydiagnosis.Althoughmostofthesurveyedrespondentsagreeonusemorethanoneslidespreparedfromtheaspirateofasinglelumpacytopathologist/pathologistmostlyfavorthestainingmethodthatwasusedathis/hertraininginstitute.Itisalsoseenthatnomorethan25%participantsusesamestaincombinations.Additionaldiagnostic/prognosticinvestigationslikespecialstainingandimmunocytochemicalinvestigationsshowhighdegreeofdivergenceamongdifferenthealthcaredeliverylevels.Theseinvestigationsarenotperformedbyanyoftheparticipantsfromtheprimarycarecentres/privatepathologylabsonlyparticipantsfrommedicaleducationinstitutesandtertiarycarecentersreportofperformingthem.Additionalstainingtechniquesarepredominantlyusedbymedicaleducationinstituteswhileimmunocytochemicalinvestigationsaremostlyperformedattertiarycarecentres.
OverallperceptiononthesignificancelevelofthecytologicalfeaturesindiagnosticinterpretationofbreastFNACslidescanbeconsideredtorepresenttheactualdiscriminationabilityofthefeature.Thecollective
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opinionshowsdisparityfromonelevelofhealthcaredeliverymodeltotheother.Fromthefindingsofthesurveyitcanbeenobservedthatnuclearfeatureslikenuclearchromatin,prominenceofnuclei,nuclearmembrane,mitoticfigureareconsideredmoresignificantbyparticipantsfrommedicaleducationinstitutesandtertiarycarecentersnuclearfeaturesandgrosscytoarchitecturalpatternssuchassizeandshapeofaggregates,cohesivenessofclustersandpresenceofbarenucleiarefavoredbyparticipantsfromprimarycarecentersothercytologicalfeaturesviz.,myoepthelialcellpopulation,nuclearcytoplasmicratioandcellularpleomorphismarepreferredequallybyalltheparticipants.Alsoasobservedearlier,theperceptionaboutthefeaturesshowsconvergingtrendwithincreasingexperience.Theperceivedsignificancevarieswidelyamongthedifferentexperiencegroupsforfeaturessuchascohesivenessofepithelialcells,numberofnucleoli,natureofbackground,andvolumeandcolorofcytoplasmwhereastheperceivedsignificanceoffeaturesnuclearcytoplasmicratio,mitosis,bimodalpatternofaggregates,nuclearshapeandnuclearsizeisalmostsimilarforallexperiencegroups.
Conclusions
FromthenationwidesurveyonpracticeofFNACasascreening/diagnostictoolinbreastcancerdiagnosis,ithasbeenobservedthatthereexistanalogousaswellasvariedcomponentsinclinicopathologicalproceduresanddiagnosticinterpretationbyindividuals.TheseconstantsandvariablesinpracticeofFNACforbreastcancerscreening/diagnosisshouldbeconsidered,whendrawingupspecificationsforanassistivecomputationaltoolforanalysisofbreastFNACslides.Suchacomputationaltoolusingobjectivefeatureswillensureprovisionofrelevant,appropriateandaccurateassistanceindiagnosticinterpretationanditssubsequentbroadacceptability.TheestimateforcommonlyperceivedsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesobtainedthroughthisstudywillhelpinselectionofcytologicalfeaturesandselectionofcorrespondingobjectivefeaturequantificationtechniquestobeusedinanalysisofbreastFNACslides.
Acknowledgments
Wearegratefulofalltheinstitutesandindividualswhokindlyrespondedtoourcallandparticipatedinthissurvey.WearealsothankfultooursponsorsTexasInstruments,AuthoritiesatSMST,IITKharagpurandallthosewhodirectlyorindirectlysupportedusinthisactivity.
FootnotesSourceofSupport:Nil
ConflictofInterest:Nonedeclared.
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FiguresandTables
Table1
UsagedatafordifferentneedlesizesinbreastFNACaspiration
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Usagedataforimageguidanceforaspirationofbreastlumps
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Usagedataofimagingmodalitiesforguidanceduringbreastlumpaspiration
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UsagedatafortissuefixationtechniquesinbreastFNACslidepreparationforprimarydiagnosis
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StainingmethodsusedinbreastFNACslidepreparationforprimarydiagnosis
Table6
UsagedataforadditionalstainingtechniquesinbreastFNAC
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Table7
Immunocytochemicalinvestigations
Figure1
Participantspercentageopinion
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Commonlyperceivedsignificanceofthecytologicalcriterion
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Overallopinionandtheextentofvariationamongparticipants
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Perceivedsignificanceofcytologicalfeaturesatdifferenthierarchicallevelsofthehealthcaredelivery
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