Conjunctive p16INK4a testing significantly increases accuracy in diagnosing high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-406

  Bergeron, Christine ^a   Ordi, Jaume ^b   Schmidt, Dietmar ^c   Trunk, Marcus J ^d,f   Keller, Thomas ^e   Ridder, Ruediger ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^d MTM Laboratories   (Germany)

^e ACOMED Statistik   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical biopsy; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Diagnostic accuracy; Immunohistochemistry; Interrater reliability; P16INK4a

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949379543     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPXSVCDZ3D5MZM     Document Type: Article

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