The Use of Central Pathology Review With Digital Slide Scanning in Advanced-stage Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome: A Multi-institutional and International Pathology Study.

ABSTRACT: This pathology PILOT study aims to define the role and feasibility of centralized pathology review in a cohort of 75 patients from different centers in the United States and Europe using digital slide scanning. The pathologic material from 75 patients who had been diagnosed with mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome and were clinically staged as IIb or above was retrieved from 11 participating centers. Each pathology reviewer was provided with the pathologic diagnosis (by the referring pathologist), and the following list of histopathologic criteria (presence or absence) from the initial report: epidermotropism, folliculotropism (FT), large cell transformation, syringotropism, and granulomas. Patients with advance stage were selected for this study as this is a population where there is signif

SUBMITTER: Gru AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9477214 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature