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Badoual C, Pavie J, Ménard M, Pernot S, Cochand-Priollet B, Hurel S, Péré H, Bats AS. [Multidisciplinary consultation for patients with HPV-related invasive carcinoma or precancerous lesions]. Cancer Radiother 2018; 22:487-491. [PMID: 30197024 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2018.07.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Given the recent increase in the number of human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced cancers in other locations than gynaecological, the number of patients with two cancers at distinct sites, and because of the lack of exhaustive data, we decided to create a multidisciplinary network around an HPV consultation at the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP). This network aims to set up the best tools for detecting HPV-associated "multisite" precancerous lesions in order to determine the possible impact of dedicated care for this at-risk population. This monthly consultation was created at the HEGP in June 2014. It is currently organized around five consultations: gynaecological, ENT, urological, digestive and immunological. Every patient who has been diagnosed with HPV-related cancer and whose care is provided at the HEGP is offered this particular follow-up: systematically, once the initial lesion has been treated, the patient is convened annually for a day during which it benefits from the consultations mentioned above. A consultation with a psychologist is systematically proposed. Local samples are taken at each site: a cytological examination, the analysis of known predictive and prognostic virological markers are carried out. This study fits more broadly in a theme of clinical and fundamental research around cancers related to HPV.
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- C Badoual
- Service d'anatomie pathologique, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Inserm U 970, équipe 10, PARCC, France.
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- Service d'immunologie clinique, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Service d'ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Service de hépato-gastro-entérologie et oncologie digestive, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Service d'anatomie pathologique, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Service d'urologie, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de virologie, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Service de gynécologie, faculté Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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Bode-Lesniewska B, Cochand-Priollet B, Straccia P, Fadda G, Bongiovanni M. Management of thyroid cytological material, preanalytical procedures and bio-banking. Cytopathology 2018; 30:7-16. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- B. Bode-Lesniewska
- Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology; University Hospital Zurich; Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology; Faculté Paris Descartes; Cochin Hospital; APHP; Paris France
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- Division of Anatomic Pathology and Histology; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; Foundation “Agostino Gemelli” University Hospital; Rome Italy
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- Division of Anatomic Pathology and Histology; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; Foundation “Agostino Gemelli” University Hospital; Rome Italy
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- Service of Clinical Pathology; Institute of Pathology; Lausanne University Hospital; Lausanne Switzerland
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Piaton E, Fabre M, Goubin-Versini I, Bretz-Grenier MF, Courtade-Saïdi M, Vincent S, Belleannée G, Thivolet F, Boutonnat J, Debaque H, Fleury-Feith J, Vielh P, Egelé C, Bellocq JP, Michiels JF, Cochand-Priollet B. Guidelines for May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining in haematology and non-gynaecological cytopathology: recommendations of the French Society of Clinical Cytology (SFCC) and of the French Association for Quality Assurance in Anatomic and Cytologic Pathology (AFAQAP). Cytopathology 2016; 27:359-68. [PMID: 27146425 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Since the guidelines of the International Committee for Standardisation in Haematology (ICSH) in 1984 and those of the European Committee for External Quality Assessment Programmes in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM) in 2004, no leading organisation has published technical recommendations for the preparation of air-dried cytological specimens using May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG) staining. DATA SOURCES Literature data were retrieved using reference books, baseline-published studies, articles extracted from PubMed/Medline and Google Scholar, and online-available industry datasheets. RATIONALE The present review addresses all pre-analytical issues concerning the use of Romanowsky's stains (including MGG) in haematology and non-gynaecological cytopathology. It aims at serving as actualised, best practice recommendations for the proper handling of air-dried cytological specimens. It, therefore, appears complementary to the staining criteria of the non-gynaecological diagnostic cytology handbook edited by the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service (UK-NEQAS) in February 2015.
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- E Piaton
- Centre de Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France. .,Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Laboratoire d'Anatomo-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier René Dubos, Cergy Pontoise, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Cabinet de Pathologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Département d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, IUC Toulouse Oncopôle, Toulouse, France
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- Unité de Cytopathologie, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque (CHU de Bordeaux), Pessac, France
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- Centre de Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France.,Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,UF de Cytologie Pathologique, Institut de Biologie et de Pathologie, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Cabinet de Pathologie, SCP des Drs Bloget et Declerck, Avon, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Unité de Cytopathologie, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Association Française d'Assurance Qualité en Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques (AFAQAP), Strasbourg, France.,Département de Pathologie, Hôpital de Hautepierre, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Association Française d'Assurance Qualité en Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques (AFAQAP), Strasbourg, France.,Département de Pathologie, Hôpital de Hautepierre, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Association Française d'Assurance Qualité en Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques (AFAQAP), Strasbourg, France.,Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
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- Société Française de Cytologie Clinique (SFCC), Paris, France.,Association Française d'Assurance Qualité en Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques (AFAQAP), Strasbourg, France.,Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Université Paris Descartes, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, site Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Herbert A, Anic V, Cochand-Priollet B, Dina R, Ehya H, Eide ML, Fabre M, Field A, Kapila K, Kardum-Skelin I, Oliveira MH, Olszewski W, Önal B, Nasioutziki M, Nayar R, Nielsen K, Shabalova I, Schmitt F, Tötsch M, Wilson A, Vass L, Zeppa P. Training and practice of cytotechnologists: a discussion forum focused on Europe. Cytopathology 2014; 25:307-15. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- A. Herbert
- Cellular Pathology Department; St Thomas’ Hospital; Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; London UK
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- Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytogenetics; Merkur University Hospital; Zagreb Croatia
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- Histopathology Department; Imperial College NHS Trust; Hammersmith Hospital; London UK
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- Department of Pathology; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Genetics; Trondheim University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Pathology; Gustave Roussy; Cancer Campus Grand Paris; Villejuif France
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology; St Vincent's Hospital; Sydney NSW Australia
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- Cytopathology Unit; Department of Pathology; Faculty of Medicine; Kuwait University; Kuwait Kuwait
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- Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytogenetics; Merkur University Hospital and School of Medicine; University of Zagreb; Zagreb Croatia
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- Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica; Hospital Beatriz Angelo; Loures Portugal
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- Department of Pathology; Institute of Oncology; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Pathology and Cytology; Ankara Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital; Ankara Turkey
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- Molecular Cytopathology Laboratory; Faculty of Medicine; AUTH; Hippokration Hospital; Thessaloniki Greece
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- Cytopathology Laboratory; Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Chicago IL USA
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- Institute of Pathology; Aahus University Hospital; Aarhus Denmark
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- Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Moscow Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto; Porto Portugal
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Faculty of Medicine; University of Toronto; Toronto ON Canada
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- Institute of Cytology; University Hospital of Graz; Medical University of Graz; Graz Austria
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- Department of Histopathology; Monklands Hospital; Airdrie UK
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- Department of Pathology/Cytology; University Hospital of Pest County; Kistarcsa Hungary
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- Anatomia Patologica; University of Salerno; Salerno Italy
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Bucau M, Dahan H, Meignin V, Toubert ME, Tazi A, Cochand-Priollet B. FNA cytology revealing Langerhans cell histiocytosis and papillary thyroid carcinoma. Cytopathology 2014; 26:130-2. [PMID: 24666622 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M Bucau
- Department of Pathology, St Louis Hospital-University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Ratour J, Polivka M, Dahan H, Laloi-Michelin M, Hamzy L, Kania R, Cochand-Priollet B. Lésions folliculaires de signification indéterminée en cytopathologie thyroïdienne (Bethesda 2010). Ann Pathol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2012.09.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Naneix A, Si-Mohamed A, Shaar-Chneker C, Hadid K, Barranger E, Cochand-Priollet B. Les enseignements du génotypage dans les lésions ASC-US des frottis cervico-utérins. Ann Pathol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2012.09.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Schmitt F, Cochand-Priollet B, Toetsch M, Davidson B, Bondi A, Vielh P. Immunocytochemistry in Europe: results of the European Federation of Cytology Societies (EFCS) inquiry. Cytopathology 2011; 22:238-42. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00885.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Leenhardt L, Borson-Chazot F, Calzada M, Carnaille B, Charrié A, Cochand-Priollet B, Cao CD, Leboulleux S, Le Clech G, Mansour G, Menegaux F, Monpeyssen H, Orgiazzi J, Rouxel A, Sadoul JL, Schlumberger M, Tramalloni J, Tranquart F, Wemeau JL. Good practice guide for cervical ultrasound scan and echo-guided techniques in treating differentiated thyroid cancer of vesicular origin. Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2011; 72:173-97. [PMID: 21641577 DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Good practice guide for cervical ultrasound scan and echo-guided techniques in treating differentiated thyroid cancer of vesicular origin. American, European and French Recommendations for the treatment of differentiated vesicular thyroid cancer were recently published. Cervical ultrasound scanning is now considered a key examination in the follow-up of these cancers. This examination is noninvasive, easy to perform and to obtain, is not costly, but remains operator-dependent. To date, there are no recommendations published that assemble all the technical aspects, results, indications and the limits of this examination in the initial medical report and the follow-up of these cancers. In order to standardise the procedure and validate the quality of the examination, a workgroup made up of a panel of experts particularly involved in carrying out ultrasound scans was set up. The aim was to draw up a good practice guide for performing cervical ultrasound scans and echo-guided techniques in treating patients with differentiated thyroid cancer of vesicular origin. The main objectives are to: (a) standardise the procedure and reports, (b) define the criteria for establishing whether lesions identified during a cervical ultrasound scan are malignant or benign, (c) standardise the indications for carrying out cytological tests and an in situ assay of markers, (d) help doctors to select the patients who ought to receive a cervical ultrasound scan and or cytological tests, (e) discuss how frequently the examinations should be carried out depending on the risk of recurrence.
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- L Leenhardt
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris cedex, France.
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Kocjan G, Cochand-Priollet B, de Agustin PP, Bourgain C, Chandra A, Daneshbod Y, Deery A, Duskova J, Ersoz C, Fadda G, Fassina A, Firat P, Jimenez-Ayala B, Karakitsos P, Koperek O, Matesa N, Poller D, Thienpont L, Ryska A, Schenck U, Sauer T, Schmitt F, Tani E, Toivonen T, Tötsch M, Troncone G, Vass L, Vielh P. Diagnostic terminology for reporting thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: European Federation of Cytology Societies thyroid working party symposium, Lisbon 2009. Cytopathology 2011; 21:86-92. [PMID: 21054822 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00751.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A European Federation of Cytology Societies (EFCS) working party of 28 members from 14 European countries met at the European Congress of Cytology in Lisbon in September 2009, with two observers from the USA, to discuss the need for standardising thyroid FNA nomenclature in the light of the National Institute of Cancer (NCI) recommendations resulting from the State of the Science conference in Bethesda in 2007. The data were obtained through two questionnaires sent by email and a transcript of the live discussion at the congress, which is presented in full. The surveys and discussion showed that there were currently no national terminologies for reporting thyroid FNA in the different European countries except in Italy and the UK. Personal, 'local', surgical pathology and descriptive terminologies were in use. All but one of the working party members agreed that thyroid FNA reporting should be standardised. Whilst almost a third would adopt the NCI Bethesda terminology, which offers the advantages of a 'risk of cancer' correlation and is linked to clinical recommendations, more than half favoured a translation of local terminology as the first step towards a unified nomenclature, as has been done recently in the UK. There was some disagreement about the use of: a) the six-tiered as opposed to four or five-tiered systems, b) the use of an indeterminate category and c) the 'follicular neoplasm' category, which was felt by some participants not to be different from the 'suspicious of malignancy' category. The conclusions will be passed to the different national societies of cytology for discussion, who will be asked to map their local terminologies to the Bethesda classification, observe its acceptance by clinicians and audit its correlation with outcome.
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- G Kocjan
- Department of Histopathology, University College London, UK
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Cochand-Priollet B, Schmitt FC, Tötsch M, Vielh P. The Bethesda terminology for reporting thyroid cytopathology: from theory to practice in Europe. Acta Cytol 2011; 55:507-11. [PMID: 22156458 DOI: 10.1159/000334687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A 2007 conference held at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., USA, proposed a new terminology for classifying the results of thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) - The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytology (TBSRTC). The need to standardize thyroid FNA terminology was emphasized during the 35th European Congress of Cytology in 2009. An interobserver review study to assess the new terminology for analyzing the results of thyroid FNA was organized by the scientific committee of the European Federation of Cytology Societies. STUDY DESIGN Four experts in thyroid FNA examined and classified 116 FNAs according to the 6 levels of TBSRTC which are: nondiagnostic (ND); benign; atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS); follicular neoplasm/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm (FN/SFN), with those of Hürthle cell type reported as follicular neoplasm, Hürthle cell type/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm, Hürthle cell type (FNHCT/SFNHCT); suspicious (SUS), and malignant. RESULTS The total consensus was 62.1%; the cytopathologists disagreed on 44 cases, including 8 cases of AUS/FLUS and 18 of FN/SFN; 59% of the cases had no consensus. They agreed on 73 and 80% of the cases classified as benign and malignant, respectively, and on 58.3% of the SUS cases. The percentage of no consensus for each expert was between 32 and 39%. CONCLUSIONS Disagreement regarding the use of TBSRTC terminology for classifying the results of thyroid FNA mainly occurred in the most-often criticized categories of AUS/FLUS and FN/SFN.
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- B Cochand-Priollet
- Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
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Anshu, Herbert A, Cochand-Priollet B, Cross P, Desai M, Dina R, Duskova J, Evered A, Farnsworth A, Gray W, Gupta SS, Kapila K, Kardum-Skelin I, Kloboves-Prevodnik V, Kobayashi TK, Koutselini H, Olszewski W, Onal B, Pitman MB, Marinsek Z, Sauer T, Schenck U, Schmitt F, Shabalova I, Smith JHF, Tani E, Vass L, Vielh P, Wiener H. Survey of medical training in cytopathology carried out by the journal Cytopathology. Cytopathology 2010; 21:147-56. [PMID: 20482722 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This report of the Editorial Advisory Board of Cytopathology gives the results of a survey of medical practitioners in cytopathology, which aimed to find out their views on the current situation in undergraduate and postgraduate training in their institutions and countries. The results show that training in cytopathology and histopathology are largely carried out at postgraduate level and tend to be organized nationally rather than locally. Histopathology was regarded as essential for training in cytopathology by 89.5% of respondents and was mandatory according to 83.1%. Mandatory cytopathology sections of histopathology were reported by 67.3% and specific examinations in cytopathology by 55.4%. The main deficiencies in training were due to its variability; there were insufficient numbers of pathologists interested in cytology and a consequent lack of training to a high level of competence. Pathologists without specific training in cytopathology signed out cytology reports according to 54.7% of responses, more often in centres where training was 3-6 months or less duration. Although 92.2% of respondents thought that specialist cytology should not be reported by pathologists without experience in general cytopathology, that practice was reported by 30.9%, more often in centres with small workloads. The survey report recommends that 6-12 months should be dedicated to cytopathology during histopathology training, with optional additional training for those wanting to carry out independent practice in cytopathology. Formal accreditation should be mandatory for independent practice in cytopathology. When necessary, temporary placements to centres of good practice should be available for trainees intending to practise independently in cytopathology. There should be adequate numbers of pathologists trained in cytopathology to a high level of competence; some of their time could be released by training cytotechnologists and trainee pathologists to prescreen cytology slides and assess adequacy of fine-needle aspiration samples when immediate diagnosis was not required. The survey demonstrated a clear need for European and international guidelines for training in cytopathology.
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- Anshu
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India
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Hamadeh H, Larré S, Azzouzi AR, Cancel-Tassin G, Vallancien G, Cochand-Priollet B, Cussenot O. [Genetic determinants of anatomical variants of the prostate]. Prog Urol 2008; 18:214-22. [PMID: 18501301 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2007.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Accepted: 12/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The determinants of macroscopic and microscopic anatomical variants of the prostate during ageing are poorly defined. The authors evaluated the correlation between specific gene polymorphisms involved in androgen and oestrogen synthesis and gross (prostatic weight) and microscopic anatomy (stroma/epithelium ratio) of the prostate during ageing. METHODS The prostatic weight and stromal surface area of an autopsy series of 85 men over the age of 50 were measured, then compared as a function of gene polymorphisms involved in androgen or oestrogen regulation. The following polymorphisms were studied: number of CAG repeats of the androgen receptor (AR), number of TA repeats and the V89L variant of the 5-alpha-reductase gene (SRD5A2) for androgens, and the A1A2 variant of 17-alpha-hydroxylase (CYP17) and number of TTTA repeats of the aromatase (CYP19) for oestrogens. RESULTS No correlation was observed between the number of TA repeats of the SRD5A2 gene or TTTA repeats of the CYP19 gene and anatomical parameters of the prostate. A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between age and prostate weight (r=0.21, p=0.05) and a statistically significant negative correlation was observed between prostate weight and number of CAG repeats (r=-0.32, p=0.003). The group with less than 20 CAG repeats was associated with a higher prostate weight than the other group. The stromal surface area was greater in the [20-23] CAG repeat group (p=0.02), and in the A2A2 group of CYP17 (p=0.016) than in the other groups. CONCLUSION A small number of CAG repeats is associated with a higher prostate weight. The mean number of CAG repeats of the androgen receptor and the A2A2 variant of the CYP17 gene are associated with a larger stromal surface area.
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- H Hamadeh
- CeRePP-EA3104, université Paris-VII, Paris, France
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Allory Y, Bazille C, Vieillefond A, Molinié V, Cochand-Priollet B, Cussenot O, Callard P, Sibony M. Profiling and classification tree applied to renal epithelial tumours. Histopathology 2007; 52:158-66. [PMID: 18036175 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02900.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Selection of the relevant combination from a growing list of candidate immunohistochemical biomarkers constitutes a real challenge. The aim was to establish the minimal subset of antibodies to achieve classification on the basis of 12 antibodies and 309 renal tumours. METHODS AND RESULTS Seventy-nine clear cell (CC), 88 papillary (PAP) and 50 chromophobe (CHRO) renal cell carcinomas, and 92 oncocytomas (ONCO) were immunostained for renal cell carcinoma antigen, vimentin, cytokeratin (CK) AE1-AE3, CK7, CD10, epithelial membrane antigen, alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR), c-kit, E-cadherin, Bcl-1, aquaporin 1 and mucin-1 and analysed by tissue microarrays. First, unsupervised hierarchical clustering performed with immunohistochemical profiles identified four main clusters-cluster 1 (CC 67%), 2 (PAP 98%), 3 (CHRO 67%) and 4 (ONCO 100%)-demonstrating the intrinsic classifying potential of immunohistochemistry. A series of classification trees was then automatically generated using Classification And Regression Tree software. The most powerful of these classification trees sequentially used AMACR, CK7 and CD10 (with 86% CC, 87% PAP, 79% CHRO and 78% ONCO correctly classified in a leave-one-out cross-validation test). The classifier was also helpful in 22/30 additional cases with equivocal features. CONCLUSION The classification tree method using immunohistochemical profiles can be applied successfully to construct a renal tumour classifier.
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- Y Allory
- AP-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Département de Pathologie, INSERM, IMRB U841, Créteil, France.
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Agius G, Plouzeau C, Baldauf JJ, Bretz-Grenier MF, Cochand-Priollet B, Cartier I, Dubois A, Michiels-Marzais D, Muller J, Picot R, Tartar MD, Vacher-Lavenu MC, Vincent S. [Smears, HPV tests, vaccinations: their role in the future]. Ann Pathol 2006; 26 Spec No 1:1S92-7. [PMID: 17149197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- G Agius
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU de Poitiers, BP 577, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France
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Cochand-Priollet B, Ziol M, Cochand-Priollet B. Le point sur le Système de Bethesda 2001. Ann Pathol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0242-6498(06)70744-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In France, organization of the cytopathology seems to be quite different from that specifically regulated in the USA and in some other European countries. The aim of this article is to underline these specificities and to describe the solutions we advocate concerning new technologies, teaching, quality assurance, national guidelines em leader, to make our current practice compatible with the international recommendations. Moreover, we highlight the peculiar status of French cytotechnologists' and comment on the recent dramatic decrease of the medical demography in France, the consequence of which may promote a controlled transfer of competence.
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Cochand-Priollet B, Wassef M, Dahan H, Polivka M, Guillausseau PJ. Tumeurs de la thyroïde : corrélations cytologiques et histologiques ; apport des nouvelles technologies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.emcorl.2003.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cochand-Priollet B, Prat JJ, Polivka M, Thienpont L, Dahan H, Wassef M, Guillausseau PJ. Thyroid fine needle aspiration: the morphological features on ThinPrep®
slide preparations. Eighty cases with histological control. Cytopathology 2003; 14:343-9. [PMID: 14632733 DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-5507.2003.00098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study had several purposes: to define cytomorphological features of thyroid cells that might be modified by alcohol fixation; to optimize May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG) staining on ThinPrep(R) (TP; Cytyc Inc., Bexborough, MA, USA) slides and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of slides prepared by a liquid-based method with those obtained by conventional technique. This study included 120 cases of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the thyroid and 55 FNAs performed on surgically resected thyroid specimens. Histological control was available in 80 cases. In the first group of 120 FNAs, a split-sample technique was used for the TP. Three screenings were performed: first, an individual screening of the conventional smears (CS) and of the TP, a second screening to compare cells observed on the TP with the histological control and a third screening to assess the previously defined diagnostic criteria. Twenty-seven TP cases (22%) were considered unsatisfactory for diagnosis compared with 10 in CS (8%). The high rate of unsatisfactory cases with TP is likely to be due to the use of the split-sample technique. The sensitivity was 94% for CS and 81% for TP. The specificity was 67% and 60% for CS and TP, respectively. Two occult papillary carcinomas were missed by both methods. As for the MGG staining, the modified technique used for TP resulted in the same quality as the standard procedure. Conversely, TP did however induce uncommon morphological features. In this study, sensitivity and specificity levels are higher for CS than for TP; the difference may be explained by the fact that the methanol fixative used for TP induces some cytological alterations, especially in oncocytic tumours and lymphocytic thyroïditis.
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Charlier P, Cochand-Priollet B, Polivka M, Goldgran-Tolédano D, Leenhardt A. [Chloroquine cardiomyopathy revealed by complete atrio-ventricular block. A case report]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2002; 95:833-7. [PMID: 12407800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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We describe a rare case of chloroquine cardiomyopathy occurring during long term (7 years) treatment for rheumatoid polyarthritis in a 42 year old woman. There was an isolated acute severe conduction defect, which is particularly rare. Histological study with the electron microscope allowed confirmation of this diagnosis. We report here the secondary cardiological effects of this frequently used synthetic antimalarial.
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- P Charlier
- Service de cardiologie, hôpital Lariboisière
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Dahan H, Soyer P, Cochand-Priollet B, Abitbol M, Coumbaras J, Pelage JP, Boudiaf M, Rymer R. [Imaging of primary carcinoid tumor of the pancreas]. J Radiol 2001; 82:987-90. [PMID: 11591926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe the imaging features of primary carcinoid tumors of the pancreas. Materials and Methods. The sonographic and computed tomographic examinations of six patients with pathologically proven primary carcinoid tumor of the pancreas were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS In all cases, sonography showed hypoechoic and well circumscribed tumors. CT scan demonstrated hypoattenuating tumors on noncontrast images, with variable enhancement on postcontrast images. Small tumors (less than 2cm in diameter) were homogeneous whereas larger tumors were heterogeneous with areas of cystic necrosis. In two cases, enlarged lymph nodes were found in association with ascitis. In one case, hepatic metastases were present. CONCLUSION Primary carcinoid tumors of the pancreas display various and non specific imaging features. Small tumors are likely to be homogeneous and hypervascular whereas larger tumors are heterogeneous and hypovascular.
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- H Dahan
- Service de Radiologie Viscérale et Vasculaire, Hôpital Lariboisière AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10.
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Cochand-Priollet B, Le Galès C, de Cremoux P, Molinié V, Sastre-Garau X, Vacher-Lavenu MC, Vielh P, Coste J. Cost-effectiveness of monolayers and human papillomavirus testing compared to that of conventional Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer screening: protocol of the study of the French Society of Clinical Cytology. Diagn Cytopathol 2001; 24:412-20. [PMID: 11391824 DOI: 10.1002/dc.1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The French Society of Clinical Cytology is conducting a study to compare the cost-effectiveness of monolayers and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing with that of conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smears for cervical cancer screening. The protocol of this study is presented. It includes 3,000 women who will be evaluated by the three methods (conventional Pap smears, or monolayers with or without HPV testing) and by the reference method: colposcopy followed, in cases with abnormalities, by cervical biopsy. Efficacy or performance of the methods will be compared on the basis of sensitivity. Cost comparisons and cost-effectiveness modeling will be based on the costs associated with methods themselves and also the costs of "false positives." This will require specific collection of data concerning the costs of the three methods, as these costs have not previously been accurately documented. Patient recruiting and data collection started in September 1999 and will be complete in June 2000. The first results are expected to be available in spring 2001.
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- B Cochand-Priollet
- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
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Cochand-Priollet B, Fabre M. [Macronodules, dysplastic nodules and cirrhosis]. J Radiol 2001; 82:215-9. [PMID: 11287851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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For a few years, many descriptions and studies have been published regarding precancerous nodular liver lesions. As a result, several terms and classifications have been proposed leading to poor reproducibility. In 1995, an International Working Party defined nodular lesions called low grade and high grade dysplastic nodules. A good correlation between clinical, radiological and pathological lesions was then obtained. This article summarizes the histopronostic features of the nodules observed in cirrhotic liver, and attempts to specify the diagnostic criteria to distinguish dysplastic from regenerative macronodules and hepatocellular carcinomas.
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- B Cochand-Priollet
- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75475 Paris Cedex 10.
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The Transnational Training Programme in Cervical Cytology (CYTOTRAIN) is a 3-yr project funded by the European Commission to harmonize training and quality standards in cervical screening across the European Union. The aim of the program is to develop new approaches in initial and continuing vocational training, particularly in the area of life-long learning with the aim of meeting national, regional, and local needs. We present a new approach to training in cervical cytology, using an interactive program of cytological images. The method used to prepare the program and the problems encountered are described. The authors have the feeling that giving details of the organizational and management structure adopted for the project implementation might help other pathologists realize more or less similar CD-ROM training programs in their own field of activity.
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- C Marsan
- Collège de Médecine des Hôpitaux de Paris, and Department of Pathology and Cytopathology, Victor Dupouy Hospital Center, Argenteuil, France.
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Anidjar M, Villette JM, Devauchelle P, Delisle F, Cotard JP, Billotey C, Cochand-Priollet B, Copin H, Barnoux M, Triballeau S, Rain JD, Fiet J, Teillac P, Berthon P, Cussenot O. In vivo model mimicking natural history of dog prostate cancer using DPC-1, a new canine prostate carcinoma cell line. Prostate 2001; 46:2-10. [PMID: 11170126 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0045(200101)46:1<2::aid-pros1002>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dog prostate cancer is usually considered to be highly relevant to human prostate cancer. We report the isolation of a new canine prostate cancer epithelial cell line designated DPC-1. METHODS Primary cultures were established from a canine poorly differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma. Population doubling time was determined by counting nuclei after cell lysis. Tumorigenicity was assessed in nude mice and in one adult immunodeficient dog. Immunoscintigraphy was performed in both models using a monoclonal antibody (mAb) raised against the [44-62] sequence of human PSMA. RESULTS DPC-1 cells have a rapid growth in vitro (doubling time, 27 hr) which is not stimulated by androgens. In addition, DPC-1 displays immunoreactivity to human PSA and PSMA. DPC-1 was found to be highly tumorigenic not only in nude mice but also for the first time after orthotopic seeding in an immunodeficient dog. This allograft mimicked, in a compressed form, the aggressive biological behavior of spontaneous dog prostate adenocarcinoma. Immunoscintigraphy using a (131)Iodine-labeled PSMA mAb clearly visualized induced tumors in nude mice and in the dog allograft. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that DPC-1 may constitute a powerful model for assessing new diagnostic and/or therapeutic tools in the management of prostate cancer.
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- M Anidjar
- Centre de Recherche pour les Pathologies Prostatiques, Evry, France
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Cochand-Priollet B, Vacher-Lavenu MC. French gynecologic cytology. Clin Lab Med 1999; 19:877-84, viii. [PMID: 10572721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Diagnostic schema may be developed on a national or global level, but may be varied depending on the local conditions. In this article, the differences between French and North American gynecologic cytology are discussed. This article emphasizes the training, diagnostic, technologic, and regulatory differences that exist in France. By studying such differences, local practices can learn potential benefits and why their currently used systems may be optimal.
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Molinié V, Vieillefond A, Cochand-Priollet B, Dauge-Geffroy MC, Lefrère-Belda MA, de Fromont M, Lesourd A, Toublanc M, Berger N, Bouvier R, Villers A. [Recommendations for reforming prostatic specimens. Les Membres du Sous-Comité Prostate du Comité de Cancerologie de l'Association Française d'Urologie]. Ann Pathol 1999; 19:549-56. [PMID: 10617819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The purpose of these recommendations proposed by the members of the <<comités de Cancérologie de l'Association Française d'Urologie>>, is to provide an informative report for the clinician and the pathologist, in the management of patients with prostate cancer. These recommendations are common to the ADSAP and UICC recommendations on prostate cancer. Standardized forms are recommended to be included in every report.
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- V Molinié
- Services d'Anatomie et de Cytopathologie Pathologiques Hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92151 Suresnes cedex
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Fabre M, Cochand-Priollet B. [Diagnosis of pancreatic lesions by fine needle aspiration: present status and pitfalls]. Ann Pathol 1999; 19:429-38. [PMID: 10584147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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- M Fabre
- Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
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Karakitsos P, Cochand-Priollet B, Pouliakis A, Guillausseau PJ, Ioakim-Liossi A. Learning vector quantizer in the investigation of thyroid lesions. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 1999; 21:201-8. [PMID: 10560492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the capability of the learning vector quantizer (LVQ) in the discrimination of benign from malignant thyroid lesions. STUDY DESIGN The study was performed on May-Grünwald-Giemsa-stained smears taken by fine needle aspiration (FNA). Using a custom image analysis system, 25 features that describe the size, shape and texture of approximately 100 nuclei were measured from each case. Statistical features were extracted from each case, and a linear regression analysis was performed to detect the statistically significant features. The cases were distributed by category, as follows: 100 cases of goiter and follicular adenomas, 11 cases of follicular carcinoma, 35 cases of papillary carcinoma, 24 cases of oncocytic adenoma, 8 cases of oncocytic carcinoma and 20 cases of Hashimoto thyroiditis. About 30% of the cases from each class were used for training two LVQ classifiers. The remaining 139 cases, out of a total of 198, were used as the test set. A classifier was used to discriminate into four classes and a second into two classes. RESULTS The application of LVQ neural networks allows good discrimination between benign and malignant lesions (O.A. = 97.8). However, reliable discrimination of the cytologic types of the lesions was not obtained. CONCLUSION These results indicate that the use of neural networks combined with image morphometry may offer useful information on the potential for malignancy of thyroid lesions and may improve the diagnostic accuracy of FNA of the thyroid gland, especially in cases of follicular neoplasms classified as suspicious for malignancy and in cases of oncocytic tumors.
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- P Karakitsos
- Department of Cytology, St. Olga Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Anidjar M, Mongiat-Artus P, Brouland JP, Cochand-Priollet B, Teillac P, Le Duc A, Berthon P, Cussenot O. Ureteral gene transfer to porcine induced strictures using endourologic delivery of an adenoviral vector. J Urol 1999; 161:1636-43. [PMID: 10210431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Direct gene transfer to the ureter is an attractive approach to prevent restenosis after endourologic management of ureteral strictures. We therefore assessed the rationale for adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in the ureter in vitro and in vivo using a porcine model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Primary cultures of porcine ureteral epithelial and stromal cells were infected with an adenoviral solution carrying a nucleus-targeted beta-Galactosidase (beta-Gal) reporter gene (6.5 10(8) pfu/ml.). In addition, in order to mimic the human clinical situation, we have devised a model of thermally-induced stricture in porcine ureter which produced tight fibrotic stenosis within 8 days. Using a purposely designed channelled balloon catheter prototype, these strictures were endoscopically dilated and then instilled with the same beta-Gal adenoviral construction. RESULTS Application of recombinant adenovirus harboring a nucleus-targeted beta-Gal reporter gene to cultured porcine urothelial and stromal cells resulted in high transduction efficiency of up to 99% and 84% respectively. Seven days after infection, X-Gal staining of the strictured ureters demonstrated transfection up to 2 mm. depth within the fibrosis, confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. Adjacent and distal spread of the virus was excluded by histochemistry (X-Gal staining) and PCR. CONCLUSION This data represents the first report of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to the ureter. It remained site specific by endourologic retrograde clinically applicable techniques.
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- M Anidjar
- Département d'Urologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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Cochand-Priollet B. [Meeting of the French Society of Clinical Cytology]. Clin Exp Pathol 1999; 47:271-2. [PMID: 10812431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Zeppa P, Benincasa G, Troncone G, Lucariello A, Zabatta A, Cochand-Priollet B, Fulciniti F, Vetrani A, De Rosa G, Palombini L. Retrospective evaluation of DNA ploidy of hepatocarcinoma on cytologic samples. Diagn Cytopathol 1998; 19:323-9. [PMID: 9812223 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199811)19:5<323::aid-dc2>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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DNA ploidy was evaluated by image cytometry in a series of 84 hepatocellular carcinomas diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. In the series were included eight cases originally diagnosed as suspect and reclassified as well-differentiated hepatocarcinoma. The study was retrospectively performed on Papanicolaou-destained, Feulgen-restained smears. The 5c exceeding rate and the visual interpretation of the corresponding histograms were evaluated and compared with size of the tumors, serum alpha-fetoprotein values, hepatic functional staging, and patient survival. Sixty-eight cases were aneuploid and 16 euploid (9 diploid and 7 polyploid). Four of the eight cytologically suspect cases were aneuploid. Statistical analysis showed an association between size and cytologic grading, 5c exceeding rate and cytologic grading, and between aneuploidy and multiple tumors; in a Cox multivariate DNA content analysis, aneuploidy and multiple tumors were the two prognostically significant variables. DNA ploidy evaluation by static cytometry of hepatic tumors may be useful in the diagnosis on cytologic samples and could represent an independent prognostic parameter in predicting the survival outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- P Zeppa
- Laboratory and Cytopathology Service, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Longchampt E, Cariou G, Arborio M, Skrobala E, Brouland JP, Cochand-Priollet B. [The intratesticular leiomyoma: an unusual location. Report of a case]. Ann Pathol 1998; 18:418-21. [PMID: 9864578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Intratesticular location of leiomyoma is unusual. A single case has been published in the literature. We report a case of what we consider to be an intratesticular leiomyoma, with a description of its pathology, a discussion of its differential diagnosis and histogenesis.
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- E Longchampt
- Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris
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Cochand-Priollet B, Raison D, Molinie V, Guillausseau PJ, Wassef M, Bouchaud C. Altered gap and tight junctions in human thyroid oncocytic tumors: a study of 8 cases by freeze-fracture. Ultrastruct Pathol 1998; 22:413-20. [PMID: 9891919 DOI: 10.3109/01913129809032276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Human oncocytic tumors of the thyroid gland may be either adenomas or carcinomas. The morphology and the ultrastructure of these oncocytes are well-known. Numerous studies have demonstrated the role of gap and tight junctions in experimental and human carcinogenesis; however, the junctional complexes of the oncocytic tumors have never been studied. The aim of this study is to analyze gap and tight junctions in the oncocytic tumors of the thyroid. Because they are morphologically similar, whether benign or malignant, they offer an attractive model for studying the junctional complexes in both benign and malignant lesions. Eight oncocytic human thyroid tumors were collected and studied by freeze-fracture. Four of these cases were benign and four were malignant. Four cases of normal gland were also studied to represent the control group. Normal tight and gap junctions were described for the control group. No gap junctions could be found for the oncocytic tumors. Furthermore, alterations of the tight junctions were described; especially focal tights in the oncocytic adenomas and well organized and labyrinthic tight junctions in the oncocytic carcinomas. The lack of gap junction in the benign as well as in the malignant oncocytomas may suggest that the absence of gap junction is not sufficient for malignancy. The alterations of the tight junctions found in the oncocytic tumors of the thyroid are similar to those observed in poorly differentiated tissues or tumors, and may suggest a cellular regression rather than a tumorogenic factor.
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- B Cochand-Priollet
- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Cussenot O, Villette JM, Cochand-Priollet B, Berthon P. Evaluation and clinical value of neuroendocrine differentiation in human prostatic tumors. Prostate Suppl 1998; 8:43-51. [PMID: 9690663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer, like other solid tumors, is a rather heterogeneous entity. More than 50% of all malignant prostatic tumors contain neuroendocrine-like cells, which cannot be attributed to small cell prostatic carcinoma or carcinoid-like tumors, which represent only 1-2% of all prostatic malignancies. Several investigators have reported that histopathologic determination of neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate carcinomas may have prognostic implications, while others have not confirmed these results. However, on the basis of experimental data, neuroendocrine-like cells appear to be involved in the emergence of androgen-independent cells and could be a target for new prostate cancer therapeutic strategies. METHODS The literature on the neuroendocrine phenotype of prostatic carcinoma is reviewed. This review summarizes most of the accumulated experimental and clinical data on the neuroendocrine phenotype in prostate cancer. We analyze the putative functions of neuroendocrine-like cells in prostate cancer progression and discuss the place of neuroendocrine phenotype biomarkers as diagnostic and prognostic factors in prostate cancer. RESULTS The fact that focal, patchy and heterogeneous clusters of neuroendocrine-like cells are frequently identified in organ-confined prostatic carcinoma probably accounts for the various evaluations of the predictive value of neuroendocrine histological patterns for the clinical outcome at this stage of the disease. The amount of neuroendocrine cells required to produce a detectable elevation in plasma chromogranin A has not yet been determined, but it is correlated with the number of chromogranin A-positive neuroendocrine (NE) cells. Despite the obvious current limitations of the application of neuropeptides as a serological test, this overview will try to more accurately define the possible roles of specific neuropeptides as prostatic cancer markers in diagnostic and monitoring protocols. The plasma chromogranin A level, in comparison with neuron-specific enolase (NSE), chromogranin B (CBG), pancreastatin, or secretogranin levels, appears to be the most useful neuroendocrine marker for determination of neuroendocrine differentiation of advanced prostatic adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSIONS Future studies on neuroendocrine should confirm whether neuroendocrine biomarkers, especially the chromogranin family of peptides, can be used as prognostic markers during the course of prostate cancer or for the selection of patients suitable for evaluation of new antineoplastic drugs known to be active against specific and aggressive subpopulations of tumor cells.
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- O Cussenot
- Department of Urologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, and Université Paris, France.
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Saint-André JP, Donzel JP, Anger E, Chatelet F, Cochand-Priollet B, de Graeve P, Gérard F, Hassoun J, Hénin D, Marsan C, Martin E, Martin MJ, Menchon C, Muller B, Parache M, Rey C, Sevestre H, Voigt JJ, Ngoc PH, Zerat L. [Practice guidelines in Pathologic Anatomy and Cytology. Document prepared by the French Association of Quality Assurance in Pathologic Anatomy and Cytology (AFAQAP). Commission No. 4: organization and functioning of Pathologic Anatomy and Cytology]. Ann Pathol 1998; 18:227-36. [PMID: 9750046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Marsan C, Vacher-Lavenu MC, Cochand-Priollet B. A cytotelepathology consulting station. POL J PATHOL 1998; 49:41-2. [PMID: 9640974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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- C Marsan
- Département d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Faculté de Médecine Broussais Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France
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Desgrippes A, Meria P, Cortesse A, Cochand-Priollet B, Cariou G. [Epidermoid carcinoma of the bladder]. Prog Urol 1998; 8:321-9. [PMID: 9689662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Squamous carcinoma of the bladder is a rare tumour, little known in Western countries in contrast with the high incidence in the Middle East and East Africa. It has a sex-ratio of 1 and black populations appear to be preferentially affected. Several recent theories of carcinogenesis elucidate the pathophysiology of this tumour. Its risk factors essentially consist of urinary schistosomiasis and mechanical and chemical vesical irritant factors. The diagnosis of this cancer is often delayed, but can be facilitated by strict follow-up of high-risk patients. Prevention appears possible in these patients. Its prognosis, traditionally poor, essentially depends on tumour stage and grade. Treatment is surgical, essentially radical cystectomy, which has a real therapeutic efficacy. The respective roles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are currently under evaluation.
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Cochand-Priollet B. [Cytology of renal and adrenal gland masses in adults]. Arch Anat Cytol Pathol 1998; 45:299-304. [PMID: 9588041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) of renal masses and adrenal glands don't really differ from FNA of other sites. Nevertheless, only few series have been published on this subject, and surgery remains the most conventional attitude after the clinical and radiological diagnosis of a mass. The aim of this "lesson" is to demonstrate that this technique is accurate for kidneys and adrenal glands too.
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- B Cochand-Priollet
- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Molinié V, Cochand-Priollet B, Staroz F, Vieillefond A. [Classification of primary kidney tumors in adults]. Ann Pathol 1998; 18:29-47. [PMID: 9551156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- V Molinié
- Service d'Anatomie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes
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Krieger PA, McGoogan E, Vooijs GP, Amma NS, Cochand-Priollet B, Colgan TJ, Davey DD, Geyer JW, Goodell RM, Grohs DH, Gupta SK, Jones BA, Koss LG, Mango LJ, McCallum SM, Nielsen M, Robinowitz M, Sauer T, Schumann JL, Syrjänen KJ, Suprun HZ, Topalidis T, Wertlake PT, Whittaker J. Quality assurance/control issues. International Academy of Cytology Task Force summary. Diagnostic Cytology Towards the 21st Century: An International Expert Conference and Tutorial. Acta Cytol 1998; 42:133-40. [PMID: 9479332 DOI: 10.1159/000331538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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ISSUES General definitions of quality assurance and quality control (QA/C) have existed in many forms for decades, and a new discipline guides their application to diverse industrial and recently medical processes without much fanfare. However, in the field of cervical cytology screening, the range of QA/C options has recently broadened and become controversial. With the advent of new systems of terminology, larger-scale laboratories and new technologies--plus strong governmental and legal pressures in some nations--the range of extremely difficult and sometimes expensive QA/C choices our community faces is greater than ever. CONSENSUS POSITION At our conference, the basic definitions of QA/C posed little difficulty. Presentation of the range of methods in use today and of those based on new technologies where use is proposed or has just begun also was achieved with little or no dispute. However, there was lack of consensus on exactly how QA/C methods are to be assessed. Indeed, there was little consistency in the use of different outcome measures with which we can judge success or failure of specific QA/C options. In addition, the tension between pressure to adopt sometimes uncertain or expensive method enhancements and pressure to maintain affordability and the widest possible access for populations that most need cervical cytology screening is greater than ever. ONGOING ISSUES More data are required that would enable assessment of QA/C options with the clearest possible understanding of cost/benefits and current or new assumptions of risk. Other task forces, such as medicolegal, cost/benefit and those devoted to new technologies, are our essential partners in meeting the challenges described above.
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- P A Krieger
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Teterboro, New Jersey 07608-1070, USA
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McGoogan E, Colgan TJ, Ramzy I, Cochand-Priollet B, Davey DD, Grohs HK, Gurley AM, Husain OA, Hutchinson ML, Knesel EA, Linder J, Mango LJ, Mitchell H, Peebles A, Reith A, Robinowitz M, Sauer T, Shida S, Solomon D, Topalidis T, Wilbur DC, Yamauchi K. Cell preparation methods and criteria for sample adequacy. International Academy of Cytology Task Force summary. Diagnostic Cytology Towards the 21st Century: An International Expert Conference and Tutorial. Acta Cytol 1998; 42:25-32. [PMID: 9479321 DOI: 10.1159/000331532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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ISSUES Cell Preparation Methods Standardized fixation and optimal staining Sampling of cervix, sampling error, homogenization of sample, subsampling Assessment of liquid-based preparations: efficacy and economic impact Training and transitional procedures before full implementation of new technologies Criteria for Sample Adequacy Clinician responsibility for collecting and providing representative sample to laboratory Collection instruments, number of slides Cellular content of samples: evidence of transformation zone (TZ) sampling, number of squamous cells present, obscuring factors Screening issues CONSENSUS POSITION The conventional cervical smear remains the standard method of cervical cancer screening but has limitations in individual test sensitivity and specificity. Sample takers should: (1) receive appropriate training in sample collection, (2) be held responsible for providing the laboratory with appropriate samples, and (3) have their performance monitored. The instruments used for sampling should collect cells from both the ectocervix and endocervix; optimally, TZ sampling, represented by the presence of endocervical or squamous metaplastic cells, should be identifiable in samples other than atrophic specimens. The adequacy of a specimen (as judged microscopically) does not guarantee that it is representative of the cervix. Each cytology report should include a comment on cellular content/adequacy of the specimen. Liquid-based preparations may overcome many of the inherent problems with the conventional cervical smear. ONGOING ISSUES We need further data on the cost-effectiveness of making two slides from cervical specimens and/or using two samplers rather than a single one. Do we have enough information to make recommendations as to the appropriate type of sampler to be used in particular situations, such as routine screening? What is the best method of screening for/detecting endocervical glandular neoplasia? How are such terms as unsatisfactory and inadequate defined in cervical cytology classifications other than the Bethesda System? What number and types of epithelial cells should be present (visualized) in a cervical smear or liquid-based preparation for it to be considered adequate? Do we need to have evidence of TZ sampling in specimens taken during the follow-up period after treatment of squamous intraepithelial lesion or after detection of endocervical glandular neoplasia? What criteria for obscuring factors, such as blood and inflammation, should be used in assessing adequacy? Cost-benefit analyses of utilizing liquid-based preparations are needed. Should we inform women about the technical details of the test methods available or chosen by the laboratory? Are women in a position to decide which method is the most appropriate to assess their cervical scrape sample? We need to obtain more information about the properties of proprietary liquid fixative/transport media with respect to inactivation of viral pathogens, tuberculosis and other bacterial pathogens and suitability for immunobiologic and molecular tests, etc. We need to obtain more information on the use of stoichiometric stains and the limitations of Papanicolaou stain for image analysis systems. The use of liquid-based preparations for nongynecologic cytopathology and ancillary tests must be considered, including criteria for adequacy. We need to obtain more information on the time required for and best methods of training experienced cytotechnologists to become competent at assessing liquid-based cervical preparations.
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- E McGoogan
- Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cochand-Priollet B, Molinié V, Bougaran J, Bouvier R, Dauge-Geffroy MC, Deslignières S, Fournet JC, Gros P, Lesourd A, Saint-André JP, Toublanc M, Vieillefond A, Wassef M, Fontaine A, Groleau L. Renal chromophobe cell carcinoma and oncocytoma. A comparative morphologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical study of 124 cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1997; 121:1081-6. [PMID: 9341588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Renal oncocytoma has several features that overlap with other renal neoplasms, including the eosinophilic subtype of chromophobe cell carcinoma. In fact, strict criteria for renal oncocytoma have not been well defined and remain a matter of controversy. Ultrastructural studies or sophisticated methods such as flow cytometry and cytogenetic techniques can be of great use in distinguishing the two tumors, but are difficult to propose as routine methods because of their limited availability. OBJECTIVE To further characterize the histologic criteria of these tumors, we undertook a retrospective study to define the utility of routinely available histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques. DESIGN AND SETTING Twenty-one cases of chromophobe cell carcinoma, eosinophilic subtype, and 103 cases of oncocytoma were tested with histochemical (Perls, periodic acid-Schiff, and Hale's colloidal iron) and immunohistochemical (peanut agglutinin antigen and UEA-1 for lectins; cytokeratin KL1, epithelial membrane antigen, vimentin, S100 protein, and lysozyme) staining. RESULTS The antibodies tested and the histochemical staining using Hale's colloidal iron allowed eosinophilic chromophobe cell carcinoma to be distinguished by its characteristic reaction pattern. Seventy-six percent of the chromophobe cell carcinomas showed a microvacuolated pattern, and 89% of the renal oncocytomas showed an apical positivity with Hale's colloidal iron staining (P < .01). Peripheral cell accentuation reactivity for cytokeratin KL1 was observed in 66% of the chromophobe cell carcinoma cases, and apical cytoplasmic positivity was observed in 37% of the renal oncocytoma cases (P = .01). Significant patterns were observed with anti-epithelial membrane antigen and anti-peanut agglutinin antigen antibodies (P = .05 and P = .01, respectively). Positive reactions for vimentin, S100 protein, lysozyme, and UEA-1 were not significant characteristics. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that a precise morphologic description associated with simple histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques provides sufficient criteria for a high level of discrimination between the eosinophilic subtype of chromophobe cell carcinoma and renal oncocytoma.
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PURPOSE To determine the potential for use of an automated device for transjugular liver biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 29 consecutive patients with liver dysfunction in whom percutaneous transperitoneal biopsy was contraindicated because of thrombocytopenia, severe coagulopathy, or marked ascites, transjugular liver biopsy was performed with an 18-gauge automated device. Histopathologic specimens were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. Complications related to the biopsy procedure were noted. RESULTS In all patients, an adequate biopsy specimen (mean length, 12.0 mm +/- 5.5; range, 5.0-20.0 mm) was obtained during a single pass. In all tissue samples, a confident histopathologic diagnosis was made. Additional information was obtained in 15 patients with cirrhosis who had coexisting diffuse hepatic disease. No complications related to the procedure were noted. CONCLUSION Use of an automated biopsy device is recommended for transjugular liver biopsy, as it enables safe acquisition of high-quality hepatic tissue samples.
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- M Kardache
- Department of Radiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Desgrandchamps F, Moulinier F, Cochand-Priollet B, Wassef M, Teillac P, Le Duc A. Microscopic study of the pig ureteral urothelium. J Urol 1997; 157:1926-7. [PMID: 9112564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To characterize the structure of normal pig ureteral urothelium. MATERIALS AND METHODS Normal ureters of adult pigs [Large White] were studied by light microscopy. Cells were stained histochemically for glycogen and mucin with Periodic Acid Shiff and Alcian Blue. RESULTS Pig urothelium has a comparable structure to that of man: transitional epithelium comprising 4 to 5 cell layers. However, several mucinous cells are seen between the urothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS The pig ureter differs from human ureter due to the presence of mucinous cells in the ureteral urothelium under normal conditions. This feature must be taken into account in the interpretation of experimental results obtained with this model.
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Anidjar M, Meria P, Cochand-Priollet B, Cussenot O, Desgrandchamps F, Cortesse A, Teillac P, Le Duc A. Evaluation of optimal stent size after antegrade endopyelotomy: an experimental study in the porcine model. Eur Urol 1997; 32:245-52. [PMID: 9286661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of two sizes of internal ureteral stents, 7 F and 12 F, on ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) healing after antegrade endopyelotomy. METHODS A right UPJ stricture was created in 10 pigs using an open surgical retroperitoneal approach. This model of obstruction consists of initially bridging the UPJ with a Terumo guide wire through an upper third ureterotomy and securing two 2.0 chronic gut ties around the UPJ over the guide wire and a 6 F ureteral catheter. The ureteral catheter is then withdrawn and the guide wire left in situ coiled up within the lumbar wall and fixed to the urogenital opening. Eight days later, each UPJ stricture was incised percutaneously using the invagination technique. Five pigs received a 7 F double-pigtail ureteral stent, while the remaining 5 pigs received a 12/7 F internal endopyelotomy stent. These stents were removed 1 week later. Retrograde ureteropyelography was performed at three months and the UPJ were examined grossly and harvested for histologic studies. RESULTS One of the 5 pigs in each study group developed a recurrent stricture. The two groups were not statistically different in terms of histologic findings, although fibrosis of the muscle layer was more pronounced in the 12 F group. CONCLUSION The use of a large caliber stent after experimental antegrade endopyelotomy does not provide any advantage over the use of a smaller easily positioned 7 F stent.
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- M Anidjar
- Département d'Urologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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Karakitsos P, Cochand-Priollet B, Guillausseau PJ, Pouliakis A. Potential of the back propagation neural network in the morphologic examination of thyroid lesions. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 1996; 18:494-500. [PMID: 8978873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential of back propagation (BP) neural networks (NNs) in the discrimination of benign from malignant thyroid lesions. STUDY DESIGN The study was performed on May-Grünwald-Giemsa-stained smears obtained by fine needle aspiration (FNA). Using a custom image analysis system, 26 features that describe the size, shape and texture of the nucleus were measured from each cell. The cases were distributed according to categories, as follows: 25 cases of goiter and follicular adenomas, 1 case of follicular carcinoma, 12 cases of papillary carcinoma, 6 cases of oncocytic adenoma, 3 cases of oncocytic carcinoma and 4 cases of Hashimoto thyroiditis. From each case about 100 nuclei were measured; they formed a pool of 13,850 feature vectors. Out of this pool, 2,770 vectors were randomly selected to form the training set, and the remaining 11,080 vectors formed the test set. RESULTS The application of a BP NN on the nuclear measurements permitted correct classification of 90.61% nuclei. Classification at the patient level was performed using a hypothesis test for proportion and two different hypothesis values, one equal to the overall accuracy of the NN and one equal to 50%. The second method permitted correct classification of 98% of patients. CONCLUSION These results indicate that the use of NNs combined with image morphometry and statistical techniques may offer useful information on the potential malignancy of thyroid cells and may improve the diagnostic accuracy of FNA of the thyroid gland, especially in cases classified as suspicious for malignancy.
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- P Karakitsos
- Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytogenetics, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Zeppa P, Benincasa G, Fulciniti F, Cochand-Priollet B, Troncone G, Vetrani A, Celentano E, Nardone G, Palombini L. Apoptosis and cytologic differentiation in hepatocellular carcinoma on fine needle aspiration samples. Acta Cytol 1996; 40:861-6. [PMID: 8842157 DOI: 10.1159/000333992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate possible alterations of the mechanisms leading to apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by studying bcl-2 expression on fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples using immunocytochemistry. STUDY DESIGN The study was performed on a series of 84 hepatocarcinomas aspirated under ultrasound guidance. A Papanicolaou-stained smear for each case was destained and restained for bcl-2 by using the immunoperoxidase technique. bcl-2 Expression was then correlated with cytologic grading and the size of the tumor. RESULTS In 16 cases (19%), bcl-2 immunostaining gave a specific cytoplasmic signal. Fourteen of these positive cases were well differentiated, and two were pleomorphic tumors. Six positive cases were smaller than 5 cm, 3 were larger than 5 cm, and 7 were diffuse. CONCLUSION A significant percentage of hepatocellular carcinomas produce and accumulate bcl-2 protein in cell cytoplasm. bcl-2 Expression can be detected on destained cytologic smears. bcl-2 Expression seems to correlate with the cytologic degree of differentiation but not with the size of the tumor.
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- P Zeppa
- Laboratory and Cytopathology Service, Institute of Pathology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Mouly S, Cochand-Priollet B, Halimi C, Bergmann JF. [Portal hypertension caused by intra-hepatic block in chronic lymphoid leukemia]. Presse Med 1996; 25:497-8. [PMID: 8685110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A 83-year-old woman with chronic lymphoid leukemia--well controlled for 14 years with chemotherapy--was admitted for ascitis due to portal hypertension. Liver biopsy showed major portal infiltration with monomorphic little lymphocytes. Portal hypertension during chronic lymphoid leukemia might be caused by this periportal lymphoid infiltration or by intraportal venous thrombosis due to thrombophilia or by increasing of hepatic blood flow. Our observation showed that hepatic localizations of the disease may induce acute symptoms even when the lymphoid leukemia seems to be under control both in terms of blood parameters and lymphadenopathy.
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- S Mouly
- Service de Médecine interne A, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris
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