Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Sinai Health System Toronto ON Canada
2. Department of Pathology University Health Network Toronto ON Canada
3. Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada
4. Department of Pathology Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital Izmir Turkey
5. Lunenfeld‐Tanenbaum Research Institute Sinai Health System Toronto ON Canada
Abstract
AimsVenous invasion (VI) is a powerful yet under‐reported prognostic factor in colorectal cancer (CRC). Efforts to improve its detection have largely focused upon histological assessment, with less attention paid to tissue‐sampling strategies. This study aimed to prospectively determine the number of tumour blocks required to optimise VI detection in CRC resections. In addition, the relationship between linear spiculation (LS) and extramural venous invasion (EMVI) was investigated.Methods and resultsA standardised tissue sampling protocol was developed and applied prospectively to 217 CRC resections [AJCC 8th edition, stage 1 (n = 32); stage 2 (n = 84); stage 3 (n = 87); stage 4 (n = 14); and post‐neoadjuvant therapy (n = 46)]. Elastin stains were performed on all tumour blocks. VI was identified in 55% of cases (EMVI = 37%; IMVI alone = 18%). The sensitivity of VI detection increased with increasing numbers of tumour blocks submitted [one block (35%), three blocks (66%), five blocks (84%), six blocks (95%) and seven blocks (97%)]. Similar findings were observed for EMVI [one block (35%), three blocks (73%), five blocks (89%), six blocks (96%) and seven blocks (96%)]. LS was identified macroscopically in 22% of specimens. In cases where no neoadjuvant therapy had been given, EMVI was significantly associated with LS (71% in LS+ cases versus 29% in LS– cases; P < 0.001). In addition, tumour blocks targeting LS were associated with a fivefold higher rate of EMVI compared with blocks that did not (P < 0.001).ConclusionsOur findings demonstrate the impact of tissue sampling and quality of gross examination on VI detection and may inform practices in future CRC protocols.
Subject
General Medicine,Histology,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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