Abstract
Objectives: In recent years, research has increasingly focused on the microenvironment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) as a predictor of treatment outcome. The focus of this study was to assess the interobserver reproducibility in interpreting macrophage-associated immunohistochemistry (IHC) for CD68 and CD163 in a retrospective cohort of 88 patients with CHL. Methods: Staining results were correlated with clinical outcome in all patients and those with a high international prognostic score (IPS). Results: The intraclass correlation (ICC) for the five hematopathologists interpreting the IHC was stronger for CD163 (0.70) than for CD68 (0.50). Using a cutoff of 25% mean macrophage reactivity and including all patients, a statistically significant difference in overall survival (OS) was seen only for CD163 ( P = .0006) and not for CD68 ( P = .414). Patients with a mean CD163 reactivity of 25% or more had a median OS of 71 months vs 101 months for patients with less than 25% reactivity. CD163 retained statistical significance in multivariate analysis. In patients with advanced-stage CHL with high IPS, OS was also significantly worse for those with a mean CD163 reactivity of 25% or higher. Conclusions: Our study confirms previous reports of a prognostic role of tumor-infiltrating macrophages in CHL, but only for CD163. Although most of the literature supports an increasing role of macrophage IHC as a predictor of clinical outcome, successful clinical translation will require a standardized method and reporting system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 381-387 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American journal of clinical pathology |
Volume | 141 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2014 |
Keywords
- CD163
- CD68
- Classical hodgkin lymphoma
- High ips
- Overall survival
- Tumor-infiltrating macrophages