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Saxén E, Franssila K, Bjarnason O, et al. Observer variation in histologic classification of thyroid cancer. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand A. 1978;86(6):483-6doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x.
Saxén, E., Franssila, K., Bjarnason, O., Normann, T., & Ringertz, N. (1978). Observer variation in histologic classification of thyroid cancer. Acta pathologica et microbiologica Scandinavica. Section A, Pathology, 86(6), 483-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x
Saxén, E, et al. "Observer variation in histologic classification of thyroid cancer." Acta pathologica et microbiologica Scandinavica. Section A, Pathology vol. 86,6 (1978): 483-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x
Saxén E, Franssila K, Bjarnason O, Normann T, Ringertz N. Observer variation in histologic classification of thyroid cancer. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand A. 1978 Nov;86(6):483-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x. PMID: 716909.
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Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand A. 1978 Nov;86(6):483-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x.

Observer variation in histologic classification of thyroid cancer.

Acta pathologica et microbiologica Scandinavica. Section A, Pathology

E Saxén, K Franssila, O Bjarnason, T Normann, N Ringertz

PMID: 716909 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb02073.x

Abstract

Histologic slides of 696 cases of thyroid cancer reported to the national cancer registries of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were reviewed by 5 Nordic pathologists in order to determine the observer variation between the pathologists, as well as the reproducibility of the WHO classification of thyroid tumours. In 58% of the cases all observers agreed upon the diagnosis and in 82% at least three of them agreed. The observer disagreement was lowest for papillary carcinoma (7%) and highest for follicular carcinoma (27%). The corresponding figures for anaplastic and medullary carcinomas were 18% and 23%, respectively. The most common diverging diagnosis for cases finally interpreted as papillary carcinoma was follicular carcinoma, and for cases finally interpreted as follicular carcinoma, a benign thyroid lesion. The results of the present study clearly indicate the necessity of having all cases reviewed by the same pathologist or group of pathologists in order to obtain reliable results for comparative studies.

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