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Evaluation of p53 Immunohistochemical Expression Using Open-Source Software for Digital Image Analysis: A Tissue Microarray Study of Penile Squamous Cell Carcinomas

View ORCID ProfileAlcides Chaux, George J Netto, Authur L Burnett
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/029850
Alcides Chaux
Norte University;
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George J Netto
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
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Authur L Burnett
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
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Abstract

The addition of molecular biomarkers is needed to increase the accuracy of pathologic factors as prognosticators of outcome in penile squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Evaluation of these biomarkers is usually carried out by immunohistochemistry. Herein we assess p53 immunohistochemical expression on tissue samples of penile SCC using freely-available, open-source software packages for digital image analysis. We also compared the results of digital analysis with standard visual estimation. Percentages of p53 positive cells were higher by visual estimation than by digital analysis. However, correlation was high between both methods. Our study shows that evaluation of p53 immunohistochemical expression is feasible using open-source software packages for digital image analysis. Although our analysis was limited to penile SCC, the rationale should also hold for other tumor types in which evaluation of p53 immunohistochemical expression is required. This approach would reduce interobserver variability, and would provide a standardized method for reporting the results of immunohistochemical stains. As these diagnostic tools are freely-available online, researchers and practicing pathologists could incorporate them in their daily practice without increasing diagnostic costs.

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Evaluation of p53 Immunohistochemical Expression Using Open-Source Software for Digital Image Analysis: A Tissue Microarray Study of Penile Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Alcides Chaux, George J Netto, Authur L Burnett
bioRxiv 029850; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/029850
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Evaluation of p53 Immunohistochemical Expression Using Open-Source Software for Digital Image Analysis: A Tissue Microarray Study of Penile Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Alcides Chaux, George J Netto, Authur L Burnett
bioRxiv 029850; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/029850

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