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- Title
Clinical Significance of Dual-Block Elastic Stain Evaluating Visceral Pleural Invasion in Peripheral Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Authors
Li, Shaoling; Huang, Yan; Zhang, Lingping; Dong, Zhengwei; Wu, Wei; Zhang, Wei; Wu, Chunyan; Hou, Likun
- Abstract
Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) is a critical component in the staging of peripheral non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). We aim to investigate whether dual-block elastic stain increases visceral pleural invasion positivity compared with single-block elastic stain. We further analyze the potential predictors of visceral pleural invasion. 8419 peripheral NSCLC patients (including 6008 patients with tumor size≤3 cm in stage I) were divided into a cohort using one paraffin block (single-block group, n = 5184) and a cohort using dual paraffin blocks (dual-block group, n = 3235) for elastic stain. The VPI-positive rate demonstrated by the dual-block elastic stains group was significantly higher than that of the single-block elastic stain group (17.7% (573/3235) versus 9.1% (474/5184), respectively, P <.001). The presence of visceral pleural invasion in T1 (≤3 cm) patients detected by single- and dual-block elastic stain was 6.3% (235/3730) and 12.0% (273/2278), respectively (P <.001). 5.7% of T1 patients (stage IA) were additionally upstaged to T2a (stage IB) by dual-block elastic stain. However, the incidence of visceral pleural invasion in pT2a patients showed no significant difference between the single-block group and the dual-block group (16.8% vs. 17.1%, P =.916). Lymphovascular invasion, lymph node metastasis, dedifferentiated carcinomas, the presence of spread through airspaces (STAS) and a poorly differentiated adenocarcinomatous growth pattern could be significant predictors of visceral pleural invasion (P <.001). Our results indicate that using dual-block elastic stain identifies more visceral pleural invasion positive T1 NSCLC patients who are upstaged to T2a, and who could benefit from optimal management post-operatively. The application of dual-block elastic stain is an efficient and practical method to detect visceral pleural invasion status.
- Subjects
NON-small-cell lung carcinoma; ERLOTINIB; LYMPHATIC metastasis
- Publication
International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2023, Vol 31, Issue 2, p175
- ISSN
1066-8969
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10668969221098089