Inter‐Rater Agreement in the Interpretation of Extranodal Extension of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma—A Multi‐Institutional Study
These findings of only slight to fair consistency in the histopathological diagnosis and characterization of ENE across multiple high volume tertiary Head and Neck centers suggest the imperative need for a consensus guideline among pathologists in both processing of lymph nodes and interpretation.
Authors
- Susie Su
- R. A. Ghossein
- Rachel Jester
- Leba M. Sarkis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-4925)
- Bayardo Perez‐Ordoñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1222-8208)
- D. Goldstein
- Ruta Gupta
- Bin Xu
- Stephen M. Smith
- Mary Richardson
- Vishwajeeth Pasham
- John R. de Almeida
- Ilan Weinreb
- Wei Xu
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Head & Neck
- Published
- 2026-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.70199
- Primary Topic
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00