Interobserver reproducibility of the Paris system for reporting urinary cytology

Conclusions: Our findings indicated that the scheme recommended by the Paris System shows adequate precision for the category NHGUC, but the other categories demonstrated unacceptable interobserver variability. This low level of diagnostic precision may negatively impact the applicability of the Paris System for widespread clinical application.

Source: CytoJournal - July 24, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Theresa Long Lester J Layfield Magda Esebua Shellaine R Frazier D Tamar Giorgadze Robert L Schmidt Source Type: research