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Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol2026August 17, 2026Journal Article

Inter-Rater Agreement in PD-L1 (22C3) Expression Evaluation in Colon Cancer.

Dea N M Jepsen1,2, Marianne B Jensen1, Trine L Grantzau3, Astrid L B Bennedsen2, Thomas T Eriksen4, Michael Bzorek1, Ismail Gögenur2,5, Anne-Marie K Fiehn1,5
1Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde.
2Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge.
3Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.
4Visiopharm A/S, Hoersholm.
5Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a predictive biomarker in various cancers. In colorectal cancer, PD-L1 expression evaluation is not part of the routine examination and standardized evaluation methods are lacking. This study aimed to examine inter-rater agreement in PD-L1 expression evaluation in patients with colon cancer (CC) using different manual scoring methods, and to compare the manual…

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