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3D spatial sampling to quantify morphologic heterogeneity in isocitrate dehydrogenase-wildtype glioblastoma

Voong, Viva
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Beccari, Sol
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Hashemi, Elaheh
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September 3, 2025
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

Advances in digital pathology and machine learning have the potential to revolutionize diagnostic neuropathology. Current brain tumor models are typically trained and validated using morphologic features from a single hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained slide per patient. Yet, brain tumors such as diffuse glioma are known for their epigenetic, genetic, and transcriptional heterogeneity within an individual patient. The impact of this heterogeneity on model accuracy and development is unknown. To quantitatively investigate morphologic intratumoral heterogeneity in glioblastoma (GBM), we acquired 92 regionally distinct samples representing maximal tumor sampling across 10 patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase-wildtype GBM and quantified cell density, nucleus area, and nucleus circularity from whole-slide scanned images of H&E-stained slides. All 3 parameters exhibited significant morphologic variation between tumors from different patients and within a given tumor. To identify potential drivers of this variation, tumor-level and sample-level mutation profiling was performed. Mutations in tumor protein 53 both at the tumor level and the sample level had larger nuclear area and decreased nuclear circularity. Morphological features were not associated with regional location within the tumor. Accurate and robust H&E-based models to improve diagnosis and disease prognostication may require training sets that incorporate multiple spatially distinct samples per patient.

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DOI
10.1093/jnen/nlaf101
Author(s)
Voong, Viva

Neurological Surgery

Beccari, Sol

Neurological Surgery

Hashemi, Elaheh

Neurological Surgery

Kriener, Birgit

University of Oslo

Mathur, Radhika

Neurological Surgery

Lafontaine, Marisa

University of California System

Shai, Anny

Neurological Surgery

Lupo, Janine M.

University of California System

Chang, Edward F.

Neurological Surgery

Hervey‐Jumper, Shawn L.

Neurological Surgery

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Date Issued

2025-09-03

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published in
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
Article Number

nlaf101

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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UPWASZAK  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institutes of Health

R01 NS131474

National Cancer Institute

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September 15, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/254007
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