Table 1: Pathologists substantially agree on grading specimens, moderately agree on the presence of tumor and LVSI. Staining does not improve LVSI agreement, Krippendorf's α with 95% confidence interval in brackets.

 

Krippendorf’s α

Grade

0.700 [0.612 to 0.778]

Presence of Tumor

0.540 [0.426 to 0.631]

LVSI (with staining)

0.469 [0.319 to 0.589]

LVSI (without staining)

0.503 [0.351 to 0.631]