Worst pattern of invasion

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Worst pattern of invasion, abbreviated WPOI, is schema for classifying tumour morphologic patterns with the goal of predicting tumour behaviour.[1]

General

  • WPOI is predictive of disease free survival in oral cancer.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shimizu S, Miyazaki A, Sonoda T, Koike K, Ogi K, Kobayashi JI, Kaneko T, Igarashi T, Ueda M, Dehari H, Miyakawa A, Hasegawa T, Hiratsuka H (2018). "Tumor budding is an independent prognostic marker in early stage oral squamous cell carcinoma: With special reference to the mode of invasion and worst pattern of invasion". PLoS One 13 (4): e0195451. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195451. PMC 5909609. PMID 29672550. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909609/.