Figure 2.
Figure 2. Process of criteria development. An international working group with 34 leading physicians, pathologists, and clinicians was created to develop the diagnostic criteria for iMCD. A modified Delphi Method & Nominal Group Technique was selected to guide the criteria development process. A total of 244 patients’ clinical data were gathered along with lymph node slides from 88 cases. Two working group meetings were held to establish an agreed-upon diagnostic criteria. Postmeeting analyses were performed to reapply the agreed-upon diagnostic criteria to 79 cases from NCT01024036 and to use the newly defined histopathologic spectrum to subtype cases. The consensus criteria and results from analyses were compiled into a manuscript that was reviewed by the full expert working group.

Process of criteria development. An international working group with 34 leading physicians, pathologists, and clinicians was created to develop the diagnostic criteria for iMCD. A modified Delphi Method & Nominal Group Technique was selected to guide the criteria development process. A total of 244 patients’ clinical data were gathered along with lymph node slides from 88 cases. Two working group meetings were held to establish an agreed-upon diagnostic criteria. Postmeeting analyses were performed to reapply the agreed-upon diagnostic criteria to 79 cases from NCT01024036 and to use the newly defined histopathologic spectrum to subtype cases. The consensus criteria and results from analyses were compiled into a manuscript that was reviewed by the full expert working group.

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