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IJCRR - 13(4), February, 2021

Pages: 139-146

Date of Publication: 16-Feb-2021


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KI-67 Index as a Prognostic Factor in Correlation with Other Clinico-Pathological Factors in Breast Cancer - An Institutional Experience

Author: Mahin Nallasivam, Mohanapriya Thyagarajan, Balaji Singh Krishna, Manuneethimaran Thiyagarajan, Nitesh Navrathan

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Abstract:Introduction: Breast cancer is a complex aggressive disease with different subtypes due to multiple biomolecular interactions (genetic heterogeneity) and demonstrates the extensive variation in patients clinical feature based on the ethnic group that makes the diagnosis and treatment challenging. Numerous breast cancer markers had been established like Progesterone Receptor (PR), Estrogen Receptors (ER), Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor (HER2neu) as well as clinical-pathological factors such as the stage of the disease, extent of axillary lymph node involvement, tumour size, histological grade, a mitotic rate, patient age, menopausal status etc. Ki?67, cyclin D1, cyclin E, and ER\? had been advocated to exhibit both the predictive and prognostic value in breast cancer patients. Objectives: The objective of the current study is to evaluate the relevance and correlation of Ki-67 index in relation with other clinicopathological factors that determine the prognosis in Carcinoma breast and thereby, defining the staining thresholds and cut-off of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry. Methods: A consecutive number of 200 patients who had undergone modified radical mastectomy were included in this study. The postoperative specimen was for the assessment of histopathology diagnosis and the tumour size, nodal status, histological grading, tumour pathological type, mitotic rate, and lymphovascular invasion apart from Estrogen Receptor status, Progesterone Receptor status, Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2neu status and Ki-67 protein expression. Patient's clinical data were collected prospectively. SPSS software version 19 was used for statistical analysis. One way Anova and chi-square analysis was applied to assess the relation of Ki-67 index score with other prognostic factors. Results: Ki-67 protein expression showed no correlation with age (irrespective of age classification), menopausal status, histological subtypes, lymphovascular invasion, mitotic rate, ER and HER2neu, but still the levels of Ki-67 protein increases with ER negativity (p>0.05). The overall histological grading showed statistical significance between grade I Vs III and grade II Vs III which reflects the linear relationship whereas chi-square analysis did not show. Progesterone Receptor showed an inverse relationship with Ki-67 expression (p=0.0005) and whereas, tumour size and nodal involvement revealed a linear relationship(p=0.02). Conclusion: Hence, the study had lucidly established the fact that Ki-67 index is superior to the mitotic rate and can be routinely employed for predicting the prognosis in breast cancer patients. The current paper recommends the use of the staining thresholds and cut-offs of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry used in the current study for future studies since all the patients expressed Ki-67 protein.

Keywords: Carcinoma breast, Correlation, Ki-67 index, Prognostic factors, Tumour size

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Introduction       

Breast cancer is a complex aggressive disease with different subtypes due to multiple biomolecular interactions (genetic heterogeneity) and demonstrates the extensive variation in patients clinical feature based on an ethnic group that makes the diagnosis and treatment challenging.1 Carcinoma breast constitutes about 22% of women malignancy and it is the second commonest malignancy in females.2,3 Among the different types of cancers, worldwide data suggested that breast cancer in females occupies 25% which is nearly a quarter with a projected 1.67 million new cases every year. According to GLOBOCAN(The Global Cancer Observatory) 2018 report, the incidence of breast cancer is 11.6%, of which the mortality is documented to be 6.6% in females globally. At the same time, age-standardized risk and cumulative risk (age up to 75 yrs in %) are found to be 46.3 and 5.03 respectively.4In India, breast cancer ranks first with an incidence of age-adjusted rate and mortality to be 25.8 and 12.7 per 100,000 women.5 A recent Indian study had revealed that age-adjusted incidence of breast cancer in Chennai (37.9 per 100,000 women) was higher next to Delhi (41 per 100,000 women) when compared over the other states and also showed that the incidence is escalating annually.6

            Considering the elevating yearly incidence, mortality, different subtypes and the challenges faced in diagnosis and treatment strategy of breast cancer patients, identification of factors that possess both the predictive and prognostic values in breast cancer management becomes essential. Numerous breast cancer markers had been established like Progesterone Receptor (PR), Estrogen Receptors (ER), Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor (HER2neu) as well as clinical-pathological factors such as the stage of the disease, extent of axillary lymph node involvement, tumour size, histological grade, a mitotic rate, patient age, menopausal status etc. Ki?67, cyclin D1, cyclin E, and ERβ had been advocated to exhibit both the predictive and prognostic value in breast cancer patients. Gerdes et al (1983) had described Ki-67 (395kDa) as a master switch controller of cellular proliferation and found to have the most appropriate and superior correlation with histological parameter and proliferating (mitotic) activity by the previous literatures.7,8There exist a controversy regarding the staining thresholds and cut-offs of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry (not uniformly standardized) since different criteria have been employed by different studied authors.9-12 Also, few numbers of literature are available among the Indian population regarding Ki-67 status. Hence, the objective of the current study is to evaluate the relevance of Ki-67 index in relation with other clinicopathological factors that determine the prognosis in Carcinoma breast as well as to correlate Ki-67 protein expression with patient’s age, Menopausal Status, Tumour grade, Pathological type, Mitotic rate, Tumour size (T), Nodal status (N), Lymphovascular invasion, ER/PR status, HER2neu receptor status and thereby, defining the staining thresholds and cut-off of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry.

Materials and Methods

Patient selection

            The present study was conducted after the approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the hospital. A consecutive number of 200 patients who had undergone modified radical mastectomy for early-stage primary breast carcinoma in our hospital from January  2016 to 2019 were included in this study after obtaining their informed consent. Patients with metastatic breast cancer or presented with a previous history of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, or breast surgery outside our hospital including male breast carcinoma were excluded from the study. The postoperative specimen was sent for routine hematoxylin and eosin stains for the assessment of histopathology diagnosis and the tumour size, nodal status, histological grading, pathological type of the tumour, mitotic rate, and lymphovascular invasion apart from ER status, PR status, HER2neu status and Ki-67 protein expression.  Immunohistochemistry protocol for the analyses of ER, PR, HER2neu and Ki-67 status was performed according to the protocol.13 Ki-67 protein expression levels were classified based more than 20%, between 10 to 20%, between 1% to 10% and 0% staining as high, borderline,  low and negative respectively. Patient’s clinical data were collected prospectively. The ethical clearance number: CSP – MED/15/OCT/25/89

 Statistical analysis

            SPSS software was used for the statistical analysis of the clinical data. One way Anova was applied to assess the relation of Ki-67 index score with other prognostic factors including patient’s age, menopausal status, grade of the tumour, pathological type, mitotic rate, tumour size (T), nodal status (N), lymphovascular invasion, ER/PR status and HER2neu receptor status. Correlations of Ki-67 index score level with clinicopathological parameters were determined using chi-square analysis. All the data were expressed as mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) or frequencies by per cent. The relationship between the prognostic factors and the Ki-67 index score was considered statistically significant only if the p-value is less than 0.05.

Results

Patient characteristics

            The median age of the study population at the time of presentation was 53 years, ranging from 27 to 84 years. There was no difference in frequency distribution observed concerning menopausal status among the studied populations (50% in each group). Majority of the patients had tumour size ranging from 2cm to 5cm (T2) followed by less than 2cm (T1) and larger than 5 cm (T3). According to the histological analysis, the predominate percentage was observed in well-differentiated carcinoma (grade II). Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) was the commonest pathological diagnosis and the least miscellaneous groups comprise of Invasive Papillary Carcinoma (IPC), Papillary Carcinoma Variant (PCV), Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), Invasive Medullary Carcinoma (IMC) with one patient each. All the patients had non-metastatic status. Almost all the patients had a nearly similar frequency of proliferation (mitotic rate) but still, moderate (grade II) was prominent followed by rapid (grade III) and low (grade I). A maximum number of patients had the absence of lymph node involvement and lymphovascular invasion. ER, PR, HER2neu positivity was documented in the 52%, 42% and 30% of the population accordingly. The Ki-67 index score levels according to the Ki-67 protein staining cells, patients had high levels in 68% followed by low levels in 18% and then, borderline levels in 14% among the studied population. The mean percentage of Ki-67 protein expression was found to be 36.8 ± 22.9 (range from 2 to 80%) of the complete cases. Patient’s detailed information’s is presented in Table 1. The median age of the study population at the time of presentation was 53 years, most of the patients had tumour size ranging from 2cm to 5cm (T2), Grade II was the most common tumour grade. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) was the commonest pathological diagnosis. A maximum number of patients had the absence of lymph node involvement and lymphovascular invasion. ER, PR, HER2neu positivity was documented in the 52%, 42% and 30% of the population accordingly. The mean percentage of Ki-67 protein expression was found to be 36.8 ± 22.9.

Ki-67 protein expression correlation with clinical characteristics

            To identify the significance of Ki-67 protein expression percentage with demographic and clinic-pathological parameters, the prognostic factors were divided into subcategories as shown in Table 2. On association analysis through student t-pair test, it was observed that the subcategories within age, menopausal status, histological tumour type, mitotic rate, lymphovascular invasion, ER, HER2neu concerning Ki-67 index score level of the total studies cases do not exhibit any correlation. In converse, tumour size, histological grade, nodal involvement and PR showed a positive correlation. The comparison within the PR status showed a statistically high significant correlation concerning the percentage of Ki-67 protein expression than the other parameter. The statistically significant association was found only between T1 and T2 (tumour size), grade I and grade III, and grade II and grade III (histological grade) and N0 with N2 and N3 (Nodal involvement) when compared against the respective percentage of Ki-67 score index.

Ki-67 protein expression correlation with clinical characteristics

            To identify the significance of Ki-67 protein expression percentage with demographic and clinic-pathological parameters, the prognostic factors were divided into subcategories as shown in Table 2. On association analysis through student t-pair test, it was observed that the subcategories within age, menopausal status, histological tumour type, mitotic rate, lymphovascular invasion, ER, HER2neu concerning Ki-67 index score level of the total studies cases do not exhibit any correlation. In converse, tumour size, histological grade, nodal involvement and PR showed a positive correlation. The comparison within the PR status showed a statistically high significant correlation concerning the percentage of Ki-67 protein expression than the other parameter. The statistically significant association was found only between T1 and T2 (tumour size), grade I and grade III, and grade II and grade III (histological grade) and N0 with N2 and N3 (Nodal involvement) when compared against the respective percentage of Ki-67 score index.

UL-Upper Level; LL-Lower Level; Miscellaneous-Invasive Papillary Carcinoma, Papillary Carcinoma Variant, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Invasive Medullary Carcinoma and Invasive Lobular Carcinoma; Vs-Versus; NS-Non significant;*- represents the statistical significance.

Correlation of Ki-67 scoring with clinical characteristics

Ki-67 protein expression scoring levels were assessed for correlation with the prognostic factors.  In similar to the findings of Table 2, the correlation analysis (chi-square) of Table 3 also further provided the profound findings of tumour size, nodal involvement and PR status positively related with different Ki-67 score levels with statistical significance except for histological grade. Concerning the histological tumour type, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in-situ combined (60%) showed the higher level of expression than the rest of the pathology but statistical significance was not identified within the groups. Table 3 showed a linear relationship when compared the tumour size with ki-67 proteins levels. As the tumour grade increases, Ki-67 protein expressions also raised and in converse, when the tumour grade decreases, the respective expressions levels also minimized (p=0.02). When the nodal system involvement advances, Ki-67 protein expressions levels also increased and had decreased expression, when the nodal involvement is less (0.02) in similar tumour grade findings. There was no statistical significance difference observed either between the presence and absence or the positivity and negativity of the lymphovascular invasion or ER and HER2neu respectively concerning the either high or low or borderline levels of Ki-67 protein expression. The majority of the patients who had shown negative results for ER, PR and HER2neu demonstrated increased levels of Ki-67 proteins. The higher level of statistical significance was noted between the positivity and negativity of PR with the Ki-67 score index levels among the studied cases.

Discussion

            Cellular proliferation is the hallmark in any cancer and hence, regular examination of cell proliferation is suggested in the pathological assessment especially in invasive carcinoma breast, which in turn accounts for the traditional scoring of mitotic activity (simple and commonly employed tool). Hence, cell proliferation is an essential part of histological grading and well known as the prognostic marker. The major disadvantage of mitotic index assessment is that it is time-consuming and the results are non-reproducible but still are employed in clinical practice.13,14 Therefore, investigation on more sensitive tumour biomarker has led to the identification of several markers related to the patient and the tumour has been established in predicting the risk of mortality, recurrence and metastasis in breast malignancy. These factors are the number of positive axillary lymph nodes, size of the tumour, histological grade of the tumour, lymphovascular invasion, hormone receptor (ER/PR) positivity and Her2neu gene amplification.15 Recently, one such tumour proliferation biomarker known as Ki-67 protein (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) is being established as a prognostic and predictive indicator in patients with breast cancer and possesses strong association with cellular proliferation.16, 17

Ki-67 protein (non-histone) is expressed during all the phases of the cell cycle (late G1, S, G2 and M phase) except at early G1 and G0 (quiescent cells) phases, and are detected during M phase at the chromosomal surface which makes it unique and more specific biomarker.18,19 The expressions of Ki-67 protein is up-regulated in rapidly dividing cells and hence, the cells stains more positive. The role of Ki-67 has been well analyzed in various research studies for its prognostic value and reliability in breast carcinoma, cervical cancer, sarcomas, neurological malignancies, bronchogenic carcinoma and prostatic cancer.20-24 Many investigating modalities have used Ki-67 as a successful diagnostic marker.25-28 Positive immunostaining for the Ki-67 expression has been accepted as an investigative tool and positive staining ranging from 10 to 14% has been defined as high risk.29-31 The 2009 Saint Gallen consensus declared that the patients with higher levels of Ki-67 nuclear protein expression required additional chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for all ER PR positive breast malignancies.32

In our study, the protein expression levels of Ki-67 was defined as negative, high, low and borderline only when the positive tumour cells percentage (Ki-67-LI) is 0%,>20%,<10 and 10-20% respectively. All breast cancer patients showed positive results in the present study. In contrast, Bouzubar et al.10 defined negative tumour cell percentage as less than 5%, while Tan et al11 considered 0% as negative is similar to our study. Tan et al.11 and Bouzubar et al10 defined > 10% and >20% staining as high in dissimilar and similar to our study respectively. To coincide with our classification, Marwah N et al13 defined high as >20% except <5% and 5-20% as negative and positive accordingly. In the current study, the positive correlation of Ki-67 protein expression was observed with different clinicopathological factors as compared with other studies10,12At the same time, our study had recommended the cut-offs of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry to be between 10 to 20% as in disagreement with Cho et al (20%).33 Hence, we advocate the use of histoimmuno chemistry staining cut-off of Ki-67 used in the current study because all the breast cancer patients showed positive and at least low or minimal expression.

Kermani et al34 studied 220 patients who had presented with primary breast cancer and evaluated the relationship of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry index expression with age (less than or equal and more than 50 years respectively) and concluded that there exists no association is similar to our study and Li FY et al (age less than or equal to 35 and more than 35).35Hence, we conclude that there exists no correlation between the expression of ki-67 protein and the patient's age (irrespective of age classification).

A recent Indian study on 75 patients who had undergone radical or modified radical mastectomy was analyzed for the relationship of Ki-67 index score with the clinicopathological parameters.13 The study resulted that there was no correlation between the Ki-67-LI index and menopausal status, lymph node involvement and HER2/neu. The same result also showed a direct association with tumour size, and histological grade and whereas, an inverse association with ER and PR status. The current study had shown a similar result with menopausal status, HER2neu, tumour size, histological grade (Table2: Grade I vs III, Grade II vs Grade III for over-all Ki-67 protein percentage and not concerning the levels of expression), PR and dissimilar result with lymph nodal involvement and ER. Kermani et al.34concluded the relationship between Ki-67 expression, and tumour size, ER in disagreement, and lymph node, PR in agreement concerning our study. Querzoli et al.12 had shown a direct association of tumour size concerning the expression of Ki-67-LI except few other authors.36

Haroon S et al.37 performed the study on 194 subjects diagnosed with primary breast carcinoma and examined the relationship of Ki-67 with other prognostic factors. The mean age and Ki-67 index were found to be 51.7 years (similar to our study: 54.3 years) and 26.9% (lesser than our study: 36.8%) accordingly. The study had a similar and contrast observation with PR, ER, tumour grade, lymph node status, and with tumour size, HER2neu in comparison to our study.

The present study had shown that higher the histological grading of the tumour, the higher would be the Ki-67 index as similar to Haroon S et al.37 There was no significant relevance between the pathological subtype and Ki-67score. However, the majority of the patients in our study had the histological subtype of IDC in 74% of the population among the total population. Similar results were found in a study done by Haroon S et al. 37

In overall, our study had demonstrated that Ki-67 protein expression did not correlate with age, menopausal status, histological subtypes, lymphovascular invasion, mitotic rate, ER and HER2neu, but still the levels of Ki-67 protein increases with ER negativity. The overall percentage of Ki-67 (t-pair test)  in histological grading showed statistical significance between grade I Vs III and grade II Vs III which reflects the linear relationship but chi-square analysis did not show any relevance. PR showed an inverse relationship with Ki-67 expression and whereas, tumour size and nodal involvement revealed a linear relationship.

Conclusion

Hence, the current study had lucidly established the fact that Ki-67 index is superior to the mitotic rate and can be routinely employed for predicting the prognosis in breast cancer patients. Also, the present study recommends the use of current staining thresholds and cut-offs of Ki-67 immunohistochemistry applied in the current study since all the patients expressed Ki-67 protein.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: NIL

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: “The authors declares that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.”

FUNDING:  The first author, Dr. Mahin Nallasivam has funded the study.

DATA AVAILABILITY: The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.

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A Study by Vinita S & Ayushi S entitled "Role of Colour Doppler and Transvaginal Sonography for diagnosis of endometrial pathology in women presenting with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 08
A Study by Prabhu A et al. entitled "Awareness of Common Eye Conditions among the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Workers in the Rural Communities of Udupi District- A Pilot Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 07
A Study by Divya MP et al. entitled "Non-Echoplanar Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and 3D Fiesta Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences with High Resolution Computed Tomography Temporal Bone in Assessment and Predicting the Outcome of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Cholesteatoma" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 06
A Study by Zahoor Illahi Soomro et al. entitled "Functional Outcomes of Fracture Distal Radius after Fixation with Two Different Plates: A Retrospective Comparative Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 05
A Study by Ajai KG & Athira KN entitled "Patients’ Gratification Towards Service Delivery Among Government Hospitals with Particular Orientation Towards Primary Health Centres" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 04
A Study by Mbungu Mulaila AP et al. entitled "Ovarian Pregnancy in Kindu City, D.R. Congo - A Case Report" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 03
A Study by Maryam MJ et al. entitled "Evaluation Serum Chemerin and Visfatin Levels with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Possible Diagnostic Biomarkers" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 02
A Study by Shanthan KR et al. entitled "Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Versus Nerve Stimulator Guided Technique of Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block in Patients Undergoing Upper Limb Surgeries" is awarded Best Article for Vol 14 issue 01
A Study by Amol Sanap et al. entitled "The Outcome of Coxofemoral Bypass Using Cemented Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty in the Treatment of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fracture of Femur in a Rural Setup" is awarded Best Article Award of Vol 13 issue 24
A Study by Manoj KP et al. entitled "A Randomized Comparative Clinical Trial to Know the Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Against Multimodal Analgesia for Postoperative Analgesia Following Caesarean Section" is awarded Best Article Award of Vol 13 issue 23
A Study by Karimova II et al. entitled "Changes in the Activity of Intestinal Carbohydrases in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats and Their Correction with Prenalon" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 22
A Study by Ashish B Roge et al. entitled "Development, Validation of RP-HPLC Method and GC MS Analysis of Desloratadine HCL and It’s Degradation Products" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 21
A Study by Isha Gaurav et al. entitled "Association of ABO Blood Group with Oral Cancer and Precancer – A Case-control Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 20
A Study by Amr Y. Zakaria et al. entitled "Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of ATP-Binding Cassette Gene(ABCC3 rs4793665) affect High Dose Methotrexate-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Children with Osteosarcoma" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 19
A Study by Kholis Ernawati et al. entitled "The Utilization of Mobile-Based Information Technology in the Management of Dengue Fever in the Community Year 2019-2020: Systematic Review" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 18
A Study by Bhat Asifa et al. entitled "Efficacy of Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method for Carbapenemase Detection and Comparative Evaluation with Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Identification of Carbapenemase Producing Klebsiella pneumonia Isolates" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 17
A Study by Gupta R. et al. entitled "A Clinical Study of Paediatric Tracheostomy: Our Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 16
A Study by Chandran Anand et al. entitled "A Prospective Study on Assessment of Quality of Life of Patients Receiving Sorafenib for Hepatocellular Carcinoma" is awarded Best article for Vol 13 issue 15
A Study by Rosa PS et al. entitled "Emotional State Due to the Covid – 19 Pandemic in People Residing in a Vulnerable Area in North Lima" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 14
A Study by Suvarna Sunder J et al. entitled "Endodontic Revascularization of Necrotic Permanent Anterior Tooth with Platelet Rich Fibrin, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Blood Clot - A Comparative Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 13
A Study by Mona Isam Eldin Osman et al. entitled "Psychological Impact and Risk Factors of Sexual Abuse on Sudanese Children in Khartoum State" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 12
A Study by Khaw Ming Sheng & Sathiapriya Ramiah entitled "Web Based Suicide Prevention Application for Patients Suffering from Depression" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 11
A Study by Purushottam S. G. et al. entitled "Development of Fenofibrate Solid Dispersions for the Plausible Aqueous Solubility Augmentation of this BCS Class-II Drug" is awarded Best article for Vol 13 issue 10
A Study by Kumar S. et al. entitled "A Study on Clinical Spectrum, Laboratory Profile, Complications and Outcome of Pediatric Scrub Typhus Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit from a Tertiary Care Hospital from Eastern India" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 09
A Study by Mardhiah Kamaruddin et al. entitled "The Pattern of Creatinine Clearance in Gestational and Chronic Hypertension Women from the Third Trimester to 12 Weeks Postpartum" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 08
A Study by Sarmila G. B. et al. entitled "Study to Compare the Efficacy of Orally Administered Melatonin and Clonidine for Attenuation of Hemodynamic Response During Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation in Gastrointestinal Surgeries" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 07
A Study by M. Muthu Uma Maheswari et al. entitled "A Study on C-reactive Protein and Liver Function Tests in Laboratory RT-PCR Positive Covid-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre – A Retrospective Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06 Special issue Modern approaches for diagnosis of COVID-19 and current status of awareness
A Study by Gainneos PD et al. entitled "A Comparative Evaluation of the Levels of Salivary IgA in HIV Affected Children and the Children of the General Population within the Age Group of 9 – 12 Years – A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 05 Special issue on Recent Advances in Dentistry for better Oral Health
A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06
A Study by Chen YY and Ghazali SRB entitled "Lifetime Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder Symptoms and Early Adolescence Risk Factors for Poor Physical Health Outcome Among Malaysian Adolescents" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04 Special issue on Current Updates in Plant Biology to Medicine to Healthcare Awareness in Malaysia
A Study by Kumari PM et al. entitled "Study to Evaluate the Adverse Drug Reactions in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Tamilnadu - A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 05
A Study by Anu et al. entitled "Effectiveness of Cytological Scoring Systems for Evaluation of Breast Lesion Cytology with its Histopathological Correlation" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04
A Study by Sharipov R. Kh. et al. entitled "Interaction of Correction of Lipid Peroxidation Disorders with Oxibral" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 03
A Study by Tarek Elwakil et al. entitled "Led Light Photobiomodulation Effect on Wound Healing Combined with Phenytoin in Mice Model" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 02
A Study by Mohita Ray et al. entitled "Accuracy of Intra-Operative Frozen Section Consultation of Gastrointestinal Biopsy Samples in Correlation with the Final Histopathological Diagnosis" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 01
A Study by Badritdinova MN et al. entitled "Peculiarities of a Pain in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Presence of Individual Combines of the Metabolic Syndrome" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 24
A Study by Sindhu Priya E S et al. entitled "Neuroprotective activity of Pyrazolone Derivatives Against Paraquat-induced Oxidative Stress and Locomotor Impairment in Drosophila melanogaster" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 23
A Study by Habiba Suhail et al. entitled "Effect of Majoon Murmakki in Dysmenorrhoea (Usre Tams): A Standard Controlled Clinical Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 22
A Study by Ghaffar UB et al. entitled "Correlation between Height and Foot Length in Saudi Population in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 21
A Study by Siti Sarah Binti Maidin entitled "Sleep Well: Mobile Application to Address Sleeping Problems" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 20
A Study by Avijit Singh"Comparison of Post Operative Clinical Outcomes Between “Made in India” TTK Chitra Mechanical Heart Valve Versus St Jude Mechanical Heart Valve in Valve Replacement Surgery" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 19
A Study by Sonali Banerjee and Mary Mathews N. entitled "Exploring Quality of Life and Perceived Experiences Among Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatment in Western India: A Mixed Methodology" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 18
A Study by Jabbar Desai et al. entitled "Prevalence of Obstructive Airway Disease in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertension" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 17
A Study by Juna Byun et al. entitled "Study on Difference in Coronavirus-19 Related Anxiety between Face-to-face and Non-face-to-face Classes among University Students in South Korea" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 16
A Study by Sudha Ramachandra & Vinay Chavan entitled "Enhanced-Hybrid-Age Layered Population Structure (E-Hybrid-ALPS): A Genetic Algorithm with Adaptive Crossover for Molecular Docking Studies of Drug Discovery Process" is awarded Best article for Vol 12 issue 15
A Study by Varsha M. Shindhe et al. entitled "A Study on Effect of Smokeless Tobacco on Pulmonary Function Tests in Class IV Workers of USM-KLE (Universiti Sains Malaysia-Karnataka Lingayat Education Society) International Medical Programme, Belagavi" is awarded Best article of Vol 12 issue 14, July 2020
A study by Amruta Choudhary et al. entitled "Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Women of Reproductive Age from Rural Area of Central India" is awarded Best Article for special issue "Modern Therapeutics Applications"
A study by Raunak Das entitled "Study of Cardiovascular Dysfunctions in Interstitial Lung Diseas epatients by Correlating the Levels of Serum NT PRO BNP and Microalbuminuria (Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Dysfunction) with Echocardiographic, Bronchoscopic and HighResolution Computed Tomography Findings of These ILD Patients" is awarded Best Article of Vol 12 issue 13 
A Study by Kannamani Ramasamy et al. entitled "COVID-19 Situation at Chennai City – Forecasting for the Better Pandemic Management" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 12
A Study by Muhammet Lutfi SELCUK and Fatma entitled "Distinction of Gray and White Matter for Some Histological Staining Methods in New Zealand Rabbit's Brain" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 11
A Study by Anamul Haq et al. entitled "Etiology of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents – Emphasis Upon Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 10
A Study by entitled "Estimation of Reference Interval of Serum Progesterone During Three Trimesters of Normal Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 09
A Study by Ilona Gracie De Souza & Pavan Kumar G. entitled "Effect of Releasing Myofascial Chain in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - A Randomized Clinical Trial" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 08
A Study by Virendra Atam et. al. entitled "Clinical Profile and Short - Term Mortality Predictors in Acute Stroke with Emphasis on Stress Hyperglycemia and THRIVE Score : An Observational Study" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 07
A Study by K. Krupashree et. al. entitled "Protective Effects of Picrorhizakurroa Against Fumonisin B1 Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice" is awarded best article for issue Vol 10 issue 20
A study by Mithun K.P. et al "Larvicidal Activity of Crude Solanum Nigrum Leaf and Berries Extract Against Dengue Vector-Aedesaegypti" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 14 of IJCRR
A study by Asha Menon "Women in Child Care and Early Education: Truly Nontraditional Work" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 13
A study by Deep J. M. "Prevalence of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization in 7-13 Years Old Children of Biratnagar, Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 11 of IJCRR
A review by Chitra et al to analyse relation between Obesity and Type 2 diabetes is awarded 'Best Article' for Vol 10 issue 10 by IJCRR. 
A study by Karanpreet et al "Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: A Study on Its Multisystem Involvement" is given Best Paper Award for Vol 10 issue 09

List of Awardees

A Study by Ese Anibor et al. "Evaluation of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Delta State University Students in Abraka, Nigeria" from Vol 13 issue 16 received Emerging Researcher Award


A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" from Vol 13 issue 06 received Emerging Researcher Award


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