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Diffuse strong p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>immunostaining has been proposed to aid the identification of true high-grade cervical lesions (ie, CIN2\/3).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To assess the value of additional interpretation of p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>immunostains for making a more reproducible diagnosis of CIN2\/3 lesions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors used a series of 406 biopsies of cervical lesions, with known HPV status, stained for both H&amp;E- and p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>. First, in a randomly selected set of 49 biopsies, we examined the effect of additional interpretation of p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>immunostained slides, on the agreement of CIN diagnosis among three pathologists. Second, the full series of samples was used to assess the accuracy of p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>-supported lesion grading by a single pathologist, by evaluating the degree of diagnostic agreement with the consensus diagnosis of expert pathologists based on H&amp;E-stained sections only.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study shows that the interobserver agreement between three pathologists for the routine H&amp;E-based diagnosis ranged from fair (weighted kappa 0.44 (95% CI 0.19 to 0.64)) to moderate (weighted kappa 0.66 (95% CI 0.47 to 0.79)). The concordance increased substantially for p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>-supported grading (mean weighted kappa 0.80 (95% CI 0.66 to 0.89)). Furthermore, an almost perfect agreement was found between the p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>-supported diagnosis of a single pathologist and the consensus diagnosis of an expert pathology panel (kappa 0.88 (95% CI 0.85 to 0.89)).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These data demonstrate that additive use of p16<jats:sup>INK4a<\/jats:sup>immunohistochemistry significantly improves the accuracy of grading CIN lesions by a single pathologist, equalling an expert consensus diagnosis. 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