Cure8 research brief
Histology and endoscopy are both used to assess UC activity; knowing which histologic score is reliable and practical helps clinicians and pathologists standardize monitoring and may streamline reporting in routine care.
Clinicians (gastroenterologists, pathologists) and researchers working on UC disease activity assessment; patients and caregivers interested in how disease activity is measured clinically.
This cross-sectional study from a tertiary center in North India analyzed biopsies taken from the worst-appearing areas on colonoscopy and scored them with GS, NI, and RHI by masked pathologists. The authors report a moderate and statistically significant correlation between the Mayo endoscopic score and each histological index (Spearman rho ≈ 0.60–0.62).
The Nancy index (NI) was noted to be the quickest to apply while showing similar correlation with endoscopy compared with GS and RHI, leading the authors to suggest NI may be the most practical routine histology score.
The report describes correlations and practicality rather than changes in patient outcomes or treatment; it supports using validated histologic indices alongside endoscopy for assessing disease activity.
This is a single-center cross-sectional study comparing scoring systems using biopsies from the most severe endoscopic areas; it reports correlations but not longitudinal outcomes or treatment effects. The structured content provided is an abstract-level summary.
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