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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2019

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Reanalysis of the NCCN PD-L1 companion diagnostic assay study for lung cancer in the context of PD-L1 expression findings in triple-negative breast cancer

Authors: David L. Rimm, Gang Han, Janis M. Taube, Eunhee S. Yi, Julia A. Bridge, Douglas B. Flieder, Robert Homer, Anja C. Roden, Fred R. Hirsch, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Lajos Pusztai

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

The companion diagnostic test for checkpoint inhibitor immune therapy is an immunohistochemical test for PD-L1. The test has been shown to be reproducible for expression in tumor cells, but not in immune cells. Immune cells were used in the IMpassion130 trial which showed PD-L1 expression was associated with a better outcome. Two large studies have been done assessing immune cell PD-L1 expression in lung cancer. Here, we reanalyze one of those studies, to show that, even with an easier scoring method, there is still only poor agreement between assays and pathologist for immune cell PD-L1 expression.
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Metadata
Title
Reanalysis of the NCCN PD-L1 companion diagnostic assay study for lung cancer in the context of PD-L1 expression findings in triple-negative breast cancer
Authors
David L. Rimm
Gang Han
Janis M. Taube
Eunhee S. Yi
Julia A. Bridge
Douglas B. Flieder
Robert Homer
Anja C. Roden
Fred R. Hirsch
Ignacio I. Wistuba
Lajos Pusztai
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-019-1156-6

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