Hironori Uruga1, Emine Bozkurtlar1, Tiffany G Huynh1, Alona Muzikansky2, Yasushi Goto3, Maria Gomez-Caraballo2, Aaron N Hata4, Justin F Gainor4, Eugene J Mark5, Jeffrey A Engelman4, Michael D Lanuti6, Mari Mino-Kenudson7. 1. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 4. Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 6. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 7. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: MMINOKENUDSON@partners.org.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) may serve as a predictive biomarker for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies; however, little is known about intertumoral heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression determined by IHC in lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs), and there have been conflicting results on the prognostic role of PD-L1 expression in ADCs. METHODS: PD-L1 expression was evaluated in resected stage II and III ADCs by using various cutoffs and correlated with clinicopathologic parameters and survival. PD-L1 expression was also compared between the primary tumor and lymph node metastases. RESULTS: There were 109 study cases. PD-L1 expression was seen in 56 (51%), 43 (39%), and 19 (17%) when cutoffs of at least 1%, at least 5%, and at least 50%, respectively, were used. Abundant intratumoral CD8-positive T cells were a significant predictor of the expression in the primary tumor, with cutoffs of 1% and 5% (p < 0.001 for both) by multivariate analysis, whereas they were a nonsignificant predictor of the expression with a 50% cutoff (p = 0.076). PD-L1 expression was concordant between the primary tumor and nodal metastasis in most of the cases, but it was discrepant in up to 38%. The discrepancy was attributed in part to different predominant histologic patterns between the primary and metastatic tumors. In the entire cohort, PD-L1 expression with all cutoffs had no bearing on 5-year recurrence-free survival. CONCLUSIONS: PD-L1 expression is associated with abundant intratumoral CD8-positive T cells in resected ADCs, suggesting a predictive role of PD-L1 expression in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies; however, the possible intertumoral heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression raises a concern about selecting the most appropriate sample for PD-L1 IHC.
INTRODUCTION:Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) may serve as a predictive biomarker for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies; however, little is known about intertumoral heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression determined by IHC in lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs), and there have been conflicting results on the prognostic role of PD-L1 expression in ADCs. METHODS:PD-L1 expression was evaluated in resected stage II and III ADCs by using various cutoffs and correlated with clinicopathologic parameters and survival. PD-L1 expression was also compared between the primary tumor and lymph node metastases. RESULTS: There were 109 study cases. PD-L1 expression was seen in 56 (51%), 43 (39%), and 19 (17%) when cutoffs of at least 1%, at least 5%, and at least 50%, respectively, were used. Abundant intratumoral CD8-positive T cells were a significant predictor of the expression in the primary tumor, with cutoffs of 1% and 5% (p < 0.001 for both) by multivariate analysis, whereas they were a nonsignificant predictor of the expression with a 50% cutoff (p = 0.076). PD-L1 expression was concordant between the primary tumor and nodal metastasis in most of the cases, but it was discrepant in up to 38%. The discrepancy was attributed in part to different predominant histologic patterns between the primary and metastatic tumors. In the entire cohort, PD-L1 expression with all cutoffs had no bearing on 5-year recurrence-free survival. CONCLUSIONS:PD-L1 expression is associated with abundant intratumoral CD8-positive T cells in resected ADCs, suggesting a predictive role of PD-L1 expression in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies; however, the possible intertumoral heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression raises a concern about selecting the most appropriate sample for PD-L1 IHC.
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