scholarly journals Prognostic Role and Clinical Significance of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) and Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parisa Lotfinejad ◽  
Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi ◽  
Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad ◽  
Tohid Kazemi ◽  
Fariba Pashazadeh ◽  
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This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), their associations with the clinicopathological characteristics, and the association between their levels in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, ProQuest, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched to obtain the relevant papers. Seven studies with 1152 patients were included in this study. Like the level of TILs, there were no significant associations between PD-L1 expression and tumor size, tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, histological grade, and Ki67 (All p-values ≥ 0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant association between PD-L1 expression with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). In assessment of TILs and survival relationship, the results showed that a high level of TILs was associated with long-term OS (hazard ratios (HR) = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.30 to 0.77, p-value < 0.001) and DFS (HR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.35 to 0.78, p-value < 0.001). The results displayed that tumoral PD-L1 expression was strongly associated with high levels of TILs in TNBC patients (OR = 8.34, 95% CI: 2.68 to 25.95, p-value < 0.001). In conclusion, the study has shown the prognostic value of TILs and a strong association between tumoral PD-L1 overexpression with TILs in TNBC patients.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 545-545
Author(s):  
Ioannis Zerdes ◽  
Alexios Matikas ◽  
John Lövrot ◽  
Emmanouil G. Sifakis ◽  
François Richard ◽  
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545 Background: We have previously shown the prognostic value of PD-L1 protein and gene expression in early breast cancer (BC), however, the prognostic role of PD-1 expression remains unclear. Methods: The prognostic value of PD-1 in early BC was investigated using three different approaches: i) evaluation of PD-1 at the protein (IHC, immunohistochemistry in tissue microarrays) and mRNA levels in a retrospective patient cohort of 586 patients treated for early BC in Stockholm, Sweden between 1997-2005, ii) systematic review and trial-level meta-analysis of studies published in Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science Core Collection libraries on the prognostic value of PD-1 IHC expression, and iii) pooled analysis of transcriptomic data from 39 publicly available datasets for the prognostic capacity of PD-1 gene expression. Univariate and multivariable Cox regression models were used. Results: In the retrospective study cohort, PD-1 protein was significantly associated with biologically high-risk characteristics. PD-1 protein, but not gene expression, was correlated with improved overall survival (OS) (adjusted HR = 0.73, 95% CI 0.55 – 0.96, p = 0.023 and adjusted HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.68 – 1.13, p = 0.307, respectively). In the trial-level meta-analysis, 4736 entries were initially identified and 15 studies, including our original cohort, fulfilled the predefined eligibility criteria. PD-1 IHC expression was not prognostic in unselected patients. However, a significant correlation to improved disease-free survival was seen within the triple-negative subtype (pooled multivariate HR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.29 – 0.90, p = 0.02). In the pooled gene expression analysis, PD-1 gene expression was associated with improved OS in the entire population (adjusted HR = 0.89, 95% CI 0.80 – 0.99, p = 0.025) and in basal-like (adjusted HR = 0.77, 95% CI 0.63 – 0.95, p = 0.014) tumors. Conclusions: PD-1 expression at the RNA and protein levels represent promising prognostic factors, especially in the triple-negative and basal-like subtypes. Standardization and further validation are needed prior to clinical implementation.


2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 7193-7201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zeng ◽  
Cheng-Long Wang ◽  
Jie Xian ◽  
Qian Ye ◽  
Xue Qin ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e12118-e12118
Author(s):  
Victor Zenzola ◽  
María Antonia Cabezas-Quintario ◽  
Andrea Correa ◽  
Irene Moreno ◽  
Manuel Pedregal ◽  
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e12118 Background: The prognostic value of Ki67 in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is yet unclear because the cut-off points employed differ widely and its predictive effect may vary according to age. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of Ki-67 among patients with TNBC, and determined the optimal Ki-67 cut-off point to demonstrate its prognostic relevance associated with patient age and treatment strategy. Methods: 201 patients treated for primary TNBC from 1999 to 2014 were identified from the breast surgery database. Clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes were compared between patients treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy. We used time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and time-dependent area under the ROC curve (AUC) to evaluate the discriminative ability of Ki-67 at 3 and 5 years of follow up. A Ki-67 cut-off point was set up to maximize sensitivity and specificity. Interaction effect between age and Ki-67 on disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) was evaluated by stratified analysis. Results: There was a non-significant Ki-67 cut off value to predict OS and DFS at 3 and 5 years neither in the whole serie (201) nor in the adjuvant group (125), and only a slightly better threshold for DFS in the neoadjuvant one (N = 46) at 5 years (AUC = 0.697). According to the coordinates of the ROC curves, the best cut-off point for Ki-67 was 60%. In the multivariate analysis (COX proportional hazards regression), high Ki-67 ( > 60%), was a poor prognostic factor for DFS in patients > 40 yo. Among the patients < 40 yo, high Ki-67 was a better prognosis factor. Conclusions: Our data suggest that a threshold of Ki-67 of 60% could provide a usefull tool to define patients with significantly different outcome in TNBC.


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