PD-L1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma harboring &ITEGFR&IT mutations or &ITALK&IT rearrangements
PD-L1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma harboring &ITEGFR&IT mutations or &ITALK&IT rearrangements
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DOI:
10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.01.024
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Okamoto, Isamu
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作者:
Yoneshima, Yasuto;Ijichi, Kayo;Okamoto, Isamu
Objectives: Expression of programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) has been associated with clinical outcome of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) pathway blockade in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The PD-Ll IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay, the only companion diagnostic for pembrolizumab therapy, has revealed that similar to 30% of all NSCLCs express PD-Ll at a high level. The frequency of high PD-L1 expression in NSCLCs with known driver oncogenes has remained unclear, however.Materials and methods: We retrospectively evaluated PD-Ll expression with the 22C3 assay in tumor tissue of 80 lung adenocarcinoma patients including 71 with EGFR mutations and 9 with ALK rearrangements, all of whom were treated with corresponding tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).Results: Of the 80 tumors analyzed, 26 (32.5%) had a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) of 1%-49% and 9 (11.3%) had a PD-Ll TPS of >= 50%; 35 (43.8%) thus had a PD-L1 TPS of >= 1%. Of the 71 tumors with EGFR mutations, 23 (32.4%) had a PD-Ll TPS of 1%-49% and 7 (9.9%) had a PD-Ll TPS of >= 50%. A PD-Ll TPS of >= 1% was not associated with any clinical characteristic examined. Progression-free survival on initial TKI treatment was significantly poorer for patients with a PD-L1 TPS of >= 1% than for those with a PD-Ll TPS o f < 1% (p = .016).Conclusions: A subset of patients with EGFR mutations or ALK rearrangements had a PD-Ll TPS of 50%. Prospective studies are thus warranted to examine the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in such patients.