2021
The tale of TILs in breast cancer: A report from The International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group
El Bairi K, Haynes HR, Blackley E, Fineberg S, Shear J, Turner S, de Freitas JR, Sur D, Amendola LC, Gharib M, Kallala A, Arun I, Azmoudeh-Ardalan F, Fujimoto L, Sua LF, Liu SW, Lien HC, Kirtani P, Balancin M, El Attar H, Guleria P, Yang W, Shash E, Chen IC, Bautista V, Do Prado Moura JF, Rapoport BL, Castaneda C, Spengler E, Acosta-Haab G, Frahm I, Sanchez J, Castillo M, Bouchmaa N, Md Zin RR, Shui R, Onyuma T, Yang W, Husain Z, Willard-Gallo K, Coosemans A, Perez EA, Provenzano E, Ericsson PG, Richardet E, Mehrotra R, Sarancone S, Ehinger A, Rimm DL, Bartlett JMS, Viale G, Denkert C, Hida AI, Sotiriou C, Loibl S, Hewitt SM, Badve S, Symmans WF, Kim RS, Pruneri G, Goel S, Francis PA, Inurrigarro G, Yamaguchi R, Garcia-Rivello H, Horlings H, Afqir S, Salgado R, Adams S, Kok M, Dieci MV, Michiels S, Demaria S, Loi S. The tale of TILs in breast cancer: A report from The International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group. Npj Breast Cancer 2021, 7: 150. PMID: 34853355, PMCID: PMC8636568, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00346-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesImmune checkpoint inhibitorsInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupBiomarker Working GroupBreast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerSubgroup of womenDeath-1Middle-income countriesPD-L1TIL analysisCytotoxic treatmentCancer settingPrognostic biomarkerClinical utilityClinical validityPatient advocatesWorking GroupClinical utilizationModern oncologyPatientsLymphocytesCancerFuture approachesImmunotherapyInterobserver Agreement of PD-L1/SP142 Immunohistochemistry and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in Distant Metastases of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Proof-of-Concept Study. A Report on Behalf of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group
Van Bockstal MR, Cooks M, Nederlof I, Brinkhuis M, Dutman A, Koopmans M, Kooreman L, van der Vegt B, Verhoog L, Vreuls C, Westenend P, Kok M, van Diest PJ, Nauwelaers I, Laudus N, Denkert C, Rimm D, Siziopikou KP, Ely S, Zardavas D, Roberts M, Floris G, Hartman J, Acs B, Peeters D, Bartlett JMS, Dequeker E, Salgado R, Giudici F, Michiels S, Horlings H, van Deurzen CHM. Interobserver Agreement of PD-L1/SP142 Immunohistochemistry and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in Distant Metastases of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Proof-of-Concept Study. A Report on Behalf of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group. Cancers 2021, 13: 4910. PMID: 34638394, PMCID: PMC8507620, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13194910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-Infiltrating LymphocytesPD-L1 statusTNBC metastasisPrimary TNBCInterobserver agreementInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupTriple-negative breast cancerBiomarker Working GroupBreast cancer benefitIndividual patient levelChance of treatmentCancer benefitDistant metastasisMetastatic TNBCImmune cellsSame pathologistPatient levelBreast cancerAnatomic localizationConsensus diagnosisMetastatic specimensMetastasisInter-pathologist agreementTNBCModerate agreement
2020
Report on computational assessment of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group
Amgad M, Stovgaard ES, Balslev E, Thagaard J, Chen W, Dudgeon S, Sharma A, Kerner JK, Denkert C, Yuan Y, AbdulJabbar K, Wienert S, Savas P, Voorwerk L, Beck AH, Madabhushi A, Hartman J, Sebastian MM, Horlings HM, Hudeček J, Ciompi F, Moore DA, Singh R, Roblin E, Balancin ML, Mathieu MC, Lennerz JK, Kirtani P, Chen IC, Braybrooke JP, Pruneri G, Demaria S, Adams S, Schnitt SJ, Lakhani SR, Rojo F, Comerma L, Badve SS, Khojasteh M, Symmans WF, Sotiriou C, Gonzalez-Ericsson P, Pogue-Geile KL, Kim RS, Rimm DL, Viale G, Hewitt SM, Bartlett JMS, Penault-Llorca F, Goel S, Lien HC, Loibl S, Kos Z, Loi S, Hanna MG, Michiels S, Kok M, Nielsen TO, Lazar AJ, Bago-Horvath Z, Kooreman LFS, van der Laak JAWM, Saltz J, Gallas BD, Kurkure U, Barnes M, Salgado R, Cooper LAD. Report on computational assessment of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group. Npj Breast Cancer 2020, 6: 16. PMID: 32411818, PMCID: PMC7217824, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0154-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesComputer-aided diagnosticsPotential of machineAssessment of algorithmsInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupHER2-positive breast cancerBiomarker Working GroupComputational workflowPrognostic workflowsVisual guidelinesTIL assessmentInfiltrating lymphocytesBreast cancerPredictive featuresSolid tumorsInter-reader variabilityWorkflowClinical validationComputational assessmentRipe opportunityComputational methodsReporting guidelinesLymphocytesVisual scoringClinical translation
2017
Update on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer, including recommendations to assess TILs in residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy and in carcinoma in situ: A report of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer
Dieci MV, Radosevic-Robin N, Fineberg S, van den Eynden G, Ternes N, Penault-Llorca F, Pruneri G, D’Alfonso T, Demaria S, Castaneda C, Sanchez J, Badve S, Michiels S, Bossuyt V, Rojo F, Singh B, Nielsen T, Viale G, Kim SR, Hewitt S, Wienert S, Loibl S, Rimm D, Symmans F, Denkert C, Adams S, Loi S, Salgado R, Cancer O. Update on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer, including recommendations to assess TILs in residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy and in carcinoma in situ: A report of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer. Seminars In Cancer Biology 2017, 52: 16-25. PMID: 29024776, DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesBreast cancerResidual diseaseTIL assessmentDuctal carcinomaInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupBiomarker Working GroupClinical breast cancer researchBreast cancer researchNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyImmunotherapeutic strategiesImmunological biomarkersInvasive carcinomaClinical trialsClinical relevanceConsensus guidanceInternational guidelinesCarcinomaWorking GroupCancerDiseaseMorphological evaluationLymphocytesCancer research
2016
Standardized evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer: results of the ring studies of the international immuno-oncology biomarker working group
Denkert C, Wienert S, Poterie A, Loibl S, Budczies J, Badve S, Bago-Horvath Z, Bane A, Bedri S, Brock J, Chmielik E, Christgen M, Colpaert C, Demaria S, Van den Eynden G, Floris G, Fox SB, Gao D, Ingold Heppner B, Kim SR, Kos Z, Kreipe HH, Lakhani SR, Penault-Llorca F, Pruneri G, Radosevic-Robin N, Rimm DL, Schnitt SJ, Sinn BV, Sinn P, Sirtaine N, O'Toole SA, Viale G, Van de Vijver K, de Wind R, von Minckwitz G, Klauschen F, Untch M, Fasching PA, Reimer T, Willard-Gallo K, Michiels S, Loi S, Salgado R. Standardized evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer: results of the ring studies of the international immuno-oncology biomarker working group. Modern Pathology 2016, 29: 1155-1164. PMID: 27363491, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2016.109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesEvaluation of TILsIntraclass correlation coefficientBreast cancerInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyBiomarker Working GroupImmuno-oncology biomarkersDiagnostic practiceKappa valuesInhibitor therapyInternational Working GroupImmunological parametersClinical trialsClinical studiesFleiss kappa valuePrespecified endpointsStudy aimWorking GroupMean concordanceStandardized reportingCancerRing studiesStandardized evaluationDifferent pathologists