2024
Training pathologists to assess stromal tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer synergises efforts in clinical care and scientific research
Ly A, Garcia V, Blenman K, Ehinger A, Elfer K, Hanna M, Li X, Peeters D, Birmingham R, Dudgeon S, Gardecki E, Gupta R, Lennerz J, Pan T, Saltz J, Wharton K, Ehinger D, Acs B, Dequeker E, Salgado R, Gallas B. Training pathologists to assess stromal tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer synergises efforts in clinical care and scientific research. Histopathology 2024, 84: 915-923. PMID: 38433289, PMCID: PMC10990791, DOI: 10.1111/his.15140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesUS Food and Drug AdministrationFood and Drug AdministrationBreast cancerPathologist's visual assessmentDrug AdministrationSignificant interobserver variabilityPredicative biomarkerTILs assessmentTrained pathologistsInterobserver agreementInterobserver variabilityVisual assessmentGold standardReference standardBreastCME coursesClinical practiceClinical careCancerMedical educationPathologistsLymphocytesExpert commentary
2020
Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer
Kos Z, Roblin E, Kim RS, Michiels S, Gallas BD, Chen W, van de Vijver KK, Goel S, Adams S, Demaria S, Viale G, Nielsen TO, Badve SS, Symmans WF, Sotiriou C, Rimm DL, Hewitt S, Denkert C, Loibl S, Luen SJ, Bartlett JMS, Savas P, Pruneri G, Dillon DA, Cheang MCU, Tutt A, Hall JA, Kok M, Horlings HM, Madabhushi A, van der Laak J, Ciompi F, Laenkholm AV, Bellolio E, Gruosso T, Fox SB, Araya JC, Floris G, Hudeček J, Voorwerk L, Beck AH, Kerner J, Larsimont D, Declercq S, Van den Eynden G, Pusztai L, Ehinger A, Yang W, AbdulJabbar K, Yuan Y, Singh R, Hiley C, Bakir MA, Lazar AJ, Naber S, Wienert S, Castillo M, Curigliano G, Dieci MV, André F, Swanton C, Reis-Filho J, Sparano J, Balslev E, Chen IC, Stovgaard EIS, Pogue-Geile K, Blenman KRM, Penault-Llorca F, Schnitt S, Lakhani SR, Vincent-Salomon A, Rojo F, Braybrooke JP, Hanna MG, Soler-Monsó MT, Bethmann D, Castaneda CA, Willard-Gallo K, Sharma A, Lien HC, Fineberg S, Thagaard J, Comerma L, Gonzalez-Ericsson P, Brogi E, Loi S, Saltz J, Klaushen F, Cooper L, Amgad M, Moore DA, Salgado R. Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2020, 6: 17. PMID: 32411819, PMCID: PMC7217863, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0156-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesEarly TNBCBreast cancerHER2-positive breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesLymphocyte distributionStromal tumorsInflammatory cellsPredictive biomarkersTreatment selectionPrognostic toolClinical practiceOutcome estimatesLymphocytesReproducible assessmentTNBCTumorsCancerScoring guidelinesMultiple areasTumor boundariesRisk estimationImpact of discrepanciesRing studiesAssessment