2019
Quantitative assessment of immune cell populations and associations with clinical outcomes in African-American (AA) versus Caucasian triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
O'Meara T, Yaghoobi V, Blenman K, Pelekanou V, Silber A, Rimm D, Pusztai L. Quantitative assessment of immune cell populations and associations with clinical outcomes in African-American (AA) versus Caucasian triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: e14180-e14180. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.e14180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerDisease-free survivalBetter disease-free survivalPD-L1 expressionCD68 expressionAA TNBCStromal PD-L1 expressionPD-L1 protein expressionCaucasian casesHigher TIL countsTumor immune microenvironmentImmune cell populationsHigh CD68 expressionHigh CD68Similar CD8Stromal TILsClinical characteristicsDiagnosis dateTIL countPD-L1Clinical outcomesPredictive factorsCD8 expressionClinical variablesImmune microenvironment
2018
Sentinel lymph node B cells can predict disease-free survival in breast cancer patients
Blenman KRM, He TF, Frankel PH, Ruel NH, Schwartz EJ, Krag DN, Tan LK, Yim JH, Mortimer JE, Yuan Y, Lee PP. Sentinel lymph node B cells can predict disease-free survival in breast cancer patients. Npj Breast Cancer 2018, 4: 28. PMID: 30155518, PMCID: PMC6107630, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-018-0081-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph nodesTriple-negative breast cancerBreast cancer patientsB cellsLymph nodesCancer patientsImmune cellsBreast cancerNegative triple negative breast cancerTumor-negative patientsTumor-positive nodesDisease-free survivalAdditional prognostic informationTNM staging systemTumor invasion statusPositive nodesNegative patientsSentinel lymphDendritic cellsStaging systemPrognostic informationUnivariate analysisT cellsDiscovery cohortSeparate cohort
2017
Correlation of sentinel lymph node immune cells with disease-free survival and metastasis in breast cancer patients using 4-color chromogen-based immunohistochemistry and quantitative imaging microscopy
Blenman K. Correlation of sentinel lymph node immune cells with disease-free survival and metastasis in breast cancer patients using 4-color chromogen-based immunohistochemistry and quantitative imaging microscopy. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 197.7-197.7. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.197.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-free survivalShorter disease-free survivalOnly immune cellsBreast cancer patientsT cellsCancer cell invasionImmune cellsB cellsDistant metastasisCancer patientsDendritic cellsLocal metastasisCell invasionOdds of metastasisT cell reductionCancer cellsBreast cancer cohortSentinel lymphUnivariate analysisCancer cohortPatientsMetastasisLogistic regressionCell reductionSurvival