Effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and PD-L1 expression in the SWOG S0800 clinical trial.
Pelekanou V, Barlow W, von Wahlde M, Wasserman B, Lo Y, Hayes D, Hortobagyi G, Gralow J, Tripathy D, Livingston R, Porter P, Nahleh Z, Rimm D, Pusztai L. Effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and PD-L1 expression in the SWOG S0800 clinical trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 519-519. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPD-L1 expressionNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNAC armTIL countClinical trialsImmune parametersNAC samplesBaseline PD-L1 expressionPathologic complete response rateDose-dense doxorubicinComplete response ratePD-L1 immunohistochemistryHER2-negative casesMinority of casesNab-paclitaxelResidual diseaseMean changeResponse rateLogistic regressionTILsBaselineEpithelial cellsHigh PCRChemotherapyTumors