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
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