2021
Association of pathological complete response rates and TILs in triple-negative breast cancer patients.
Kassem M, Goldstein D, Schnell P, Grimm M, Quiroga D, Miah A, Vargo C, Shinde N, Michael B, Pariser A, Gatti-Mays M, VanDeusen J, Williams N, Stover D, Sardesai S, Wesolowski R, Lustberg M, Ramaswamy B, Tozbikian G, Cherian M. Association of pathological complete response rates and TILs in triple-negative breast cancer patients. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: e12596-e12596. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e12596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesInternational TILs Working GroupPathological complete response rateComplete response rateNeoadjuvant chemotherapyLong-term prognosisTNBC patientsBreast cancerAssociation of TILsResponse rateHigh distant recurrence rateOhio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterTriple-negative breast cancer patientsSingle-institution retrospective analysisHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Residual cancer burden indexRates of breastDistant recurrence ratesPreoperative systemic therapyGrowth factor receptor 2Majority of patientsInvasive ductal cancerBreast cancer patients
2018
PD‐L1 expression and CD8‐positive T cells are associated with favorable survival in HER2‐positive invasive breast cancer
Hou Y, Nitta H, Wei L, Banks P, Lustberg M, Wesolowski R, Ramaswamy B, Parwani A, Li Z. PD‐L1 expression and CD8‐positive T cells are associated with favorable survival in HER2‐positive invasive breast cancer. The Breast Journal 2018, 24: 911-919. PMID: 30230111, PMCID: PMC6724200, DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionCD8-positive T cellsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesHER2-positive casesLymph node metastasisCytotoxic immune reactionsBreast carcinomaImmune reactionsNode metastasisPD-L1Immune cellsConventional chemotherapyBreast cancerT cellsTissue microarrayHER2-positive invasive breast cancerHER2-positive invasive breast carcinomasHER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive breast carcinomasTumor cellsPD1/PD-L1 expressionHigh Nottingham gradePD-L1 stainingInvasive breast cancerLower tumor stage