2024
An algorithm for standardization of tumor Infiltrating lymphocyte evaluation in head and neck cancers
Xirou V, Moutafi M, Bai Y, Nwe Aung T, Burela S, Liu M, Kimple R, Shabbir Ahmed F, Schultz B, Flieder D, Connolly D, Psyrri A, Burtness B, Rimm D. An algorithm for standardization of tumor Infiltrating lymphocyte evaluation in head and neck cancers. Oral Oncology 2024, 152: 106750. PMID: 38547779, PMCID: PMC11060915, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesHead and neck cancerTILs evaluationHPV-positiveNeck cancerPrognostic valueHead and neck squamous cell cancer casesTIL variablesAssociated with favorable prognosisHPV-negative headHPV-negative populationHematoxylin-eosin-stained sectionsCox regression analysisPotential clinical implicationsInter-observer variabilityInfiltrating lymphocytesClinicopathological factorsFavorable prognosisValidation cohortTumor cellsCancer casesProspective settingQuPath softwareRetrospective collectionPredictive significance
2013
Comparison of HER2 and Phospho-HER2 Expression between Biopsy and Resected Breast Cancer Specimens Using a Quantitative Assessment Method
Bai Y, Cheng H, Bordeaux J, Neumeister V, Kumar S, Rimm DL, Stern DF. Comparison of HER2 and Phospho-HER2 Expression between Biopsy and Resected Breast Cancer Specimens Using a Quantitative Assessment Method. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e79901. PMID: 24278211, PMCID: PMC3836903, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore needle biopsyBreast cancer casesResection specimensCancer casesHER2/neu overexpressionPrediction of responsePre-analytic variablesNeu overexpressionTumor resectionNeedle biopsyBreast cancerHER2 immunoreactivityRetrospective collectionHER2Drug trastuzumabClinical implicationsHER2 proteinQuantitative immunofluorescenceResectionPHER2Good responseFurther studiesBiopsyTrastuzumabImmunoreactivity