Quantitative and pathologist-read comparison of the heterogeneity of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in non-small cell lung cancer
Rehman JA, Han G, Carvajal-Hausdorf DE, Wasserman BE, Pelekanou V, Mani NL, McLaughlin J, Schalper KA, Rimm DL. Quantitative and pathologist-read comparison of the heterogeneity of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in non-small cell lung cancer. Modern Pathology 2016, 30: 340-349. PMID: 27834350, PMCID: PMC5334264, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2016.186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionPD-L1Immune cellsImmune cell PD-L1 expressionNon-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) casesCell lung cancer casesTumor cellsPD-L1 assessmentStromal immune cellsPD-L1 positivityCell lung cancerLung cancer patientsLung cancer casesRepresentative tumor areasPathologist scoresLikelihood of responseConcordance correlation coefficientRabbit monoclonal antibodyIntraclass correlation coefficientCancer patientsLung cancerImmunohistochemistry slidesCancer casesTumor tissueQuantitative assessment of the spatial heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer
Mani NL, Schalper KA, Hatzis C, Saglam O, Tavassoli F, Butler M, Chagpar AB, Pusztai L, Rimm DL. Quantitative assessment of the spatial heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research 2016, 18: 78. PMID: 27473061, PMCID: PMC4966732, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0737-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraclass correlation coefficientQuantitative immunofluorescenceBreast cancerSame cancerSingle biopsyMultiplexed quantitative immunofluorescenceTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesPotential predictive markerPrimary breast carcinomaCytokeratin-positive epithelial cellsCD20-positive lymphocytesCD8 levelsLymphocyte scoreQIF scoresLymphocyte countLymphocyte subpopulationsMultiple biopsiesSubpopulation countsPredictive markerPrognostic informationBreast carcinomaBiopsyB lymphocytesCD3Breast tumors