2024
The analytical and clinical validity of AI algorithms to score TILs in TNBC: can we use different machine learning models interchangeably?
Vidal J, Tsiknakis N, Staaf J, Bosch A, Ehinger A, Nimeus E, Salgado R, Bai Y, Rimm D, Hartman J, Acs B. The analytical and clinical validity of AI algorithms to score TILs in TNBC: can we use different machine learning models interchangeably? EClinicalMedicine 2024, 78: 102928. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesBreast Cancer Research FoundationPrognostic validityMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerDisease-free survival endpointsHazard ratioHost anti-tumor immunityScored tumor infiltrating lymphocytesTumor-infiltrating lymphocyte scoresTriple-negative breast cancer patientsYears median follow-upTumour-infiltrating lymphocyte assessmentAnti-tumor immunityMedian follow-upIndependent prospective cohortTNBC tumorsPrognostic potentialProspective cohortBreast cancerPrognostic performanceAnalytic cohortFollow-upSchool of MedicineSwedish Society for Medical Research
2021
Quantitative assessment of the immune microenvironment in African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer: a case–control study
Yaghoobi V, Moutafi M, Aung TN, Pelekanou V, Yaghoubi S, Blenman K, Ibrahim E, Vathiotis IA, Shafi S, Sharma A, O’Meara T, Fernandez AI, Pusztai L, Rimm DL. Quantitative assessment of the immune microenvironment in African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer: a case–control study. Breast Cancer Research 2021, 23: 113. PMID: 34906209, PMCID: PMC8670126, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01493-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative breast cancerT cellsTumor microenvironmentAA patientsImmune cellsAA tumorsBreast cancerPurposeTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansTriple-negative breast cancerCase-control studySignificant differencesActivated T cellsImmunologic biomarkersPD-L1Lymphocytic infiltrationLymphoid infiltrationImmune microenvironmentControl cohortTNBC tumorsMyeloid markersQuantitative immunofluorescenceMean expression levelPatientsTNBC