Clinical implications of heterogeniety in PD-L1 immuno-histochemical detection in hepatocellular carcinoma: the Blueprint-HCC study
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Abstract
Programmed cell death ligand-1 immunohistochemical detection (PD-L1 IHC) is a putative predictor of response to PD-1/PD-L1-targeted checkpoint inhibitors. However, there is no gold standard assay in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We evaluated 5 PD-L1 IHC assay platforms (E1LN3, 28-8, 22c3, SP263 and SP142) in 100 HCCs reporting PD-L1 expression in malignant (M) and tumour-infiltrating immune cells (TICs) and non-tumorous cirrhotic tissues (NTICs). We found substantial inter-assay heterogeneity in detecting PD-L1 expression in M (R2 = 0.080–0.921), TICs (Cohen’s κ = 0.175–0.396) and NTICs (κ = 0.004–0.505). Such diversity may impact on the reliability and reproducibility of PD-L1 IHC assays as a predictor of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Date Issued
2019-05-07
Date Acceptance
2019-03-25
Citation
British Journal of Cancer, 2019, 120, pp.1033-1036
ISSN
0007-0920
Publisher
Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]
Start Page
1033
End Page
1036
Journal / Book Title
British Journal of Cancer
Volume
120
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Cancer Research UK
Grant Number
204834/Z/16/Z
26137
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
EXPRESSION
ASSAYS
1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-05-07