Image analysis-based tumor infiltrating lymphocytes measurement predicts breast cancer pathologic complete response in SWOG S0800 neoadjuvant chemotherapy trial

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We assessed the predictive value of an image analysis-based tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) score for pathologic complete response (pCR) and event-free survival in breast cancer (BC). About 113 pretreatment samples were analyzed from patients with stage IIB-IIIC HER-2-negative BC randomized to neoadjuvant chemotherapy ± bevacizumab. TILs quantification was performed on full sections using QuPath open-source software with a convolutional neural network cell classifier (CNN11). We used easTILs% as a digital metric of TILs score defined as [sum of lymphocytes area (mm2)/stromal area(mm2)] × 100. Pathologist-read stromal TILs score (sTILs%) was determined following published guidelines. Mean pretreatment easTILs% was significantly higher in cases with pCR compared to residual disease (median 36.1 vs.14.8%, p < 0.001). We observed a strong positive correlation (r = 0.606, p < 0.0001) between easTILs% and sTILs%. The area under the prediction curve (AUC) was higher for easTILs% than sTILs%, 0.709 and 0.627, respectively. Image analysis-based TILs quantification is predictive of pCR in BC and had better response discrimination than pathologist-read sTILs%.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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NPJ breast cancer - 9(2023), 1 vom: 13. Mai, Seite 38

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Englisch

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Fanucci, Kristina A [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yalai [VerfasserIn]
Pelekanou, Vasiliki [VerfasserIn]
Nahleh, Zeina A [VerfasserIn]
Shafi, Saba [VerfasserIn]
Burela, Sneha [VerfasserIn]
Barlow, William E [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Priyanka [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Alastair M [VerfasserIn]
Godwin, Andrew K [VerfasserIn]
Rimm, David L [VerfasserIn]
Hortobagyi, Gabriel N [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yihan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Leona [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Pusztai, Lajos [VerfasserIn]
Blenman, Kim R M [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 10.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41523-023-00535-0

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NLM356821269