Association of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes with recurrence score in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer : Analysis of four prospective studies

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BACKGROUND: The clinical value of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/HER2- breast cancer (BC) may be unearthed by focusing on more biologically aggressive tumors. Here we deepen and describe the correlation between RS and TILs, proposing an immuno-genomic model for HR+ /HER2- BC.

METHODS: We enrolled T1-T3, N0-N1 BC patients with available RS® and TILs in the context of four multicenter, prospective studies. RS® and TILs were considered as continuous and categorical variables. RS® was categorized into: 0-10 (low risk), 11-25 (intermediate risk) and 26-100 (high risk); TILs were categorized into: low TILs (0-10%), intermediate TILs (11-59%) and high TILs (60-100%).

RESULTS: 811 patients were included. RS distribution was (n = 810): low risk 22.0%, intermediate risk 61.2%, high risk 16.8%. TIL distribution was (n = 455): low TILs 84.6%, intermediate TILs 13.6% and high TILs 1.8%. A significant, weak positive, linear correlation was found between continuous TILs and RS (Pearson coefficient=0.223, p < 0.001). When considering RS and TILs categories, tumors with intermediate/high TIL levels significantly enriched the high RS subgroup (p = 0.006). This was confirmed both within Luminal A and Luminal B cohorts. Among high-RS patients, 16.7% of Luminal A and 26.7% of Luminal B tumors had intermediate/high TILs.

CONCLUSIONS: We observed that RS® and TILs capture only slightly overlapping information on the biology of HR+ /HER2- tumor microenvironment. We demonstrated the feasibility of combining RS and TILs into a composite immuno-genomic model, which may serve the purpose of guiding and focalizing patient selection in the further development of immunotherapy strategies for Luminal-like disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:195

Enthalten in:

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 195(2023) vom: 05. Dez., Seite 113399

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miglietta, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Dieci, Maria Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Giarratano, Tommaso [VerfasserIn]
Torri, Valter [VerfasserIn]
Giuliano, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Zustovich, Fable [VerfasserIn]
Mion, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Tondini, Carlo Alberto [VerfasserIn]
De Rossi, Costanza [VerfasserIn]
Bria, Emilio [VerfasserIn]
Franchi, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Merlini, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Giannatiempo, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Fotia, Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Poletti, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Caremoli, Elena Rota [VerfasserIn]
Arpino, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
De Salvo, Gian Luca [VerfasserIn]
Zambelli, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Guarneri, Valentina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast cancer
EC 2.7.10.1
Hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Oncotype Dx
Receptor, ErbB-2
Recurrence Score®
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 05.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113399

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364426004