2024
Training pathologists to assess stromal tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer synergises efforts in clinical care and scientific research
Ly A, Garcia V, Blenman K, Ehinger A, Elfer K, Hanna M, Li X, Peeters D, Birmingham R, Dudgeon S, Gardecki E, Gupta R, Lennerz J, Pan T, Saltz J, Wharton K, Ehinger D, Acs B, Dequeker E, Salgado R, Gallas B. Training pathologists to assess stromal tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer synergises efforts in clinical care and scientific research. Histopathology 2024, 84: 915-923. PMID: 38433289, PMCID: PMC10990791, DOI: 10.1111/his.15140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesUS Food and Drug AdministrationFood and Drug AdministrationBreast cancerPathologist's visual assessmentDrug AdministrationSignificant interobserver variabilityPredicative biomarkerTILs assessmentTrained pathologistsInterobserver agreementInterobserver variabilityVisual assessmentGold standardReference standardBreastCME coursesClinical practiceClinical careCancerMedical educationPathologistsLymphocytesExpert commentary
2021
Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus weekly nab-paclitaxel and dose-dense doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide in triple-negative breast cancer
Foldi J, Silber A, Reisenbichler E, Singh K, Fischbach N, Persico J, Adelson K, Katoch A, Horowitz N, Lannin D, Chagpar A, Park T, Marczyk M, Frederick C, Burrello T, Ibrahim E, Qing T, Bai Y, Blenman K, Rimm DL, Pusztai L. Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus weekly nab-paclitaxel and dose-dense doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide in triple-negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2021, 7: 9. PMID: 33558513, PMCID: PMC7870853, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00219-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesWeekly nab-paclitaxelTriple-negative breast cancerPD-L1Nab-paclitaxelAdverse eventsBreast cancerGrade 3/4 treatment-related adverse eventsPhase I/II trialGrade 3/4 adverse eventsTreatment-related adverse eventsDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamidePhase II studyGuillain-Barre syndromeMononuclear inflammatory cellsPathologic complete responseTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTumor cell stainingEvaluable patientsNeoadjuvant durvalumabSP263 antibodyII trialNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyPrimary endpoint
2020
Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer
Kos Z, Roblin E, Kim RS, Michiels S, Gallas BD, Chen W, van de Vijver KK, Goel S, Adams S, Demaria S, Viale G, Nielsen TO, Badve SS, Symmans WF, Sotiriou C, Rimm DL, Hewitt S, Denkert C, Loibl S, Luen SJ, Bartlett JMS, Savas P, Pruneri G, Dillon DA, Cheang MCU, Tutt A, Hall JA, Kok M, Horlings HM, Madabhushi A, van der Laak J, Ciompi F, Laenkholm AV, Bellolio E, Gruosso T, Fox SB, Araya JC, Floris G, Hudeček J, Voorwerk L, Beck AH, Kerner J, Larsimont D, Declercq S, Van den Eynden G, Pusztai L, Ehinger A, Yang W, AbdulJabbar K, Yuan Y, Singh R, Hiley C, Bakir MA, Lazar AJ, Naber S, Wienert S, Castillo M, Curigliano G, Dieci MV, André F, Swanton C, Reis-Filho J, Sparano J, Balslev E, Chen IC, Stovgaard EIS, Pogue-Geile K, Blenman KRM, Penault-Llorca F, Schnitt S, Lakhani SR, Vincent-Salomon A, Rojo F, Braybrooke JP, Hanna MG, Soler-Monsó MT, Bethmann D, Castaneda CA, Willard-Gallo K, Sharma A, Lien HC, Fineberg S, Thagaard J, Comerma L, Gonzalez-Ericsson P, Brogi E, Loi S, Saltz J, Klaushen F, Cooper L, Amgad M, Moore DA, Salgado R. Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2020, 6: 17. PMID: 32411819, PMCID: PMC7217863, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0156-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesEarly TNBCBreast cancerHER2-positive breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesLymphocyte distributionStromal tumorsInflammatory cellsPredictive biomarkersTreatment selectionPrognostic toolClinical practiceOutcome estimatesLymphocytesReproducible assessmentTNBCTumorsCancerScoring guidelinesMultiple areasTumor boundariesRisk estimationImpact of discrepanciesRing studiesAssessmentApplication of a risk-management framework for integration of stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in clinical trials
Hudeček J, Voorwerk L, van Seijen M, Nederlof I, de Maaker M, van den Berg J, van de Vijver KK, Sikorska K, Adams S, Demaria S, Viale G, Nielsen TO, Badve SS, Michiels S, Symmans WF, Sotiriou C, Rimm DL, Hewitt SM, Denkert C, Loibl S, Loi S, Bartlett JMS, Pruneri G, Dillon DA, Cheang MCU, Tutt A, Hall JA, Kos Z, Salgado R, Kok M, Horlings HM. Application of a risk-management framework for integration of stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in clinical trials. Npj Breast Cancer 2020, 6: 15. PMID: 32436923, PMCID: PMC7217941, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0155-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTriple-negative breast cancerMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesClinical trialsBiomarker-driven clinical trialsPotential predictive biomarkersPotential risk factorsImmunotherapy trialsImmunotherapy responsePredictive biomarkersRisk factorsBreast cancerStratification factorsSpecific trialsIntegral biomarkerTrialsLymphocytesBiomarkersReliable assessmentReviewCancer