PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 40-46.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2019.01.007

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Clinical significance of combined detection of PD-L1 protein and CD8+TILs in resected lung adenocarcinoma

MA Jianli1, ZHANG Minghui2, JI Hongfei3,4, XU Xiangying1   

  1. 1.Department of Radiation Oncology,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital,Harbin 150081,China;
    2.Department of Medical Oncology,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital;
    3.Institute of Cancer Prevention and Treatment,Harbin Medical University;
    4.Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Received:2018-11-12 Online:2019-02-28 Published:2019-02-13

Abstract: Objective The prognostic role of PD-L1 expression in surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma(ADC)remains controversial.The aim of present study was to investigate the prognostic value of PD-L1 combined with CD8+TILs expression in patients with resectable lung adenocarcinoma.Methods A total of 104 patients with lung adenocarcinoma who underwent radical resection were enrolled at the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University from January 2009 to December 2012.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of PD-L1 and CD8+TILs in primary tumor specimens.Its clinical pathological factors and its relationship with prognosis were statistical analysis.Results The positive expression rate of PD-L1 in tumor cells was 38.5%(40/104),and the positive rate of CD8+TILs was 44.2%(46/104).There was a significant correlation between the expression of CD8+TILs and TNM stages of patients with resectable ADC.The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that low expression of PD-L1 and high expression of CD8+TILs were significantly associated with disease-free survival(DFS)and overall survival(OS),and could be used as an independent predictors for predicting prognosis of patients with resectable ADC.Conclusion The expression of PD-L1 and CD8+TILs in the postoperative specimens can help to judge the prognosis of patients.This study has certain significance for immunotherapy of PD-1/PD-L1 pathway in patients with surgically resected ADC.

Key words: Programmed cell death-ligand 1, CD8high TILs, Lung adenocarcinoma, Prognosis

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