Values of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), CD8+ TILs, and PDL-1 for predicting pathological complete response and prognosis in HER2-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with trastuzumab.

Authors

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Sasagu Kurozumi

Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Gunma University Hospital and Division of Breast Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Gunma, Japan

Sasagu Kurozumi , Kenichi Inoue , Masafumi Kurosumi , Hiroshi Matsumoto , Yuji Hayashi , Katsunori Tozuka , Kazuyuki Kubo , Kei Komatsu , Ken Takai , Shigenori E. Nagai , Hanako Oba , Jun Horiguchi

Organizations

Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Gunma University Hospital and Division of Breast Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Gunma, Japan, Division of Breast Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan, Department of Pathology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan, Division of Breast Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Japan

Research Funding

Other

Background: The predictive and prognostic values of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes(TILs) in neoadjuvant chemotherapy have also been demonstrated in triple negative as well as HER2-positive breast cancer (BC). In the present study, we investigated the relationship between the expression and degree of stromal (str)-TILs, CD8+ TILs, and PDL-1 positive cancer cells, and evaluated the values of these 3 factors for predicting pCR and prognosis in HER2-positive BC patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with trastuzumab. Methods: A total of 128 Japanese HER2-positive BC received taxanes followed by FEC, with the concomitant administration of trastuzumab. The grades of str-TILs were evaluated using the criteria of the International Working Group for TILs in BC, with a high grade being defined as > 40%. Immunohistochemically, positive cancer cells for PDL-1 was defined as > 1%, and high CD8+ was defined as the number of CD8+ TILs > 25 / 1 high power field. The relationship between the expression and degree of str-TILs, CD8+ TILs, and PDL-1 was investigated, as was that with pCR. In addition, the relationships of relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) with str-TILs, CD8+ TILs, and PDL-1 were examined. Results: pCR was achieved in 83 patients (pCR rate, 64.8%) who received NAC with trastuzumab, and RFS was significantly better in the pCR group than in the non-pCR group (p = 0.0071). A high degree of str-TILs correlated with high CD8+ (p = 0.0022) and positive PD-L1 (p < 0.0001). pCR rates correlated with the grades of str-TILs (high, 83.3% vs. low, 60.6%; p = 0.035) and PD-L1 expression (positive, 86.4% vs. negative, 61.5%; p = 0.026), but not with the density of CD8+ TILs (high, 70.1% vs. low, 56.6%; p = 0.18). In PD-L1-negative patients, survival was significantly better in the high CD8+ group than in the low CD8+ group (RFS: p = 0.0013; OS: p = 0.015). Conclusions: High-grade str-TILs and positive PD-L1 were identified as predictive factors of pCR in patients receiving NAC with trastuzumab, and high CD8+ TILs was a predictive factor of better survival in PDL1-negative and HER2-positive BC.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—HER2/ER

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

HER2+

Citation

J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 (suppl; abstr 589)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2016.34.15_suppl.589

Abstract #

589

Poster Bd #

77

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