Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Dong, Zhengwei; Liu, Yiwei; Jiang, Tao; Hou, Likun; Wu, Fengying; Gao, Guanghui; Li, Xuefei; Zhao, Chao; Wang, Yan; Yang, Shuo; Mao, Shiqi; Liu, Qian; Li, Yumei; Xu, Chuan; Wu, Chunyan; Ren, Shengxiang; Zhou, Caicun; Zhang, Jun; Hirsch, Fred R.

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Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Zhengwei Dong^1*, Yiwei Liu^2*, Tao Jiang², Likun Hou¹, Fengying Wu², Guanghui Gao², Xuefei Li³, Chao Zhao³, Yan Wang², Shuo Yang², Shiqi Mao², Qian Liu², Yumei Li⁴, Chuan Xu⁵, Chunyan Wu^1✉, Shengxiang Ren^2✉, Caicun Zhou², Jun Zhang⁶, Fred R. Hirsch^7,8

1. Department of Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200433, Shanghai, P.R. China
2. Department of Medical Oncology,
3. Department of Lung Cancer and Immunology,
4. Department of Oncology and Nursing,
5. Department of Oncology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610072, PR China.
6. Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
7. Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
8. Clinical Institute for Lung Cancer, Mount Sinai Cancer, Mount Sinai Health System, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York.
*The first 2 authors contributed equally to this paper

✉ Corresponding authors: Prof S. Ren, Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital & Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, P.R. China. Tel: +86-21-65115006; Fax + More

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Dong Z, Liu Y, Jiang T, Hou L, Wu F, Gao G, Li X, Zhao C, Wang Y, Yang S, Mao S, Liu Q, Li Y, Xu C, Wu C, Ren S, Zhou C, Zhang J, Hirsch FR. Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Cancer 2020; 11(3):551-558. doi:10.7150/jca.35810. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p0551.htm

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Introduction: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) staining is used in clinical practice to guide the proper use of immune checkpoint inhibitors. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of PD-L1 staining of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cytological cell block samples.

Methods: Paired cytological cell block and surgical resection samples were consecutively collected from January 2016 to February 2017 in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University. Two trial-validated PD-L1 assays (28-8 and SP142) were used to quantify PD-L1 expression.

Results: A total of 112 pairs of specimens were collected, including 68(60.7%) adenocarcinomas and 28(25.0%) squamous cell carcinomas. Based on a tumor proportion score (TPS) cutoff of 1% for the 28-8 and SP142 assays, PD-L1 expression was positive in 78.6% and 58.9% of surgical samples respectively, while PD-L1 expression was positive in 67.9% and 25.0% of cytological cell block samples.

Based on staining by each antibody, fair to substantial concordance of PD-L1 expression was observed for cytological cell block specimens as compared to surgical resection (𝛋 ranges from 0.377 to 0.686). However, as the tumor cells in the cell block specimen increased, the consistency of PD-L1 expression increased. The concordance of PD-L1 expression in cell blocks with abundant cellularity was nearly perfect with various cutoffs (28-8: tumor cells over 400; SP142: tumor cells over 500).

Conclusion: Cytological cell block specimens may serve as a surrogate for PD-L1 staining in patients of NSCLC when more than 400-500 cancer cells were contained (over 400 cancer cells for 28-8, over 500 cancer cells for SP142).

Keywords: NSCLC, PD-L1 expression, cell block, concordance, cytology

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Dong, Z., Liu, Y., Jiang, T., Hou, L., Wu, F., Gao, G., Li, X., Zhao, C., Wang, Y., Yang, S., Mao, S., Liu, Q., Li, Y., Xu, C., Wu, C., Ren, S., Zhou, C., Zhang, J., Hirsch, F.R. (2020). Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Cancer, 11(3), 551-558. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.35810.

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Dong, Z.; Liu, Y.; Jiang, T.; Hou, L.; Wu, F.; Gao, G.; Li, X.; Zhao, C.; Wang, Y.; Yang, S.; Mao, S.; Liu, Q.; Li, Y.; Xu, C.; Wu, C.; Ren, S.; Zhou, C.; Zhang, J.; Hirsch, F.R. Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J. Cancer 2020, 11 (3), 551-558. DOI: 10.7150/jca.35810.

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Dong Z, Liu Y, Jiang T, Hou L, Wu F, Gao G, Li X, Zhao C, Wang Y, Yang S, Mao S, Liu Q, Li Y, Xu C, Wu C, Ren S, Zhou C, Zhang J, Hirsch FR. 2020. Cell Block as a Surrogate for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Staining Testing in Patients of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Cancer. 11(3):551-558.

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