Abstract 5412
Background
Previous studies in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression and its role in prognosis led to conflicting results. For treatment plan after CCRT, we sought to analyze PD-L1 expression and CD8+ lymphocyte and their relation with prognosis in stage III NSCLC patients treated with neo adjuvant CCRT followed by surgery with curative aim.
Methods
We retrospectively enrolled 43 patients with stage III NSCLC treated with neo adjuvant CCRT followed by surgery at Yonsei Cancer Center Severance hospital, between June 2008 and October 2010. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed on tissue sections of PD-L1 expression and presence of stromal CD8+ lymphocytes in NSCLC specimens. Weekly standard chemotherapy based on platinum was included in CCRT.
Results
The median age of patients at diagnosis was 62 years. Thirty patients (70%) were males and 13 patients (30%) were females. Never smokers were 17 patients (40%). Twenty-five patients had squamous cell carcinoma (58%). The post-CCRT PD-L1-positive group exhibited a tendency of poorer recurrence free survival (RFS) compared to post CCRT PD-L1-negative group (p = 0.108). The overall survival (OS) also showed a similar trend (p = 0.215). In the survival analysis with pre-CCRT specimens, both RFS and OS analyses showed no statistically significant differences (p = 0.423). Although it was not statistically significant, in a group showed increase in PD-L1 expression after CCRT resulted in the steepest curve in OS analysis (p = 0.220). Increase in stromal CD8+ lymphocytes after CCRT exhibited better survival than other groups (decrease or no change) (p = 0.017).
Conclusions
Increase in CD8+ lymphocyte density improved OS. Because this study was performed with small number of patients, prognostic value of PD-L1 in this group of patients should be considered for future treatment planning or study design although it was not statistically significant in this study.
Clinical trial identification
Legal entity responsible for the study
Yonsei Cancer Center.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Editorial Acknowledgement
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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