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SynthesisCancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Expanding the PD-L1 Paradigm: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Scoring Systems and Additional Biomarkers Influencing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Outcomes in Breast Cancer.

Shuangwei Mo, Yuxian Wang, Yaoling Wang, Xinhai Chen, Hongyi Zhu, Zhengrong Zou, Weikai Xiao

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Shuangwei MoDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Yuxian WangDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Yaoling WangDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Xinhai ChenDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Hongyi ZhuDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Zhengrong ZouDepartment of Emergency Trauma Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Weikai XiaoDepartment of Breast, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2008-7716

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Abstract

objectivesThe study aimed to conduct an in-depth analysis of the influence of PD-L1 status and expression levels and other variables on the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in treating breast cancer.

methodsA total of 19 articles, involving 16 trials and 7899 patients, were included in the analysis. The outcomes of interest were odds-ratio (OR) for pathological complete response (pCR) in early breast cancer, and hazard ratio (HR) for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in advanced breast cancer.

resultsIn early breast cancer, individuals with PD-L1-positive tumors were more likely to benefit from ICIs than those with PD-L1-negative tumors. Furthermore, patients with PD-L1 positivity in immune cells (IC) had superior outcomes compared to those scoring positively on combined positive score (CPS), with ORs for ICIs benefit being 2.28 for IC-positive patients vs 1.78 for CPS-positive patients. Regarding the impact of breast cancer subtypes on the efficacy of ICIs, our findings indicated that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) exhibits the greatest therapeutic response with OR of 1.93, followed by the hormone receptor-positive (HoR+) / human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-), while the HER2+ was the worst. Additionally, age was identified as a key predictive factor in responding to ICIs. In advanced breast cancer, there was an upward trend in CPS values associated with enhanced ICIs responsiveness, with the predictive value increasing from 12% at a CPS threshold of 10 to 13.6% at 20.

conclusionThe study concluded that the PD-L1 expression scoring system effectively discriminates between patients with breast cancer in terms of the degree of benefit they may attain from ICIs. Patients with little or no PD-L1 expression experienced a diminished therapeutic benefit from ICIs.

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B7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsFemaleHumansTreatment OutcomeTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsbiomarkersbreast cancerimmune checkpoint inhibitormeta-analysisPD-L1

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PMCPMC11583497

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