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    MA02 - Improving Outcomes for Patients with Lung Cancer (ID 895)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 201 BD
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      MA02.01 - ROS1 Gene Rearrangements Are Associated with an Exaggerated Risk of Peri-Diagnosis Thromboembolic Events (ID 12442)

      10:30 - 10:35  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      Based on clinical observation, we hypothesized that ROS1 gene-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (ROS1+ NSCLC) has a higher than expected thromboembolic event (TEE) rate. A multicenter, retrospective cohort study of TEE in advanced ROS1+, KRAS+, ALK+ and EGFR+ NSCLC was conducted.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      Venous (DVT / PE) and arterial (MI/TIA/CVA) TEE within +/- 365 days of diagnosis of ROS1+, KRAS+, ALK+ or EGFR+ advanced NSCLC at 4 academic centers in USA and China from October 2002 to January 2018 were captured. The primary endpoint was the incidence of TEE in ROS1+ compared to KRAS+ NSCLC as a control group within +/- 90 days of diagnosis. Secondary endpoints compared TEE incidence between ROS1+ and ALK+, and ROS1+ and EGFR+. Fine-Gray Model was used to detect differences in TEE incidence while accounting for death as a competing risk.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      105 ROS1+, 101 ALK+, 112 EGFR+, and 114 KRAS+ NSCLC patients were enrolled. Incidence rate of TEE within +/- 90 days of diagnosis was 30.5% (32/105), 12.9% (13/101), 7.1% (8/112), and 12.3% (14/114) in the respective molecular cohorts. Compared to the ROS1+ cohort, the risk of TEE was significantly lower in the three other cohorts (KRAS+ HR 0.334, 95% CI: 0.18-0.62, p=0.001; ALK+ HR 0.357, 95% CI: 0.188-0.68, p=0.002; EGFR+ HR 0.193, 95% CI: 0.089-0.421, p<0.001) (Figure 1). First event TEEs were venous as opposed to arterial in 59.5% (22/37) ROS1+, 87.1% (27/31) ALK+, 80.6% (25/31) EGFR+, and 80% (16/20) KRAS+ cases. The median time (Interquartile Range) to TEE from the time of diagnosis for ROS1+/ALK+/EGFR+/ KRAS+ was 0 days (-6.75 to 7.0), 0 days (-20.0 to 35.0), 0.50 days (-43.7 to 21.3), and 13 days (0.49 to 32.0), respectively.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      Among common molecular subtypes of NSCLC, ROS1+ oncogene is associated with a significantly higher risk of developing TEE within +/- 90 days of advanced NSCLC diagnosis.

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    MA11 - Biomarkers of IO Response (ID 912)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Immunooncology
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 203 BD
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      MA11.05 - Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Expression in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Analyses of Prevalence, Clinical Correlations and Prognostic Impact (ID 13309)

      11:00 - 11:05  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO-1) is a cytosolic enzyme involved in the catabolism of tryptophan; IDO-1-related immune suppression is due to decreased tryptophan availability and to the generation of tryptophan metabolites, culminating in substantial suppression of T-lymphocytes. Here we investigate IDO-1 expression in a cohort of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) specimens, both in tumor cells and in immune infiltrate, with correlation of IDO-1 to PD-L1 expression, clinical patient demographics and outcomes.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      A cohort of 1.200 NSCLC samples were obtained from 437 patients who underwent surgical lung resections at Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia. IDO-1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Correlations were assessed using Spearman and Kendall tests. A Cox proportional hazards (PH) model was used to assess if overall survival (OS) was associated with IDO-1 positivity in univariate and multivariable settings.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      Samples from 437 patients were analyzed for IDO-1 expression, with 111 (25.4%) determined as positive (H-Score 1) and 326 patients (74.6%) as negative (H-Score: 0). IDO-1 expression was determined to be greater in tumor immune infiltrate, with 406 patients (93.8%) determined as positive, while just 27 (6.2%) were IDO-1 negative. There was a significant positive correlation between IDO-1 positive tumor cells and immune cells (0.2167, p < 0.001). Both continuous and binary versions of tumor H-Score showed a significant positive correlation with the amount of tumor immune infiltrate (0.1806 and 0.1698, p < 0.0001, respectively). None of the analyzed variables (age, sex, histology, stage, EGFR, KRAS and PD-L1 status) were found to display a significant correlation with IDO-1 positivity in tumor and immune cells. IDO-1 positivity in tumor cells was found to be significantly associated with OS in the univariate setting and in the multivariable model where variables age, sex, histology, stage, EGFR, KRAS and PD-L1 status were included [P-value = 0.009 and 0.021, respectively; HR: 0.72 (95% CI: 0.55-0.95)]. IDO-1 positivity in immune cells was found to be significantly associated with OS in the univariate setting and was borderline significant in the multivariable model [P-value = 0.006 and 0.053, respectively; HR: 0.798 (95% CI: 0.635-1.003)].

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      To our knowledge, this is the most extensive analysis of IDO-1 expression in NSCLC patients reported in the literature. Our results suggest the possible prognostic role of IDO-1 expression in tumor and immune cells, highlighting the relevance of IDO-1 detection in tumor tissue. Since new compounds targeting IDO-1 are actually under investigation, the identification of potential prognostic and predictive biomarkers will be needed.

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    MA15 - Colliding Approaches - EGFR and Immunotherapy (ID 916)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Targeted Therapy
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 13:30 - 15:00, Room 107
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      MA15.10 - Loss of T790M Mutation is Associated with Early Progression to Osimertinib in Chinese Advanced NSCLC Patients Harboring EGFR T790M (ID 13645)

      14:35 - 14:40  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      Osimertinib has demonstrated striking superior efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients detected acuqired T790M mutation as resistant mechanism to upfront early-generation EGFR-TKIs. However, not all the T790M positive tumors are homogeneously sensitive to osimertinib, and the duration of response often varies. Previous studies suggest that loss of T790M mutation upon progression is related to decreased therapeutic benefit from osimertinib. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of T790M-mutant status and clinical outcomes after osimertinib treatment in Chinese NSCLC patients harboring acquired EGFR T790M mutation.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      We reviewed the electric medical records of all patients receiving osimertinib monotherapy after detected acquired T790M mutation in rebiopsy after resistant to prior EGFR-TKIs, and underwent re-rebiopsy again upon progression to osimertinib at our hospital. Detailed clinicopathologic characteristics and response data were collected for all patients.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      From January 2014 to December 2016, 230 patients were confirmed T790M mutation positive for acquired resistance to early-generation EGFR-TKIs (gefitinib, erlotinib, afatinib and icotinib). Among them, 90 patients received osimertinib monotherapy as subsequent treatment. Out of the patients, 84 (93.3%) were eligible for osimertinib-resistance analysis, and 31 (34.4%) patients underwent T790M detection in biopsy after disease progression to osimertinib. The most commonly used biopsy sample were tumor tissue, peripheral blood and hydrothorax. 16 patients remained T790M positive, while 15 patients lost T790M mutation in their re-rebiopsy samples. Loss of T790M upon progression was significantly associated with shorter duration of response to osimertinib (median time 5.93 vs 11.87 m, HR:0.325, 95%CI: 0.087 to 0.45, p=0.0005), while overall survival (OS) was not statistically different between T790M-loss and -remain groups. The objective response rates were also similar in two groups (85% and 100%, respectively). In multivariate analysis, T790M mutation loss remained significantly associated with early progression to osimertinib.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      Loss of T790M mutation was associated early progression to osimertinib in Chinese NSCLC patients harboring acquired T790M mutation. Dynamic detection during osimertinib treatment may be a potential strategy to timely reveal disease progression.

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    OA02 - Novel Therapies in ROS1, HER2 and EGFR (ID 893)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Targeted Therapy
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 105
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      OA02.04 - Discussant - OA 02.01, OA 02.02, OA 02.03 (ID 14548)

      11:00 - 11:15  |  Presenting Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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    P1.01 - Advanced NSCLC (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 933)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track:
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.01-111 - EGFR exon20 Insertion Patients Treated with First-Line Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 14323)

      16:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      Epidermal growth factor receptor exon20 insertion(EGFR 20-ins) is a low frequency mutation among EGFR mutations, and chemotherapy is a major choice for these patients. The outcomes between different types of EGFR 20-ins and with EGFR sensitive mutation and wild type are not well studied.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      From Oct 2011 to Feb 2018, EGFR 20-ins was detected using ARMS method. The mutation positive samples were subsequently confirmed by DNA sequencing. Clinicopathological features and outcomes between different kind of EGFR 20-ins patients as well as EGFR 20-ins patients with EGFR sensitive mutation and wild type patients were analyzed.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      Eighty-four 20-ins patients were detected in this study. Eight were not enough for DNA sequencing, 11 were wild type and 65 were mutation positive. The three major subtypes were: 28 c.2308_2309insCCAGCGTGG, 9 c.2311_2312insGCGTGGACA and 10 c.2319_2320insAACCCCCAC. Of the 45 patients who could access treatment effect in first-line chemotherapy, objective response rate(ORR) was 28.9%(13/45), disease control rate(DCR) was 86.7%(39/45) and median progression-free survival (mPFS) was 5.7 month. There were no significant differences in sex, age, smoking status, pathological types, ORR, DCR and PFS between c.2308_2309insCCAGCGTGG mutation and other 20-ins mutations. We compared the PFS of EGFR sensitive mutation, wild type and 20-ins patients, and found no significant difference(p=0.324).

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      EGFR 20-ins is a distinct EGFR mutation. The clinicopathological features and clinical outcome were not significantly different between different EGFR 20-ins subtypes, as well as between EGFR 20-ins, EGFR sensitive mutation and wild type patients. Target drugs for this kind of patients are needed.

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    P1.13 - Targeted Therapy (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 945)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track:
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.13-26 - First-Line Continual EGFR-TKI Plus LAT Demonstrated Survival Benefit in Egfr-Mutant Nsclc Patients with Oligoprogressive Disease (ID 11143)

      16:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      The effect of local ablative therapy (LAT) for oligoprogressive epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains undetermined. This study aimed to investigate the survival benefit of addition of LAT to EGFR-TKIs in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with oligoprogression during TKI therapy.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      Patients with stage IIIB/IV EGFR mutant NSCLC who had oligoprogressive disease during the first-line EGFR-TKI therapy from March 2011 to February 2016 were identified. The primary research point were progression-free survival1 (PFS1), defined as time of initiation of TKI therapy to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) 1.1 defined progress disease (PD) or death and PFS2, defined as time of initiation of TKI therapy to off-TKI PD. The second research piont inclued overal survival (OS) and safety.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      A total of 206 patients were included. The median follow-up time was 42 months (20.0-69.6 months). The median PFS1, median PFS2 and median OS for the related cohort were 10.7 months (95% CI, 10.1-13.3 months), 18.3 months (95% CI, 17.4-19.2 months) and 37.4 months (95% CI, 35.9-38.9 months) respectively. Survival rates of 1 year, 2 years and 3 years were 94.1%, 78.9%, and 54.7%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that female, EGFR exon 19 mutation, one metastatic lesion, partial or complete response to prior EGFR TKIs therapy were the independent prognostic factors. No unexpected toxicities were observed.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      The current study suggested that the addition of LAT to EGFR-TKI could provide satisfactory survival benefit for EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with oligoprogression during first-line EGFR-TKI treatment.

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    P2.04 - Immunooncology (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 953)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track:
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.04-13 - The Immune Checkpoint, HVEM Contribute to Immune Escape in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer of Lacking PDL1 Expression (ID 13116)

      16:45 - 18:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

      • Abstract

      Background

      Herpes Virus Entry Mediator (HVEM) is an important immune checkpoint in cancer recognition. HVEM expressed on tumor cell membranes activates immune cell signaling pathways leading to either inhibition of activity (BTLA) or activation of immune activity (LIGHT). The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of HVEM expression and its association with PDL1 expression in NSCLC.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      A TMA of 527 resected NSCLC samples and 53 NSCLC cell lines were evaluated for HVEM and PD-L1 expression. The IHC assay for HVEM was optimized on the Dako Link48 autostainer using a polyclonal antibody from R&D Systems(AF356). PD-L1 IHC was performed on the Dako Link48 autostainer using the PD-L1 22C3 pharmDx kit. Scoring HVEM employed the H-score system while for PD-L1 the tumor proportion score (TPS) was used.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      HVEM expression in the NSCLC resected samples and cell lines revealed a positive H-score more than 1 was18.6%(77/415) and 45.3%(24/53) respectively. HVEM expression was significantly higher in patients with lymph node N2 metastasis (25.5% vs 7.9% vs 17.5%, P=0.046) when comparing with N1 or no lymph node metastasis, and was marginally significantly higher in patients with stage III/IV disease (24.5% vs 16.4%, P=0.059). Subgroup analysis showed that HVEM (median 45 vs 36 months, p=0.706) and PD-L1 expression (median 45 vs 48 months, p=0.178) status was not predictive of overall survival. HVEM was found to have a significant negative correlation with PD-L1 expression (r=-0.232, p=0.002, Figure 1A) in patients with NSCLC and also have a negative correlation in NSCLC cell lines(r=-0.055, p=0.764,Figure 1B).

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      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      HVEM was found to be overexpressed in patients of NSCLC with advanced disease or lymph node metastasis and has a negative co-relationship with PD-L1 expression, while, it did not have a prognostic role in patients with NSCLC.

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    P3.04 - Immunooncology (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 970)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track:
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/26/2018, 12:00 - 13:30, Exhibit Hall
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      P3.04-21 - Antibiotics Attenuate the Clinical Benefit of Anti-PD-(L)1 Immunotherapies in Chinese Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 13555)

      12:00 - 13:30  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting PD-(L)1 have shifted the treatment paradigm of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but responses are often heterogeneous and temporary. Several landmark publications have confirmed the dominant role of gut microbiome in modulating tumor responses to ICIs, suggesting the predictive value of antibiotics (ATB) in patients treated with anti-PD-(L)1 antibody. However, more evidence is needed to comprehensively reveal the association between ATB usage and ICIs therapeutic response in NSCLC, especially in Chinese populations.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC received anti-PD-(L)1 based therapies at our hospital. Detailed clinicopathologic characteristics, response data and ATB usage were collected for all patients. The patients receiving ATB within one month around the first administration of ICIs (defined as ATB-treated) were compared to those without (ATB-untreated).

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      109 cases receiving anti-PD-(L)1 based therapies and underwent response evaluation were identified. 65 (59.3%) of them received monotherapy and 44 received combination therapies including anti-PD-(L)1 plus anti-angiogenesis/chemotherapy. 35 (32.1%) patients had been prescribed ATB 60 days before or during the course of ICIs treatment, and 20 (18.3%) were categorized as ATB-treated group. The most commonly administered ATB were β-lactam inhibitors, fluoroquinolones and macrolides. No major statistical differences in baseline clinicopathologic features were observed between ATB-treated and -untreated groups. The objective response rates (ORR) to ICIs in two groups were 65% and 82%, respectively. ATB treatment was significantly associated with shorter progression-free survival (PFS) (median 3.73 vs 9.3 m, p<0.001), and also tended to be associated with primary disease progression (35% vs 18%, p=0.087). The overall survival (OS) (median 31.9 vs 37.6 m, p=0.74) was similar in two groups, but ATB appeared to be related to decreased duration of survival from ICI treatment start to death (median 6.07 vs 26.9 m, p=0.002). In multivariable analysis, ATB treatment was markedly associated with poorer ORR and survival to ICIs after adjusting for prior line treatment setting, ICI regimens, numbers of ICI-related toxicity and clinical characteristics.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      ATB usage was a predictor for decreased clinical benefit from anti-PD-(L)1immunotherapies in Chinese NSCLC patients. More comprehensive understanding of the interaction between gut microbiome and ATB is still in urgent need. Furthermore, modulating ATB-related gut microbiome dysbiosis may enhance response to anti-PD-(L)1 immunotherapies.

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    P3.12 - Small Cell Lung Cancer/NET (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 978)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track:
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/26/2018, 12:00 - 13:30, Exhibit Hall
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      P3.12-13 - Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Axis-PVR/TIGIT in Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 13994)

      12:00 - 13:30  |  Author(s): Shengxiang Ren

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      Background

      The poliovirus receptor (PVR) is an immune checkpoint protein expressed on tumor cells. It has been reported to mediate activation of T cells via CD226 or inhibition through binding to T-cell Ig and ITIM domain (TIGIT). TIGIT competes with CD226 for binding to PVR, and exhibits stronger affinity for PVR. Recently we have found that PVR is highly expressed in SCLC cell lines. Characterizing the expression and significance of the PVR-TIGIT axis in SCLC will help us to better understand the immunology of SCLC and may lead to novel therapeutic strategies to combine checkpoint blocking agents for improved SCLC immunotherapy.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed to evaluate PVR protein expression in a TMA of 39 SCLC cell lines and a cohort TMA of 77 limited stage SCLC patients with clinical data. We analyzed both PVR and TIGIT in an independent cohort of 27 resected, limited-stage SCLC tumors.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      Thirty-seven cell lines (95%, 37/39) demonstrated staining for PVR and of those, 4 cell lines (10.3%, 4/39) showed strong staining (H-score ≥ 270). In the 77 SCLC patients cohort, PVR expressed predominantly in the membrane of tumor cells, with minimal expression observed on immune cells. PVR expression in the SCLC patient cohort was 82% with an arbitrary H-score cut-off of ≥ 50. Higher PVR expression was found for male patients (P=0.040). The expression of PVR increased with the tumor progressing from stage I to stage III (p =0.007). SCLC patients who had higher PVR expression demonstrated poorer prognosis and the difference was near statistically significant (p=0.050). Using the same cut-off (H-score ≥ 50) in the independent SCLC cohort, the prevalence of high PVR expression was 89% (24/27).

      In the independent SCLC cohort, TIGIT was found to be expressed membranous or cytoplasm on the immune cells with weak to moderate staining. Immune cells with TIGIT staining were typically seen as variable size and aggregated toward the periphery of the tumor nest. TIGIT protein staining was demonstrated in 20 cases (74%). No association was found between PVR H-score and TIGIT expression by Fisher’s test (p=0.093).

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      PVR is broadly expressed in SCLC cell lines and tumor tissues. The expression of TIGIT protein was also found in SCLC patients with weak to moderate staining. Blockade of the PVR-TIGIT pathway may represent a possible future target to immunotherapy in SCLC patients.

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