Table 4 Clinico-pathological characteristics of the three cases with true tumor cell staining for PD-L1

From: Cellular localization of PD-L1 expression in mismatch-repair-deficient and proficient colorectal carcinomas

Patient

Group

Age/sex

Tumor site

Histology

TILs/HPF

PD-L1 IHC % at TSI

PD-L1 IHC % of tumor cell staininga

MMR IHC

Tumor stage

Treatment

Follow up status

1

MMRd-sporadic

70/M

Right colon

Poorly differentiated

2

70

80

Loss of MLH1/PMS2

T3N0

Surgery alone

NED at 100 months

2

MMRd-sporadic

83/F

Right colon

Medullary carcinoma

67

90

90

Loss of MLH1/PMS2

T3N1a

Surgery alone

Anastomotic recurrence at 24 months, DOD at 36.7 month

3

MMRp-TIL-H

75/M

Right colon

Poorly differentiated

24

50

50

Normal

T3N0

Surgery alone

Died of unrelated cause at 49.25 months

  1. aCalculated based on the amount of positively stained tumor cells over the total amount of tumor cells
  2. MMRd mismatch repair deficiency, TIL tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, HPF high power field, TII tumor infiltrating immune cells, IHC immunhistochemistry,TSI tumor-stroma interface, MMRp mismatch repair proficient, NED no evidence of disease, DOD died of disease