Differential Prognostic Impact of Strong PD-L1 Expression and 18F-FDG Uptake in Triple-negative Breast Cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: PD-L1 and tumor metabolism might have role of predicting an increase in treatment failures. Especially, strong PD-L1 expression status was related to distant metastasis-dominant recurrence pattern which needs for intensive systemic therapy.
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Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - February 6, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Choi SH, Chang JS, Koo JS, Park JW, Sohn JH, Keum KC, Suh CO, Kim YB Tags: Am J Clin Oncol Source Type: research