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. 2017 Nov 20;7(3):e1389366. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1389366

Table 1.

PD-L1 expression in tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and CD274/PD-L1 copy number status in high-grade sarcomas of soft-tissue; Mean and median value of cases with PD-L1 positive TCs respectively TILs are shown. TC Tumor cell; TIL Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte; UPS Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma; ASPS Alveolar soft part sarcoma; ES Epithelioid sarcoma AS Angiosarcoma; LMS Leiomyosarcoma; SS Synovial sarcoma.

  Number of Cases PD-L1 positive TCs
PD-L1 positive TILs
CD274/PD-L1 Copy Number
                Amplification Polysomy Disomy Deletion
  n n (%) Mean (%); Median (%) Range (%) n (%) Mean (%); Median (%) Range (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
UPS 57 23 (40.4) 24.9; 10.0 0.0–90.0 10 (17.5) 23.1; 15.0 0.0–50.0 8 (14.0) 26 (45.6) 22 (38.6) 1 (1.8)
ASPS 5 1 (20.0) 70.0; 70.0 0.0–70.0 1 (20.0) 0.5; 0.5 0.0–0.5 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3) 29 (96.7) 0 (0.0)
ES 5 1 (20.0) 5.0; 5.0 0.0–5.0 1 (20.0) 5.0; 5.0 0.0–5.0 1 (4.3) 3 (13.0) 19 (82.6) 0 (0.0)
AS 23 8 (34.8) 25.4; 7.5 0.0–80.0 2 (8.7) 5.5; 5.5 0.0–10.0 0 (0.0) 5 (62.5) 2 (25.0) 1 (12.5)
LMS 8 1 (11.1) 3.0; 3.0 0.0–3–0 0 (0.0)     0 (0.0) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0) 0 (0.0)
SS 30 2 (6.7) 10.5; 10.5 0.0–20.0 1 (3.3) 10.0; 10.0 0.0–10.0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
p-value   0.012 0.238 <0.001