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. 2020 Apr 27;29(4):258–264. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000857

TABLE 2.

PD-L1 IC+ and TC+ Prevalence by Anatomic Location

Breast Lymph Node Liver Lung Skin Soft Tissue Brain Bone
Samples, N 303 60 26 15 14 7 4 4
PD-L1 IC
 Median (IQTL 25%, 75% range) 1.00 (0.50, 4.00) 3.00 (0.50, 5.00) 0.50 (0.0, 1.00) 2.00 (0.50, 4.00) 1.00 (1.00, 5.00) 0.50 (0.00, 1.00) 1.75 (0.13, 4.50) 0.25 (0.0, 0.88)
 IC≥1% (%) 57.1 65.0 26.9 53.3 57.1 42.9 50.0 25.0
PD-L1 TC
 Median (IQTL 25%, 75% range) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.50) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.00) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
 TC≥1% (%) 13.5 18.3 15.4 20.0 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

PD-L1 in IC: IC0 (IC <1%), IC1 (IC≥1% and <5%), IC2 (IC≥5% and <10%) and IC3 (IC≥10%). PD-L1 in TC: TC0 (TC <1%), TC1 (TC≥1% and <5%), TC2 (TC≥5% and <50%) and TC3 (TC≥50%).

IC indicates immune cells; IQTL, interquartile; PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1; TC, tumor cells.