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. 2021 Nov 10;3(1):vdab166. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdab166

Table 2.

Primary Lung Cancer and Brain Metastasis PD-L1 Expression and Discordance Status

Author Year N Assay name Criteria for PD-L1 expression measurement PDL1 expression in TC (Lung) PDL1 expression in TIL (Lung) PDL1 in lung PDL1 expression in TC (BM) PDL1 expression in TIL (BM) PDL1 in BM Concordance in Lung/BM PDL1 TC (n [%]) Discordance in Lung/BM PDL1 TC (n [%]) Concordance in Lung/BM PDL1 TIL (n [%]) Discordance in Lung/BM PDL1 TIL (n [%])
<1 1 to 50 >50 <1 1 to 50 >50 Positive Negative <1 1 to 50 >50 <1 1 to 50 >50 Positive Negative
Mansfield et al.16 2016 73 Leica Bond RX stainer PDLI in >5% NA NA NA NA NA NA 32 41 NA NA NA NA NA NA 24 49 63 (86%) 10 (14%) 54 (74%) 19 (26%)
Bherghoff et al. 17 2016 32 Dako assay/ IHC PDLI in >5% NA NA NA NA NA NA 24 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA 11 21 22 (70%) 10 (30%) NA NA
Takamori et al. 18 2018 15 Dako assay/ IHC PDLI in >5% 10 3 2 NA NA NA 4 11 11 1 3 NA NA NA 3 12 11 (75%) 4 (25%) NA NA
Zhou et al. 19 2018 25 Shuwen Biotech Co PDLI in >5% NA NA NA NA NA NA 17 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA 16 9 18 (72%) 7 (28%) 15 (60%) 10 (40%)
Teglasi et al. 20 2019 61 Ventana PDL1 for Tumor Cell 1%, 5%, and 50% 39 18 4 34 20 6 61 0 40 10 11 38 19 4 61 0 NA NA NA NA
Batur et al. 10 2019 24 Dako assay/ IHC PDL1 for Tumor Cell 1%, 5%, and 50% 6 9 9 6 13 5 18 6 7 9 8 6 16 2 17 7 23 (98%) 1 (2%) 23 (98%) 1 (2%)

BM, brain metastasis; IHC, immunohistochemistry; N, number; NA, not available; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; TC, tumor cell; TIL, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.