. Pneumologia Interventistica, Divisione di Chirurgia Toracica, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - IEO - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - IRCCS - Milano, Italia.
. Divisione di Anatomia Patologica, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - IEO - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - IRCCS - Milano, Italia.
J Bras Pneumol. 2021 Jul 12;47(4):e20200584. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20200584. eCollection 2021.
EBUS-TBNA cytological sampling is routinely performed for pathological diagnosis, mediastinal staging, and molecular testing in lung cancer patients. EBUS-TBNA samples are not formally accepted for testing programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. The objective of the study was to compare the feasibility, reproducibility, and accuracy of PD-L1 expression assessment in cytological specimens and histological samples.
We prospectively collected histological (transbronchial forceps biopsy) and cytological (EBUS-TBNA) samples from peribronchial neoplastic lesions during an endoscopic procedure at the same target lesion for the pathological diagnosis and molecular assessment of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Fifteen patients underwent the procedure. Adequate cytological samples (at least 100 neoplastic cells) were obtained in 12 cases (92.3%). Assessment of PD-L1 expression was similar between histological and cytological samples (agreement rate = 92%). Sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy of EBUS-TBNA cytological specimens were 88.9% and 100%, respectively.
The evaluation of PD-L1 expression in EBUS-TBNA cytological specimens is feasible and presents good reproducibility when compared with routine histological samples. EBUS-TBNA cytological samples could be used for the assessment of PD-L1 expression in patients with NSCLC as a minimally invasive approach in stage IV NSCLC cancer patients.
经支气管超声内镜针吸活检(EBUS-TBNA)细胞学采样常用于肺癌患者的病理诊断、纵隔分期和分子检测。EBUS-TBNA 样本未正式用于程序性死亡配体 1(PD-L1)表达检测。本研究的目的是比较细胞学标本和组织学标本中 PD-L1 表达评估的可行性、可重复性和准确性。
我们前瞻性地收集了支气管镜检查过程中支气管周围肿瘤病变的组织学(经支气管活检钳)和细胞学(EBUS-TBNA)样本,用于 IV 期非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)的病理诊断和分子评估。
15 例患者接受了该操作。12 例(92.3%)获得了足够的细胞学样本(至少 100 个肿瘤细胞)。组织学和细胞学样本的 PD-L1 表达评估结果相似(一致性率=92%)。EBUS-TBNA 细胞学标本的敏感性和诊断准确性分别为 88.9%和 100%。
与常规组织学样本相比,EBUS-TBNA 细胞学标本中 PD-L1 表达的评估是可行的,且具有良好的可重复性。EBUS-TBNA 细胞学样本可用于评估 NSCLC 患者的 PD-L1 表达,作为 IV 期 NSCLC 患者的一种微创方法。