Programmed death-ligand 1 immunoexpression in matched biopsy and liquid-based cytology samples of advanced stage non-small cell lung carcinomas.

Deepali JainSupraja SukumarAnant MohanVenkateswaran K Iyer

Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2018)

PD-L1 ICC can be performed on LBC processed smears, with certain challenges in interpretation inherent to LBC smears and their processing methods. Nevertheless, they represent a potential resource for ICC, especially when alternate histology material is not available. Future studies are required to validate the predictive value of PD-L1 ICC on LBC smears.

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