The clinical outcomes of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS): A single-centre experience of two decades with the assessment of PD-L1 expressions

European Journal of Surgical Oncology : the Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
Kyoungmin LeeJin-Hee Ahn

Abstract

Little is known about undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) because of the low incidence and heterogeneous diagnosis of sarcoma. We investigated the oncologic outcomes of patients with UPS in a real-practice setting in association with adjuvant treatments and assessment of PD-L1 expression. We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients who were diagnosed with UPS in Asan Medical Center between January 1995 and December 2016. PD-L1 staining was performed using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumour tissue by immunohistochemistry, and positive PD-L1 expression was defined as staining in ≥1% of tumour cells. The PD-L1 H-score, which was calculated for statistical analysis as intensity (0-3) multiplied by proportion (0-100), ranged from 0 to 300. Of 205 patients included in our analysis, 176 underwent a curative-intent operation for localised disease. The five-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate of resected UPS patients was 54.3%. Administration of adjuvant therapy did not overcome the poor prognostic factors such as primary tumour size (>5 cm) and locations, especially the abdomen and pelvis. The PD-L1 analysis was available for 114 patients, and 83 (72.8%) showed immunoreactivity for PD-L1 with weak (44/83), intermedia...Continue Reading

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