Table 1: Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients and associations between PD-L1 positivity in resection and biopsy and clinicopathologic characteristics.

Parameters

Case no.

PD-L1 expression (CPS)

Resection

PD-L1 expression (CPS)

Biopsy

CPS1

CPS<1

P-value

CPS≥1

CPS<1

P-value

Gender

Male

Female

 

31

8

 

26 (83.9%)

7 (87.5%)

 

5 (16.1%)

1 (12.5%)

0.8

 

10 (32.3%)

0 (0%)

 

21 (67.7%)

8 (100.0%)

0.06

Mean age (range)

 

 

57.8

(30-74)

62.2

(59-80)

 

58.1

(44-70)

58.7

(30-80)

 

AJCC Stage

I/II

III/IV

 

14

25

 

12 (85.7%)

21 (84.0%)

 

2 (14.3%)

4 (16.0%)

0.89

 

4 (28.6%)

6 (24.0%)

 

10 (71.4%)

19 (76.0%)

0.75

T Stage

T2

T3

T4a

T4b

 

3

17

18

1

 

2 (66.7%)

14 (85.7%)

16 (84.0%)

1 (100.0%)

 

1 (33.3%)

3 (14.3%)

2 (16.0%)

0 (0%)

0.74

 

 

 

1 (33.3%)

3 (28.6%)

6 (33.3%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (66.7%)

14 (71.4%)

12 (66.7%)

1 (100.0%)

0.67

 

 

N Stage

N0

N1

N2

N3a

N3b

 

5

11

9

4

10

 

4 (80.0%)

8 (72.7%)

9 (100.0%)

4 (100.0%)

8 (80.0 %)

 

1 (20.0%)

3 (27.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (20.0 %)

0.43

 

 

 

 

2 (40.0%)

3 (27.3%)

2 (22.2%)

1 (25.0%)

2 (20.0%)

 

3 (60.0%)

8 (72.7%)

7 (77.8%)

3 (75.0%)

8 (80.0%)

0.94

 

 

 

Dukes-MAC like stage

B2

C1

C2

D

 

 

4

2

14

19

 

 

3 (75.0%)

1 (50.0%)

12 (85.7%)

17 (89.5 %)

 

 

1 (25.0%)

1 (50.0%)

2 (14.3%)

2 (10.5 %)

0.48

 

 

 

 

 

1 (75.0%)

1 (50.0%)

2 (14.3%)

6 (31.6%)

 

 

3 (25.0%)

1 (50.0%)

12 (85.7%)

13 (68.4%)

0.59

 

 

 

WHO classification

WD/MD

PD/UND

SRRC

GCLS

 

 

10

26

2

1

 

 

9 (90.0%)

23 (88.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (100.0%)

 

 

1 (10.0%)

3 (11.5%)

2(100.0%)

0 (0%)

 

0.01

 

 

 

3 (30.0%)

7 (27.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 

7 (70.0%)

19 (73.0%)

2 (100.0%)

1 (100.0%)

 

0.67

EBV

 Positive

 Negative

MSI

 MSI-H

 MSS/MSI-L

 

4

35

 

4

35

 

4 (100.0%)

29 (82.9%)

 

4 (100.0%)

29 (82.9%)

 

0 (0%)

6 (17.1%)

 

0 (0%)

6 (17.1%)

1.00

 

 

1.00

 

2 (50%)

8 (22.9%)

 

4 (100.0%)

6 (17.1%)

 

2 (50%)

27 (77.1%)

 

0 (0%)

29 (82.9%)

0.27

 

 

0.003

Total

39

33 (84.6%)

6 (15.4%)

 

29 (74.4%)

10 (25.6%)