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Table 2 Tumor associated PD-L1 expression

From: Tumor associated PD-L1 expression pattern in microscopically tumor positive sentinel lymph nodes in patients with melanoma

Patient with SLN+ (N = 24)

Tumor associated expression

Semi-quantitative scoring

Percentage estimates—tumor

PD-L1 score—tumor

PD-L1—peritumoral

1

1 T, very weak

1

3

2

4, predominantly T, peripheral

1

40

3

Melanin confounds

2

NA

4

0

2 (adjacent subcapsular sinus)

0

5

4 T/NT

2

30

6

2, predominantly NT

3

3

7

0

3 (adjacent subcapsular sinus)

0

8

2.5, predominantly NT

3

10

9

4.5, predominantly T, weak

2 (adjacent sinus)

50

10

Melanin confounds

0

NA

11

1 T

2.5

<1

12

0a

2

0

13

1 T

1

<1

14

2.5 NT

2

10

15

2 predominantly NT

3

3

16

1 T

2

1

17

Melanin confounds

0

NA

18

1

1

<1

19

1 NT

2.5

<1

20

2T?, melanin confounds

2

<1

21

4, predominantly T, peripheral

3.5

40

22

5, predominantly T

2

90

23

4

0

40

24

4.5 T/NT

0

70

  1. aVery few tumor cells. In one region where a few tumor cells were present, a dense area of PD-L1 positivity was present directly adjacent but was impossible to say if all were non-tumor; this is interpreted as most likely