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    P1.07 - Immunology and Immunotherapy (ID 693)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
    • Track: Immunology and Immunotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.07-041 - CD47 Expression and Prognosis in a Cohort of Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma (NSCLC) (ID 10301)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): A. Avilés

      • Abstract
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      Background:
      CD47 is a cell-surface molecule that promotes immune evasion by engaging signal-regulatory protein alpha, inhibiting phagocytosis. Data on the clinical significance of CD47 expression in patients with different NSCLC subtypes remains limited.

      Method:
      173 treatment-naïve patients with NSCLC diagnosis were evaluated. Tumor samples obtained by biopsy or surgical resection were collected for CD47 evaluation by immunohistochemistry. Tumor samples were scored according to the fraction of stained cells at each intensity. Staining intensity of cell membrane was visually scored on a scale from 0-3, (0 indicating absent staining and 3 representing maximal staining). In order to assess the prognostic and predictive value of CD47 as a biomarker, patients were stratified according to a cutoff point. This cutoff was optimized as a function of overall survival (OS) using the X-tile and Cutoff Finder software. CD47 mRNA was measured by RT-PCR.

      Result:
      CD47 ≥ 150 was associated with EGFR mutations in 73% of the positive cases (n=35, p=0.002). Longer overall survival was associated with ECOG 0-1 (p=0.006), adenocarcinoma histology (p=0.009) EGFR mutation status (p=0.001) and the H-score for CD47 (p=0.021). Multivariate analysis supports CD47 as an independent factor for survival (HR 1.8 IC95%: 1.1-2.8; p=0.007) Table 1. Patients with high levels of CD47 mRNA expression correlated with the score of CD47 ≥ 150 (p=0.066).

      Conclusion:
      The immune checkpoint molecule CD47 expressed on the surface of tumor cells allows them to escape immunosurveillance and therefore higher CD47 expression confers worse prognosis. Figure 1



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