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Abstract Laryngeal Carcinoma is the second most common malignancy of the head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Based on insight into immune system / cancer interactions, cancer immunotherapy strategies have been developed. Of these strategies, immune checkpoints regulators are among the most important. Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) is one of the 2 ligands of Programmed Death-1 (PD-1); an important immune checkpoint regulator. Clinical trials using PD-L1 antibodies have shown efficacy in various cancers. Objectives:Detection of immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of PD-L1 by carcinoma cells (Ca) and immune cells (ICs)in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma , to investigate the possibility of using it as a targeted therapy, as well as, correlation of this expression with the clinico-pathologic parameters of the tumors. Materials and methods:forty laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma tissue sections were collected from laryngectomy specimens. IHC expression of PD-L1 was investigated in Ca and ICs. Results: ICs PDL1 expression was detected in of 67.5% of cases and showed glottictumor cases was significantly higher than in the transglottic, supraglottic and subglottic cases. (P <0.05).Carcinoma cells PDL1 expression was detected in 22.5% ,and there is no significant relation between the score and age, sex, tumor site, grade, cartilage infiltration, tumor grade, lymph node grade, stage, Tils, and PDL1 score in immune (P.>0.05) Conclusion: Our results supported PD-L1 expression inLaryngeal Carcinomaby both carcinoma cells and ICs, with higher expression in subset of tumors that are high grade, TILs rich . |