All IHC was performed in a hybrid laboratory (Northern Ireland Molecular Pathology Laboratory) that has UK Clinical Pathology Accreditation. Internally validated biomarker conditions, which followed UK-NEQAS guidelines (CD3 and CD8) or were based on expected performance from the literature (p53 and PD-L1), were as follows: CD3 (clone 2GV6 Ventana BenchMark; CC1 32 minutes, Optiview detection), CD8 (clone c8/144B, Dako: Leica Bond III, ER2 20 mins, 1/50, polymer detection), p53 (clone DO-7, Dako, ER2 30 mins, 1/100, polymer detection), PD-L1 (clone SP142, Ventana BenchMark, CC1 24 mins, optiview detection).
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