External Quality Assessment 2.0: The Importance of a Standardized Implementation of TILs for Daily and Trial Practices

Simple Summary New assays are developed regularly to improve health care for patients. It is important to ensure that assays are performed correctly. Therefore, it is advised to participate in training and proficiency (competence assessment) programs. Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) might improve the estimates of response to therapy and prognosis. Herewith, we propose a new training and proficiency program in which each pathologist can train and test themselves regarding TILs (and PDL1) scoring.

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The article introduces a new training and proficiency program to improve pathologists' ability to score tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, and hence enhance the assessment of treatment response and prognosis.