Title
Level of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and density of infiltrating immune cells in different malignancies
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Future Medicine Ltd.
Abstract
Aim: To correlate levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) evaluated using the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group methodology, and both density of tumor-infiltrating immune cell and clinicopathological features in different malignancies. Methods: 209 pathological samples from gastric cancer, cervical cancer (CC), non-small-lung cancer, cutaneous melanoma (CM) and glioblastoma were tested for TIL in hematoxylin eosin, and density of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD20+, CD68+ and CD163+ cells by digital analysis. Results: TIL levels were higher in invasive margin compartments (IMC). TIL in IMC, intratumoral and stromal compartments predicted survival. CC and gastric cancer had higher TIL in intratumoral; CC and CM had higher TIL in stromal compartment and IMC. CM had the highest density of lymphocyte and macrophage populations. CD20 density was associated with survival in the whole series. Conclusion: Standardized evaluation of TIL levels may provide valuable prognostic information in a spectrum of different malignancies.
Start page
1481
End page
1491
Volume
13
Issue
17
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074446280
PubMed ID
Source
Biomarkers in Medicine
ISSN of the container
17520363
Source funding
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica
Sponsor(s)
This work was partly supported by the Programa Nacional de Innovacion para la Competitividad y Productividad-Innovate Peru (contract no. 317-PNICP-EC-2014), and CONCYTEC (contract no. 197-2015-FONDECYT). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financialinvolvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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