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High co-expression of PD-L1 and HIF-1α correlates with tumour necrosis in pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jun 2016
Chang Yih-Leong, Yang Ching-Yao, Lin Mong-Wei, Wu Chen-Tu, Yang Pan-Chyr
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinomas (PPCs) are uncommon malignant tumours characterised by an aggressive clinical course and poor survival. These neoplasms frequently exhibit marked confluent necrosis, in which hypoxia levels are extremely high, causing low responsiveness to chemotherapy and conferring basic resistance to anti-cancer drugs. Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-mediated immune escape may be...
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