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Quantitative assessment of the spatial heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 29 Jul 2016
Mani Nikita L, Schalper Kurt A, Hatzis Christos, Saglam Ozlen, Tavassoli Fattaneh, Butler Meghan, Chagpar Anees B, Pusztai Lajos, Rimm David L
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BACKGROUND: Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) count in breast cancer carries prognostic information and represents a potential predictive marker for emerging immunotherapies. However, the distribution of the lymphocyte subpopulations is not well defined. The goals of this study were to examine intratumor heterogeneity in TIL subpopulation counts in different fields of view (FOV) within each section, in...
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