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Immunologic heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte composition in primary melanoma.
Human pathology - 1 Nov 2016
Weiss Sarah A, Han Sung Won, Lui Kevin, Tchack Jeremy, Shapiro Richard, Berman Russell, Zhong Judy, Krogsgaard Michelle, Osman Iman, Darvishian Farbod
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in primary melanomas are thought to represent the host antitumor immune response, but controversy exists over whether TILs offer independent prognostication of survival. We studied a cohort of 1241 patients with primary melanoma to assess the association of absent, nonbrisk, and brisk TIL grade with survival outcomes. We tested whether quantitative TIL counts using...
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