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The immune phenotype of tongue squamous cell carcinoma predicts early relapse and poor prognosis.
Cancer medicine - 1 Nov 2020
Troiano Giuseppe, Rubini Corrado, Togni Lucrezia, Caponio Vito Carlo Alberto, Zhurakivska Khrystyna, Santarelli Andrea, Cirillo Nicola, Lo Muzio Lorenzo, Mascitti Marco
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BACKGROUND: In patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue (OTSCC), current tumor node metastasis staging system fails to identify at-risk patients associated with early relapse and poor prognosis despite complete surgical resection. Given the importance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the development of cancers, here we investigated the prognostic significance of the immune phenotype in...
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