Metastatic triple-negative breast cancers at first relapse have fewer tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes than their matched primary breast tumors: A pilot study

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2055-2063

  Cimino Mathews, Ashley ^a   Ye, Xiaobu ^a   Meeker, Alan ^a   Argani, Pedram ^a   Emens, Leisha A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FoxP3; Regulatory T cells (Treg); Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; METASTASIS; OVARY METASTASIS; PANCREAS METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BREAST CANCER; FOXP3; REGULATORY T CELLS (TREG); TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES (TILS);

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MARYLAND; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84884413571     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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