Prognostic implications of tumor-infiltrating FoxP3+ regulatory T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in microsatellite-unstable gastric cancers

Human Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-293

  Kim, Kyung Ju ^a   Lee, Kyu Sang ^a   Cho, Hwa Jin ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Yang, Han Kwang ^a   Kim, Woo Ho ^a   Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Microsatellite instability; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER;

GASTRIC CANCER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES;

AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84892790843     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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