Prognostic role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in lung cancer: A meta-analysis

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1560-1571

  Geng, Yiting ^a   Shao, Yingjie ^a   He, Wenting ^a   Hu, Wenwei ^a   Xu, Yanjie ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Wu, Changping ^a   Jiang, Jingting ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lung Cancer; Meta analysis; Prognosis; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; STROMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84945571497     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000438523     Document Type: Article

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