Analysis of the immune microenvironment in resected non-small cell lung cancer: The prognostic value of different T lymphocyte markers

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 52849-52861

  Usó, Marta ^a,b   Jantus Lewintre, Eloisa ^b,c   Bremnes, Roy M ^d,e   Calabuig, Silvia ^a,b   Blasco, Ana ^b   Pastor, Enrique ^b   Borreda, Irene ^f   Molina Pinelo, Sonia ^g   Paz Ares, Luis ^g,h   Guijarro, Ricardo ^b   Martorell, Miguel ^b   Forteza, Jerónimo ^f   Camps, Carlos ^a,b   Sirera, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

^g Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immune biomarker; NSCLC; Prognostic; Tumor compartment; Tumor stroma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CD4 ANTIGENS; CD8 ANTIGENS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84982245139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10811     Document Type: Article

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