Worse outcome in breast cancer with higher tumor-infiltrating FOXP3+ Tregs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shou, Jiafeng ^a   Zhang, Zhigang ^a   Lai, Yucheng ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a,b   Huang, Jian ^a,b  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FOXP3; Prognosis; TIL

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84983681647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2732-0     Document Type: Article

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