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Prognostic role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- The clinical importance of the host anti-tumour reaction patterns in regional tumour draining lymph nodes in patients with locally advanced resectable gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2023Pooled it
- Prognostic role and clinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) and programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023Pooled it
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- The evolution of cellular-based immunotherapy in the treatment of gastric cancer: an overview of clinical trials.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- The density of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes in oesophago-gastric cancer varies with disease stage, geographical region and treatment: a post hoc analysis of nine phase III clinical trials.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026Article
- Digital Pathology and the AI-Based Quantification of the Tumor Microenvironment in Gastrointestinal Cancer: From Tumor Budding and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes to Tertiary Lymphoid Structures.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Perineural invasion in digestive tract tumors: Immune system interactions and therapeutic strategies.World journal of clinical oncology · 2026Review
- Unlocking the potential: current landscape and future directions of immunotherapy in gastric cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and their association with clinical and pathological factors in gastric cancer.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2026Article
- Differential infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and expression of PD-L1 in paired biopsy and resection specimens of gastric and colorectal adenocarcinomas.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Targeting regulatory T cell plasticity in gastric cancer: a unified bimodal model and precision immunotherapy paradigm: a hypothesis-generating review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Tumor Immune Contexture Model Predicts Prognosis and Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer.The journal of gene medicine · 2025Article
- Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) tumour expression in gastric carcinoma.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- The science of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL): perspectives from the SITC Surgery Committee.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Review
- Association between FGF10 expression and gland-forming differentiation pattern in gastric adenocarcinoma: An immunohistochemical analysis.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- CD8-positive lymphocyte infiltration as a marker of anti-tumor immune response in rectal cancer: pre- and post-neoadjuvant radiotherapy comparison.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Spatial organization of B lymphocytes and prognosis prediction in patients with gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025Article
- A literature review of recent advances in gastric cancer treatment: exploring the cross-talk between targeted therapies.Cancer cell international · 2025Review
- The Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Therapeutic Efficacy of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Gastric Cancer.Cancer research communications · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and PD-L1 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe potential prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in gastric cancer remains controversial. This meta-analysis examines the association between TILs and survival outcomes in gastric cancer.
methodsTwenty-two eligible studies were identified using the PubMed and Google Scholar databases. The combined sample size of the 22 studies was 2941, and the median sample size of the individual studies was 122 patients (52-220). The main clinical outcomes examined were overall cancer survival (OCS) and overall cancer relapse-free survival (OCRFS).
resultsTumor tissue CD3(+) TILs, indicative of pan-T-cell expression, had a positive effect on survival with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.64 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.52-0.78) for OCS, as did the non-FOXP3(+) T-cell subgroup with an HR of 0.66 (95% CI 0.57-0.75), particularly in CD8(+) lymphocytes (HR = 0.63, 95% CI 0.48-0.83). On the contrary, high FOXP3(+) T-cell expression was correlated with reduced OCS, with an HR of 1.75 (95% CI 1.26-2.42). Analysis of the seven studies evaluating OCRFS revealed improved OCRFS with infiltration of non-FOXP3(+) TILs with an HR of 0.59 (95% CI 0.42-0.81) but not FOXP3(+) T lymphocytes with an HR of 1.82 (95% CI 1.30-2.53).
conclusionThe results from this meta-analysis suggest that high expression of TILs, mainly by CD8 lymphocytes, may be a potential prognostic biomarker in patients with gastric cancer.
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