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ArticleOncology letters2019

Stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes evaluated on H&E-stained slides are an independent prognostic factor in epithelial ovarian cancer and ovarian serous carcinoma.

Chungsu Hwang, So Jung Lee, Jung Hee Lee, Ki Hyung Kim, Dong Soo Suh, Byung-Su Kwon, Kyung Un Choi

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chungsu HwangDepartment of Pathology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do 50612, Republic of Korea.
So Jung LeeDepartment of Pathology, Pusan National University Hospital, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Republic of Korea.
Jung Hee LeeDepartment of Pathology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do 50612, Republic of Korea.
Ki Hyung KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University Hospital, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Republic of Korea.
Dong Soo SuhDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University Hospital, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Republic of Korea.
Byung-Su KwonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University Hospital, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Republic of Korea.
Kyung Un ChoiDepartment of Pathology, Pusan National University Hospital, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Republic of Korea.
Pusan National University Hospital · KRPusan National University Yangsan Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) have focused on the clinical significance of inflammatory cells of specific subtypes that are identifiable using immunohistochemistry. However, the subtypes of inflammatory cells that reportedly affect patient survival and prognosis have differed from study to study, and few studies have examined TILs using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Therefore, the present study aimed to identify the clinical importance of general stromal TILs in EOC by using H&E staining to apply breast cancer recommendations from the International TILs Working Group 2014 on breast cancer using H&E staining. Stromal TILs in 256 EOC cases from Pusan National University Hospital and 475 cases of high-grade serous carcinoma from The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset were assessed. Stromal TILs were evaluated using H&E-stained slides according to the breast cancer recommendations of the International Working Group 2014, and patients were classified into low and high stromal TIL groups according to their stromal TIL values. The associations of these groups with clinicopathologic factors were assessed, and it was confirmed that group membership correlated with survival and prognosis. According to the χ

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