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ArticleCancer management and research2020

Immunoscore Signature Predicts Postoperative Survival and Adjuvant Chemotherapeutic Benefits in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Lingdun Zhuge, Binhao Huang, Juntao Xie, Zhendong Gao, Difan Zheng, Shanbo Zheng, Jiaqing Xiang, Jie Zhang

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lingdun Zhuge *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-4422-3591
Binhao Huang *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Juntao XieDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Zhendong GaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Difan ZhengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Shanbo ZhengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Jiaqing XiangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9636-2150
Jie ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to construct the immunoscore (IS) to facilitate the prediction of postoperative survival and benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

methodsA total of 249 patients who received radical esophagectomy at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center were divided into training set and testing set. Eighty-nine patients with ESCC from TCGA database were enrolled into the validation set. Myeloid cells in tumor microenvironment were evaluated by immunohistochemistry or CIBERSORT, and then were included into a LASSO Cox regression model to construct the immunoscore. The predictive value of the immunoscore for prognosis after surgery or ACT was analyzed.

resultsThe immunoscore was constructed by four types of myeloid cells including macrophages, neutrophils, mast cells, and dendritic cells and was demonstrated as IS=2^(0.527719*Mφ -0.2604269*MC-0.4812935*DC-0.4519706*Neu). The overall survival was significantly different between two immunotypes, which were divided according to the immunoscore, in all sets (

conclusionThe immunoscore was an effective prognostic predictor in ESCC for patients undergoing surgical resection and receiving ACT.

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adjuvant chemotherapyesophageal squamous cell carcinomaimmunoscoreprognosis

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