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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2022

Association of tumor deposits with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and prognosis in gastric cancer.

Xinyue Li, Jing Yang

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  1. Tumor Deposits in Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature With Meta-Analysis on Prevalence and Prognostic Implications.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026
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  10. The prognostic role of tumor size in stage T1 gastric cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xinyue LiPathology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China.
Jing YangPathology Department of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China. jydyj781125@163.com.
Jinzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the relationship between tumor deposits (TDs) with the clinicopathological characteristics tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and prognosis of gastric cancer. Further analysis was done on the relationship between the number and maximum diameter of TDs with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer.

methodsThe pathological findings of 369 patients with gastric cancer were retrospectively analyzed to observe the expression of TDs and the levels of stromal TILs. The relationship between TDs, clinicopathological characteristics, and levels of stromal TILs was compared using the chi-square test. Kaplan-Meier was used for survival analysis, and the log-rank test was used to determine the relationship between TDs and disease-free survival, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival. The prognostic value of TDs was assessed using multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. For further analysis, the optimal cutoff values for the number and maximum diameter of TDs were selected based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

resultsTDs were significantly associated with sex, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, pathological T,N stage, and clinical stage (all P < 0.05). TILs levels are lower in TDs(+) group and higher in TDs(-) group. Compared with TDs(-) groups, TDs(+) group had poor disease-free survival, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival. TDs are negatively correlated with TILs, and TILs levels are lower in TDs(+) group and higher in TDs(-) group (P < 0.05). The samples are divided into the number of TDs (< 4 and ≥ 4) and the maximum diameter of TDs (< 7 mm and ≥ 7 mm). The number of TDs was significantly associated with pathological N stage (P < 0.05). The maximum diameter of TDs was significantly correlated with Lauren classification (P < 0.05) .TDs ≥ 4 had lower DFS, CSS, and OS (P < 0.05). The maximum diameter of TDs was not statistically significant with prognosis (P > 0.05).

conclusionTDs are independent prognosis predictors of gastric cancer. In the tumor microenvironment, TDs and TILs interact with each other to regulate the development of gastric cancer, thus affecting gastric cancer prognosis of patients. The number of TDs ≥ 4 has a worse prognosis compared to the number of TDs < 4.

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Stomach NeoplasmsExtranodal ExtensionHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTumor MicroenvironmentPrognosisTumor depositsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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