ArticleHeliyon2023
Stromal score is a promising index in tumor patients' outcome determination.
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Abstract
Background: Immune status is widely acknowledged as a valuable marker for predicting cancer prognosis and therapy response. However, there has been a limited understanding of the stromal landscape in cancer. Methods: By employing ESTIMATE, stromal- and immune-scores were inferred for 6193 tumor samples spanning 12 cancer types sourced from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Subsequently, the samples were categorized into seven groups based on their stromal and immune scores. A comparison of prognosis, lymphocyte and stromal cell infiltration, and the response to programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy was conducted among these subtypes. Results: It was unveiled by the analysis that, in the majority of cancer types, stromal score exhibited a more potent predictive capability for outcomes compared to the immune score. Furthermore, it was observed that in four cancer types, intermediate immune infiltration coupled with low stromal infiltration correlated with the most favorable overall survival, whereas an unfavorable outcome was predicted in colorectal cancer (CRC) and stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) when high immune infiltration coexisted with intermediate or high stromal infiltration. Conclusion: In summary, while high immune scores frequently correlate with a positive prognosis, such correlation is not universal. A potential strategy to address the current limitations of the immune score in specific circumstances could involve a focus on stromal scores or a subtle integration of stromal and immune status.
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