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Prognostic Significance of Tumor-Stroma Ratio (TSR) in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prognostic value of the pretreatment pan-immune-inflammation value in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Tumour-Stroma Ratio and Platinum Resistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: An Exploratory Analysis.Cancers · 2026Article
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- Artificial Intelligence Basics for Head and Neck Pathologists: A Simple Guide.Head and neck pathology · 2026Review
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Is Associated with an Elevated Tumor-Stroma Ratio and Older Age in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Viruses · 2026Article
- Computer-aided quantitative stromal analysis: a comprehensive investigation of its prognostic significance in lung squamous cell carcinoma.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Article
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- Tumor-stroma proportion is associated with increased M2 macrophage abundance and predicts the resistance to immune checkpoint blockade in breast cancer.Translational oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) relies heavily on TNM staging and WHO histologic grading; however, in recent years, the analysis of prognostic markers expressed in the tumor stroma has gained attention. The tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) quantifies the proportion of tumor tissue relative to the surrounding stromal tissue; it is assessed with the percentage of stromal tissue within the tumor area, with a cutoff point of 50% being widely used to discriminate high-stroma cancer. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we investigated the potential prognostic role of the TSR in HNSCC. After a literature screening, 24 studies dealing with the TSR and survival outcomes were included. The TSR showed a significant association with overall survival (OS) in both unadjusted and adjusted measures (RR 2.04, CI 1.57-2.65,
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