Computer-assisted stereology and automated image analysis for quantification of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in colon cancer

Computer-assisted stereology and automated image analysis for quantification of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in colon cancer

Abstract Background Precise prognostic and predictive variables allowing improved post-operative treatment stratification are missing in patients treated for stage II colon cancer (CC). Investigation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) may be rewarding, but the lack of a standardized analytic t...

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Main Authors: Ann C. Eriksen, Johnnie B. Andersen, Martin Kristensson, René dePont Christensen, Torben F. Hansen, Sanne Kjær-Frifeldt, Flemming B. Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Colon cancer
Heterogeneity
Image analysis
Stereology
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-017-0653-0

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