Association between tumour infiltrating lymphocytes, histotype and clinical outcome in epithelial ovarian cancer

Abstract Background There is evidence that some ovarian tumours evoke an immune response, which can be assessed by tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). To facilitate adoption of TILs as a clinical biomarker, a standardised method for their H&E visual evaluation has been validated in breast ca...

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Main Authors: Fiona R. James, Mercedes Jiminez-Linan, Jennifer Alsop, Marie Mack, Honglin Song, James D. Brenton, Paul D. P. Pharoah, H. Raza Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3585-x