Dissimilar patterns of tumor-infiltrating immune cells at the invasive tumor front and tumor center are associated with response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast cancer

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are described as an important immune modulator in the tumor microenvironment and are associated with breast cancer (BC) outcome. The spatial analysis of TILs and TIL subty...

Source: BMC Cancer - February 4, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lisa K önig, Fabian D. Mairinger, Oliver Hoffmann, Ann-Kathrin Bittner, Kurt W. Schmid, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer and Agnes Bankfalvi Tags: Research article Source Type: research