TY - JOUR AU - Shibutani, Masatsune AU - Maeda, Kiyoshi AU - Nagahara, Hisashi AU - Fukuoka, Tatsunari AU - Matsutani, Shinji AU - Kashiwagi, Shinichiro AU - Tanaka, Hiroaki AU - Hirakawa, Kosei AU - Ohira, Masaichi PY - 2018 DA - 2018/04/03 TI - A comparison of the local immune status between the primary and metastatic tumor in colorectal cancer: a retrospective study JO - BMC Cancer SP - 371 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The anticancer immune response has been reported to correlate with cancer progression. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), which are one of the indicators of host immunity, affect the tumor growth, metastasis and chemoresistance. Both TILs in the primary tumor and those in the metastatic tumor have been reported to be a useful predictor of the survival and therapeutic outcome. However, the correlation between the density of TILs in the primary and metastatic tumor is unclear. The aim of this study was to elucidate the correlation between the density of TILs in the primary and metastatic tumor. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4276-y DO - 10.1186/s12885-018-4276-y ID - Shibutani2018 ER -