A comparison of the local immune status between the primary and metastatic tumor in colorectal cancer: a retrospective study

Table 2 Correlations between the density of TILs and the status of the metastatic liver tumor

	Number of metastatic tumors			Diameter of the metastatic tumor
	1	> 1	p-value	< 2.4 cm	≥2.4 cm	p-value
Primary tumor inflammatory cells evaluated by HE-stained sections
Low	10	5		8	7
High	6	3	1.000	4	5	1.000
Primary tumor CD4⁺ TILs
Low	8	4		6	6
High	8	4	1.000	6	6	1.000
Primary tumor CD8⁺ TILs
Low	8	8		7	5
High	4	4	1.000	5	7	0.684
Primary tumor FOXP3⁺ TILs
Low	8	4		5	7
High	8	4	1.000	7	5	0.684
Metastatic tumor inflammatory cells evaluated by H-E stained sections
Low	11	4		8	7
High	5	4	0.412	4	5	1.000
Metastatic tumor CD4⁺ TILs
Low	8	4		6	6
High	8	4	1.000	6	6	1.000
Metastatic tumor CD8⁺ TILs
Low	8	4		5	7
High	8	4	1.000	7	5	0.684
Metastatic tumor FOXP3⁺ TILs
Low	9	3		6	6
High	7	5	0.667	6	6	1.000

HE Hematoxylin and eosin, TILs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, FOXP3 Forkhead boxprotein P3

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