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

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

 

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

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