Tumor-infiltrating B cells and T cells correlate with postoperative prognosis in triple-negative carcinoma of the breast

Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of TNBC and the status of stromal CD20 (n = 107)

Clinicopathological characteristics	Total no. of cases	CD20
Clinicopathological characteristics	Total no. of cases	Low	High	P value
Age (years)				0.499
< 60	53	25	28
≥ 60	54	29	25
Tumor size (cm)				0.087
≤ 2	66	29	37
> 2	41	25	16
Tumor grade				0.564
I & II	31	17	14
III	76	37	39
Histology				0.806
IDC	82	40	42
ILC	2	1	1
other types	23	13	10
Lymph node metastasis				0.952
absent	77	39	38
present	30	15	15
Mib-1 index				0.475
< 20%	19	11	8
≥ 20%	88	43	45
TILs				< 0.001
low	58	44	14
high	49	10	39

TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, TILs Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
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