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Table 6 Relationships among DR, TB, and TILs in biopsy and resection (n = 83)

From: Novel pathological predictive factors for extranodal extension in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study based on tumor budding, desmoplastic reaction, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and depth of invasion

  

In matched biopsy (n = 83)

DR-M

DR-I

CR

p-value

In matched resection (n = 83)

DR-M

30

7

83%

 < 0.001

DR-I

7

39

 

TB-L

TB-H

CR

p-value

TB-L

55

11

77%

0.001

TB-H

8

9

 

TILs-H

TILs-L

CR

p-value

TILs-H

36

8

82%

 < 0.001

TILs-L

8

31

  1. DR Desmoplastic reaction, TB Tumor budding, TILs Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, ENE Extranodal extension, CR Concordance rate, DR-I Immature desmoplastic reaction, DR-M Mature desmoplastic reaction, TB-H High tumor budding, TB-L Low tumor budding, TILs-L Low-grade tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, TILs-H High-grade tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes