Prognostic significance of PD-L1 expression and CD8+ T cell infiltration in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors

Abstract Background Recent research supports a significant role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of solid tumors. However, relevant reports for programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have not been fu...

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Main Authors: Haiyue Wang, Zhongwu Li, Bin Dong, Wei Sun, Xin Yang, Ruping Liu, Lixin Zhou, Xiaozheng Huang, Ling Jia, Dongmei Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0712-1