2018
Utility of CD8 score by automated quantitative image analysis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Hartman DJ, Ahmad F, Ferris R, Rimm D, Pantanowitz L. Utility of CD8 score by automated quantitative image analysis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology 2018, 86: 278-287. PMID: 30409313, PMCID: PMC6260977, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8 T cellsImmune cell densityOropharyngeal HNSCCT cellsNeck squamous cell carcinomaCD8 cell densityImmune cell infiltratesSquamous cell carcinomaWhole tissue sectionsEntire tumor sectionHPV infectionMedian survivalCell infiltrateHNSCC patientsCell carcinomaHNSCC casesClinicopathologic parametersOnly predictorTumor sectionsBetter outcomesClinical practiceTumor microenvironmentCell densityClinical validationCells/
2010
High expression of BCL-2 predicts favorable outcome in non-small cell lung cancer patients with non squamous histology
Anagnostou VK, Lowery FJ, Zolota V, Tzelepi V, Gopinath A, Liceaga C, Panagopoulos N, Frangia K, Tanoue L, Boffa D, Gettinger S, Detterbeck F, Homer RJ, Dougenis D, Rimm DL, Syrigos KN. High expression of BCL-2 predicts favorable outcome in non-small cell lung cancer patients with non squamous histology. BMC Cancer 2010, 10: 186. PMID: 20459695, PMCID: PMC2875218, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Large CellCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell DifferentiationCohort StudiesConnecticutFemaleGreeceHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUp-RegulationConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsCell lung cancer patientsNon-squamous tumorsLung cancer patientsBcl-2 expressionNSCLC patientsCancer patientsBcl-2Favorable outcomeIndependent cohortSmall cell lung cancer patientsIndependent lower riskNon-squamous histologySubgroup of patientsHigh expressersSquamous cell carcinomaHigh Bcl-2 expressionBcl-2 protein levelsSquamous histologyMedian survivalPrognostic factorsValidation cohortCell carcinomaPathological characteristicsPrognostic stratification