Tumor immune microenvironment in therapy-naive esophageal adenocarcinoma could predict the nodal status.
Andromachi KotsaftiMatteo FassanFrancesco CavallinValentina AngerilliLuca SaadehMatteo CagolRita AlfieriPierluigi PilatiCarlo CastoroIgnazio CastagliuoloMelania ScarpaMelania ScarpaPublished in: Cancer medicine (2022)
Our data suggest that immune surveillance failure is the main driver of nodal metastasis onset. Moreover, nodal metastasis containment also involves the immune microenvironment of the peritumoral healthy tissue.