Clinical verification of the relationship between smoking and the immune microenvironment of breast cancer.
Koji TakadaShinichiro KashiwagiYuka AsanoWataru GotoKatsuyuki TakahashiHisakazu FujitaTsutomu TakashimaShuhei TomitaKosei HirakawaMasaichi OhiraPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2019)
Smoking may influence the iTME, with an activated iTME being associated with pCR rate. Therefore, controlled activation of the microenvironment in this setting may help improve patients' prognosis.