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Clinical Significance of Tumor Microenvironment in Acral Melanoma: A Large Single-Institution Study of Caucasians.

Aneta Maria BorkowskaAnna Szumera-CiećkiewiczMaria ChraszczewskaKamil SokółTomasz GoryńPiotr Lukasz Rutkowski
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
High TILs content (classed as brisk Clark scale and marked/diffuse TILs MIA grade) regardless of its immunophenotype was associated with better survival outcomes in AM. PD-L1 expression on tumor cells did not influence OS and was independent of clinical and pathological characteristics. We demonstrated that TILs are significant biomarkers in sentinel lymph node status prediction.
Keyphrases
  • sentinel lymph node
  • early stage
  • lymph node
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • low grade
  • locally advanced