Sex-specific prognostic effect of CD66b-positive tumor-infiltrating neutrophils (TANs) in gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Alexander QuaasAylin PamukSebastian KleinJennifer QuantiusJan RehkaemperAtakan G BarutcuJosef RueschoffThomas ZanderFlorian GebauerAxel HillmerReinhard BuettnerWolfgang SchroederChristiane J BrunsHeike LöserBirgid Schoemig-MarkiefkaHakan AlakusPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2021)
Together, we show a sex-specific prognostic effect of TANs in gastric cancer within a Caucasian cohort. For the first time, we showed that this sex-specific prognostic effect of TANs can also be seen in esophageal cancer.