Increased Stromal Infiltrating Lymphocytes are Associated with Circulating Tumor Cells and Metastatic Relapse in Breast Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Jiawei LiuYan XuMuxin YuZhao LiuYi XuGe MaWenbin ZhouPeng KongLijun LingShui WangHong PanYi Zhao

Published in: Cancer management and research (2019)

Detection of CTCs after NAC was positively associated with the metastatic relapse of breast cancer patients. Increased infiltration of sTILs after NAC was correlated with CTCs and was found to be an unfavorable prognostic factor.

Keyphrases

circulating tumor cells
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
transcription factor
locally advanced
small cell lung cancer
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
free survival
circulating tumor
genome wide analysis
rectal cancer
radiation therapy