Abstract
Background: Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is one of the most exciting breast cancer biomarkers, yet no data is available on its prevalence in tumours diagnosed during pregnancy. Methods: We evaluated the prevalence of TILs (stromal and intratumoural) in pregnant and non-pregnant young breast cancer patients. Results: 11/116 (9.6%) of the non-pregnant and 2/86 (2.3%) pregnant patients had TILs≥50% (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 290-293 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Breast |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Biology
- Breast cancer during pregnancy
- Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
- Young
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Medicine(all)