Prognostic Value of Homotypic Cell Internalization by Nonprofessional Phagocytic Cancer Cells

Figure 4

Kaplan-Meier analyses. (a) Kaplan-Meier curves depicting anal and (b) rectal cancer patients with fewer than 10 CIC structures per 10 mm² (blue solid lines) and with equal or more than 10 CIC structures per 10 mm² (green dotted lines). HNSCC patients with CIC structures (green dotted lines) and without CIC structures (blue solid lines) (c) in the central tumor area and (d) from all five HNSCC patient cohorts; from those patients the clinical data, patients’ characteristics, and immunohistological data were completely available.

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