Research Article

Cell Counts, rather than Proportion, of CD8/PD-1 Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in a Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Chinese Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer

Table 2

The relationship between the proportion of CD8/PD-1 TILs and clinical characteristics.

Proportion of CD8+ TILs (%)Proportion of CD8+/PD-1+ TILs (%)Proportion of CD8+/PD1-TILs (%)

Age, median (IQR)0.1350.4300.139
 ≤5530 (10)3 (5)20 (13)
 >5520 (20)2 (6)18 (15)
Histological grade, median (IQR)0.4520.3220.749
 I30 (32)3 (10)26 (22)
 II20 (20)2 (6)18 (14)
 III30 (20)4 (6)24 (17)
Vascular invasion, median (IQR)0.1220.1560.237
 No20 (20)3 (5)20 (17)
 Yes20 (15)2 (4)18 (13)
Nerve invasion, median (IQR)0.7060.9820.706
 No20 (20)3 (5)18 (17)
 Yes20 (10)3 (5)19 (11)
Axillary lymph node metastasis, median (IQR)0.0320.3350.018
 No30 (23)4 (8)24 (16)
 Yes20 (20)2 (5)16 (13)

Wilcoxon test. Spearman correlation test.