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High Stroma T-Cell Infiltration is Associated with Better Survival in Stage pT1 Bladder Cancer
oleh: Sabine Hülsen, Eleonora Lippolis, Fulvia Ferrazzi, Wolfgang Otto, Luitpold Distel, Rainer Fietkau, Stefan Denzinger, Johannes Breyer, Maximilian Burger, Simone Bertz, Markus Eckstein, Annette Ebner, Arndt Hartmann, Carol-I. Geppert
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Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2020-11-01 |
Deskripsi
Stage pT1 bladder cancer (BC) shows highly diverse outcomes. Predictive markers are required to stratify patients for personalized treatment. The present study aimed to validate immune response quantification as a prognostic marker. Patients with pT1 BC (<i>n</i> = 167) treated by transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) were enrolled. Formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded material was stained for CD3 and CD8. Corresponding T cells were counted in three regions with the highest immune response. Numbers of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) and lymphocyte aggregates (LA) were quantified. High CD3<sup>+</sup> stroma T-cell infiltration was associated with improved survival (<i>p</i> = 0.045), especially in the G3 subgroup (<i>p</i> = 0.01). Cluster with higher immune response showed less recurrence (<i>p</i> = 0.034) and favorable overall survival (OS) (<i>p</i> = 0.019). In contrast, higher CD3<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> tumor T-cell infiltration seemed to have a negative impact on prognosis. TLS and LA were more frequently observed in G3 tumors, indicating an increased anti-tumoral immune response. We proved the role of immune cell infiltration and showed that higher infiltration numbers of CD3<sup>+</sup> (not CD8<sup>+</sup>) lymphocytes in the stroma are associated with favorable outcome. Immune cell quantification could be used as a marker to help stratify patients’ risk and therefore, to optimize patients’ management and follow-up examination as well as possible therapies.